Discussion of the link between education, finance and muni bonds. “I fear that the changes in store for higher education are going to look a lot like the painful changes we’ve seen in retail, travel, news, and entertainment.” | learn more
Patrick McKenzie, the author of How Discount Brokerages Make Money, has 100 insightful thoughts on financial services. “Geeks underestimate technical sophistication of the financial industry by a scandalous amount, largely because most of it happens below the waterline and not in […]
It hasn’t been a tremendous win quite yet… “With its core businesses on the wane, Goldman has staked its future on consumer banking. So far it has lost $1.3 billion—and its makeover is challenging the firm’s identity as a titan […]
The author of this article talked about the illiquidity of tokens staked as collateral, and how to create liquidity out of those. The whole time I was thinking “this guy is insane” and is suggesting a house of cards approach […]
WTTW asked Chicago’s Aldermen what they think of a proposal to forbid them from having second jobs. This is a reaction to the recent corruption charges against Ed Burke. | learn more