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10 Weekend Reads

Barry Ritholtz

New York Times ) • How creators became an economic juggernaut and the new American Dream : Millions have ditched traditional career paths to work as online creators and content-makers, using their computers and phones to amass followers and build businesses whose influence now rivals the biggest names in entertainment, news and politics.

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10 Tuesday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz

Stay at Home Macro ) • The Great Disconnect: Why Voters Feel One Way About the Economy but Act Differently : Americans are angry and anxious, and not just about prices, which may be driving economic sentiment more than their financial situations, economists said. ( Slate ) • The majority of US gun deaths are suicides.

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

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The pie chart below, provides a measure of the gross domestic product of Russia and Ukraine, relative to the rest of the world: While Russia’s share of the global economy is small, it does have a significant standing in the natural resource space, as a leading producer and exporter of oil/gas, coal and nickel, among other commodities.

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Super Apps Rising: Mobile Drives Digital Payments Uptick In Pakistan

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told PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster in an interview that the pandemic and the rise of mobile infrastructure have set the stage to bring people living in developing and emerging economies into the digital realm. To that end, Amir Wain , CEO of i2c Inc. Wain noted that, in general, “some sort of a major event takes place, that triggers a new norm.”.

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Today In Payments: Google Reports Resurgence In Pandemic Hacking; Tech Cos Make M&A Deals

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Google’s security experts had their hands full in April, as its Threat Analysis Group (TAG) emailed 1,755 warnings to users whose accounts were targets of hacking and phishing attempts by cybercriminals. Fed Data: US Economy Is Reopening, But Not Rebounding. economy is reopening, a rebound is still to come. While the U.S.

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Ghana To Adopt West African ‘Eco’ Currency

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Ghana said in October that it was planning to eliminate paper from most services and transactions by next year, as it aims to become Africa’s most digitalized economy. The government has claimed that it will have “electronically tagged” every home, including informal housing in slums, via GPS by early 2020.

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

Musings on Markets

The pie chart below, provides a measure of the gross domestic product of Russia and Ukraine, relative to the rest of the world: While Russia's share of the global economy is small, it does have a significant standing in the natural resource space, as a leading producer and exporter of oil/gas, coal and nickel, among other commodities.

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