Jun 30, 2016

Links - Society and Capital

QUOTE OF THE DAY

 Then you have kids and kids are not cheap. -- Ben Carlson

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SOCIETY AND CAPITAL


Mortgage Rates Near Record Lows. CalculatedRiskBlog.  


Fewer MBAs Want to Work For Hedge Funds, Bloomberg.  "As business students pack up their belongings after graduation, fewer are listing hedge funds as a top destination, while private equity and startups are becoming more attractive."  

There is no RiversHedge retirement finance thoughts here. Just go and read: The Top 5 Longreads of the Week, LongReads.  


Agnotology, Wikipedia.  "…the study of culturally induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data."  

Can the US Continue to be an Outlier in Long Term Care?ConversableEconomist. "Compared with other high-income nations of the world, the US is something of an outlier when it comes to long-term care: spending less, fewer recipients of long-term care, as a result a healthier over-65 population. " 


If Demographics Are Destiny… Ben Carlson.  "Then you have kids and kids are not cheap."  

The Pitfalls of the ‘Financialization’ of American Business, Wharton.  "the ‘financialization’ of banking, and of business in general, has hampered real growth and innovation while exacerbating inequality. The result is an “upside-down” economy where finance, instead of serving as a catalyst, has become a headwind. And in the wake of a devastating financial crisis fueled by excessive debt and credit, we are seeing a smoke-and-mirrors recovery driven largely by more of the same."  


The continued rise of humans, St. Louis Fed.  





A Middle-Class Stronghold’s Uncertain Future, TheAtlantic.  "Wisconsin is, for the middle class, the promised land." 




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