Blog/Commentary
Crypto: Should you invest in bits of paintings, NFTs, and comedians? - Vox
I'm quoted in this VOX article: The latest investing trend is fractionalization, but it’s not for everyone.
Responsible Investing
The Diversity Premium: More Women, Higher Returns. | Institutional Investor
“The higher the female representation across the companies we cover the better share price returns we have observed since 2010,” said Eugène Klerk, Credit Suisse’s head of global ESG research.
Markets & Economy
The Supply-Chain Mystery | The New Yorker
Why, more than a year and a half into the pandemic, do strange shortages keep popping up in so many corners of American life?
Pandora Papers reveal secret offshore financial system for global elites - Washington Post
The Pandora Papers documents — more than 11.9 million records from 14 offshore entities, including law and wealth-management firms — illuminate a hidden world that has allowed government leaders, a monarch, billionaires and criminals to shield their assets.
Climate Change
Flood Insurance Costs Are Set to Skyrocket for Some - The New York Times
New federal flood insurance rates that better reflect the real risks of climate change are coming. For some, premiums will rise sharply.
Transportation
Follow the Money: Are electric flying cars ready for… | Canary Media
Would you believe three recent IPOs for battery-electric air travel? And investors are still bullish on earthbound battery applications too.
Sustainability
Biophilic Design Is Helping Big-City Apartment Towers Get Back to Nature - WSJ
Buildings that incorporate plants, outdoor space, large windows and natural ventilation are growing in popularity.
How an 11-Foot-Tall 3-D Printer Is Helping to Create a Community - The New York Times
Three-dimensional printing can create nearly any object. A partnership in Mexico is putting that theory to the test, building a village for residents living in poverty.
Environment
Protected Too Late: U.S. Officials Report More Than 20 Extinctions - The New York Times
The animals and one plant had been listed as endangered species. Their stories hold lessons about a growing global biodiversity crisis.
Culture
Adults Are Throwing Tantrums—in Restaurants, Planes and at Home. Blame the Pandemic. - WSJ
If it seems like more people have a short fuse lately, just ask the restaurant servers, airline workers and customer-service trackers who say they have seen a wave of meltdowns.
A Hospital Hit by Hackers, a Baby in Distress: The Case of the First Alleged Ransomware Death - WSJ
An Alabama medical center was in the midst of a hack when Teiranni Kidd arrived to have her baby. A lawsuit says the computer outages from the attack led staff to miss troubling signs, resulting in the baby’s death, allegations the hospital denies.
Falling birth rates could come down to changing life priorities - Axios
The U.S. birth rate fell by roughly 20% between 2007 and 2020 — and the Great Recession doesn't explain it all
Is It Ever OK to Get Stoned With a Client? And Other Questions as Pot Comes to Work - WSJ
As more young professionals use legal marijuana with work friends, companies grapple with setting boundaries on a new kind of bonding.