#Wealth

Al Jazeera English

AJEnglish

THREAD In an 18 month investigation, @AJIUnit uncovered the Caribbean politicians accused of selling diplomatic passports to wealthy foreigners and criminals for bribes.Watch #DiplomatsForSale here: https://aje.io/knrp2 Immunity from prosecutio

Rachel Stevenson

rachelstevenson

Like Dominic Cummings, my parents live in Durham. I grew up there. Next week is the funeral of a school friend - it's being held online because his friends can't

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

All right.We have to talk about Trump, his doctors, reality being purposefully altered by Republicans, and how this represents a fascistic threat to America.For more of this disturbing history and

Kathleen Henehan

kathleenhenehan

Another great piece, this time on employment, in the @FT’s New Deal For the Young Series. https://on.ft.com/3dWxqwx Makes the point that between the financial crisis & the pandemic, much of

Josh Marshall

joshtpm

When I watched that interview with Mayor Goodman I struggled to balance her being completely insane with the fact that Las Vegas is probably uniquely gutted by the shutdown. It’s

Nick Maggiulli

dollarsanddata

A thread on the 10 biggest money mistakes I see people make.1. Cutting spending instead of raising incomeSpending has lower limits (i.e. you have to eat), but income has no

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ARIOSOPHY

Noticed that the r1b in Africa follows an extremely peculiar formation..... [cont] Then I remembered the flood map used to figure out that the Eye of the Sahara was the

Olivia Waite

O_Waite

With the caveat that there is no truly pure and ethical way to make *any* money under capitalism, here is a thread of historical romances that are swoonworthy without needing

Crypto Boomer (I WON'T ASK YOU TO DM ME ON TG)

marwolwarl

1/ # 1.5 - Review of Section 1All of this mentioned so far isn't a great surprise to many people, especially those who've been in crypto a while. But if

Koṅkaṇasuta🚩

raizada55

I am a Bhumihar, a landowner Brahmin race said to be gifted lands by Lord Parshuram after he defeated Kshatriyas and the lands fell vacant. We were categorized as a

City Atlas

cityatlas

1 - yes crazy but true2 - interestingly, economists of Nordhaus's type have no concept of dread (I asked the late Frank Ackerman)3 - which, I think, means they have

Alex Maitland

alex_maitland1

UK corporations pay already wealthy shareholders £1.7bn per week.This shareholder-first model is fuelling in-work poverty,#inequality and the #ClimateCrisis.This is what our research into #dividends & #buybacks with @The_TUC and @HighPayCentre

DZ | Kuba

CookinWithJake

Do NOT support ANYTHING NFT related. If they're trying to make NFT stuff for fighting games smoke them immediately. Mock them. Shut them down. Explain why NFTs are bad to

NPR

NPR

1/ "Racial covenants" — language barring non-white people from buying or living in a property — were attached to tens of thousands of homes in Minneapolis.That helped create a foundation

Spry Guy

SpryGuy

Copied from a friend... To all my young social warriors and idealists who are disappointed with the two party system, please read:1. You're not just voting for President. 2. You're

David Leonhardt

DLeonhardt

The country’s cities — historically the nation’s engines of opportunity — often exacerbate inequities today. We've got charts. (1/n)https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/13/opinion/inequality-cities-life-expectancy.html The average life exp