> Joel Kaye has shown that the thirteenth-century expansion of trade helped… more
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> Senakw has an unusual history. The land it is built on was home to the… more
> There's a dark underside to this business. It doesn't get talked about… more
> A major shift in the housing market in the last several years is the rapidly… more
> Joseph Schumpeter compared the function of banks under modern capitalism to… more
> According to Goldman’s investment research team, reported first-quarter… more
> But by the 1740s, the first signs could be seen of a spectacular change.… more
> After living through supply chain chaos during the COVID-19 pandemic,… more
> I wanted to understand how money actually works. Not the metaphors about… more
> Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores will close, the company said in a blog post… more
> Beijing’s total lending in 2024 amounted to $2.1 billion, down by more than… more
> The U.S. farm sector is poised for a significant increase in net farm income… more
> Aldi, which is celebrating its 50th year in the U.S., is seizing the… more
> California house hunters should have an easier time detecting when homes look… more
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> Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal reported on the use of stablecoins,… more
> Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams promoted a memecoin on Monday that some… more
> The U.S. is often maligned as being customer-hostile compared to other… more
> The US’s average rental rate fell 0.18 percent in November, the largest… more
> Here are some headlines from the 2007 Miley Cyrus tour. This is the one where… more
> We’ve responded to one-off crises since 2017, building tools to send… more
> The short answer is both simple and surprising: in many cases, lowering the… more
> [...] [I]f you call your bank and say, “I was defrauded! Someone called me… more
> In The Land Trap, Mike Bird writes that land holdings remain the single… more
> Last week, President Trump signed a new law, the Internal Revenue Service… more
> We introduce SCONE-bench—the first benchmark that evaluates agents’ ability… more
> Selling bonds—essentially issuing buyers an IOU, plus interest—is a quick way… more
> Software provider AppZen said fake AI receipts accounted for about 14 per… more
Looks like Patrick McKenzie got a chance to give a talk to people at the Bank… more
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> Over the past five years, criminals behind widespread romance and investment… more
> Bitcoin dropped from above $122,000 on Friday morning to around $113,600,… more
> Thousands of U.S.-bound packages shipped by UPS are trapped at hubs across… more
> These lots, usually a couple of acres of gravel or asphalt near highways,… more
> With support from a generous grant from the Atwoods, we’re aiming to send… more
> [....[ we now estimate that GiveDirectly’s flagship cash program is 3 to 4… more
> Somalia has long played host to one of the world's strangest monetary… more
This blog post describes how attitudes towards money affect personal… more
> [...] “cuevas” (the word for “cave” in Spanish) [...] are a crucial part of… more
> Importantly: SWIFT is not actually co-extensive with international money… more
This article is interesting if you ever wondered why people people buy and sell… more
> As Lunar went quarter negative, Thorsen went to her bank to replenish her… more
Yes, that's roughly what I thought before reading it too. The part that's a bit… more
> So for now at least, academic macro models have declining policy relevance in… more
> The interesting thing is that for people who are wealthy, it is already… more
> One of the convenient features of banknotes is their fungibility. This means… more