The article tells of a family in an enviable financial position just a few years ago, when real estate prices were soaring. They had a good income and their mountain of debt was easily managed as long as the value of the real estate backing _...Read More_

>"How has student debt affected homeownership? Since 2008, student loan debt has ballooned, restricting the life course of millions of debtors."

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"An offshore tax shelter promises rich Americans they can avoid lots of capital-gains taxes by setting up pension plans in Malta—and maybe some can."

>"The S&P 500 is poised to extend this week’s losses as investors weigh whether quicker inflation will prompt central bank to trim asset _...Read More_

"Rising stars such as Greenville, S.C., Des Moines, Iowa, and Provo, Utah, had been quietly building out vibrant economies in the shadow of bigger cities even before the pandemic. Now, they have drawn new workers and businesses with their _...Read More_

"A third option is necessary: a way to rent without making someone else rich."

It is possible for a democratic economy to be built in the here and now, from the bottom up, whilst embedding the ability to both scale and amplify collective forms of ownership and governance elsewhere. While PCPs are only one part of this _...Read More_

"“My favorite epoch in the development of Dwarf Fortress is when there was a feature where lower-ranking nobles that move into your fortress would eventually mandate the establishment of a market-based "dwarven economy"”"