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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

The Federal Reserve is struggling to cool inflation further without damaging the economy. But most of all, it was just simple maths according to Druck. Quanta Magazine ) • Why More Americans Are Using Fake License Plates and Getting Away : With It The old system of traffic control is breaking down. The easy part is over.

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10 Weekend Reads

The Big Picture

Quanta Magazine ) • Bloomberg is contemplating life without its founder : Michael Bloomberg is lining up succession and one of the largest charitable donations in history. Financial Times ) • Is the Bitcoin Comeback for Real? MIT Technology Review ) • How the World Is Spending $1.1

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Transcript: Elizabeth Burton, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

The Big Picture

One, one is true and I’ve always said is that I wanted people to stop, ask if I could doing math. And no one asked me if I can do math anymore with a degree from Booth, particularly in econometrics and statistics. So people really ask you, you take French and can you do math. Two reasons. Top 40 under 40.

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Transcript: John Hope Bryant

The Big Picture

And he’s really moving the needle in terms of having people take control of their own financial life in a way that benefits not just them but the entire economy and all of society. They’re an underground economy because they don’t trust the mainstream economy. These are not dumb people. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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Transcript: Steven Klinsky

The Big Picture

We had Ziff Davis magazines that we sold to Mr. Son and started Masayoshi Son’s career. So I mean, in ’07 and ’08, you know, what killed the economy in ’07 and ‘08 were mortgages going down. RITHOLTZ: So it’s different math then I need 100x winner versus 99? KLINSKY: Well, I mean, they can get out of hand.

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The 48 Best Business Ideas For Women

Clever Girl Finance

They help keep the economy running while improving their own lives and innovating new ways to make the world better. Bookkeeping and accounting If you liked math in school and have a knack for numbers, you might make a great bookkeeper. Related posts on business ideas for women Try out one of these best business ideas for women!

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Transcript: Ed Hyman

The Big Picture

You know, he went from the cover of Time Magazine to not being with us anymore. I’d been ranked i i back in the seventies, if you can do the math. Your real business is having the best perspective of what is happening this moment in the economy. So, so let’s talk a little bit about the state of the economy today.

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