Other governments are keenly interested in following China's lead.
I've been pondering the excellent 1964 history of the Southern Song Dynasty's capital of Hangzhou, Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250-1276 by Jacques...

WeWork has secured an additional $3bn of funding from SoftBank at a $42bn valuation even as the flexible office provider's losses ballooned to $2bn on an annual basis.*SoftBank will inject the funding next year in exchange for a warrant...

4 Agenda Items the New Congress Should Embrace Infrastructure is a no-brainer. So are upping the minimum wage, protecting investors and battling climate change. Bloomberg, November 7, 2018    ...

My midweek morning train reads: • Steve Ballmer’s Bid for an Educated Citizenry (Wall Street Journal) • The new boomtowns: Why more people are relocating to ‘secondary’ cities (Washington Post) •...

Britain is scheduled to quit the European Union on March 29. The draft agreement, if approved, would at least avert the prospect of a disorderly and chaotic departure without any deal -- something that could clog ports and lead to shortages of...

... most of the coverage has failed to stress the deeper story. Namely, Sears is a prime example of how hedge funds and private equity companies take over retailers, encumber them with debt in order to pay themselves massive windfall profits,...

We reveal how one of the biggest fake news stories ever concocted — the 1984 AIDS-is-a-biological-weapon hoax — went viral in the pre-Internet era. Meet the KGB cons who invented it, and the...

``In 2018, "each month has brought weaker than normal sales, rising inventory, and continued downward pressure on prices" in Vancouver, British Columbia, writes Steve Saretsky, a Vancouver Realtor and publisher of real-estate blog, Vancity Condo...

In Defense of Wall Street Jack Bogle, the Vanguard founder, has it wrong: The financial-services industry does add value to the economy. Bloomberg, November 13, 2018         The financial system...

My Two-for-Tuesday morning train reads: • There’s Less to Private Equity Than Meets the Eye (Bloomberg) see also Persistence That Just Ain’t So (CFA Institute) • High-tech farmers are using LED...

Click to explore the tree. Source: Straits Times   BoingBoing: The legendary comic-book author, publisher, and film producer Stan Lee has died. He co-created Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, the...

  The transcript from this week’s MIB: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, is below. You can stream/download the full conversation, including the podcast extras on iTunes, Bloomberg, Overcast,...

The Best Tool for Understanding the Market and Trump Consider the counterfactual. It puts this year’s paltry returns on stocks and the president’s popularity into perspective. Bloomberg, November...

My back to work morning train reads: • Active vs Passive, European Edition: Only 25% of actively managed funds in Europe beat their passive counterparts (Morningstar) • Will Fox News survive as a...

  1. Were GOP's House losses dramatically smaller than historical pattern? (A: NO)
  2. Doug Noland: Back to Fundamentals
  3. Dark Money: Illuminated
  4. New York City Raids Condo Building in Crackdown on Airbnb Rentals
  5. Ocwen Stock Plummets Faster Than Contestants On A Japanese Game Show.
  6. Understanding the Global Recession of 2019
  7. Common MythConceptions
  8. 10 Sunday Reads
  9. The Acosta Affair
  10. Manafort's Former Son-In-Law Busted Again In RE Scam
  11. Federal Trade Commission Busts $100M Real Estate Scam In Belize
  12. MIB: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates
  13. 10 Weekend Reads
  14. Father of Z-Score Sees Bigger Bankruptcies in Next Downturn
  15. Minister Jo Johnson quits over Brexit and calls for new vote
  16. Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 11.9.18
  17. Trump Administration Spares Corporate Wrongdoers Billions in Penalties
  18. The tragedy of Amazon's HQ2 selections, explained
  19. BBRG: Why You Should Stick With Buy & Hold
  20. 10 Friday AM Reads

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