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When Harlem Unemployment Pays for Midtown Luxury

A 1990s-era cash-for-visas program was designed to lure foreign investment to distressed communities. Instead, it subsidizes luxury real estate. Congress […]

The State of US State Exports

By George Friedman and Jacob L. Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures,  A domestic political battle is brewing in the United States between […]

How a former Goldman Sachs employee built India’s fastest growing tech company

In 2008, a few months before millions lost their jobs in the global economic crisis, Vijay Pasupulati took the biggest […]

The World’s Leading Startup Cities

By Richard Florida, Challengers to Silicon Valley include New York, L.A., Boston, Tel Aviv, and London. Silicon Valley and the […]

This passport is best suited for the world’s wealthiest people (clue: it’s European)

The most beloved passport in the world by rich people is not American. Sweden was No. 1 on the list […]

What Past Empires Tell Us About the Future

By George Friedman and Jacob L. Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures, Spanish essayist George Santayana once wrote, “Those who cannot remember the […]

The Impossible Trinity

By Jim Rickards, The Daily Reckoning, The Impossible Trinity is a simple rule with deep implications. It was first uncovered […]

How the Flash Crash Trader’s $50 Million Fortune Vanished

Nav Sarao made big money trading futures from his bedroom—then lost it all. by Liam Vaughan It took Navinder Singh Sarao […]

U.S. and China on Collision Course

north america, asia, big picture, food for thought   By Jim Rickards, The Daily Reckoning China’s capital and currency markets are on […]

50 Cheapest Countries to Live In

Whether you are close to retirement and want to see the world or are young and simply itch to live […]