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China’s Generation Z Is Hooked on Credit  Banks, fintechs, and peer-to-peer lenders aggressively court a cash-strapped generation of consumers. Families Go Deep in Debt to Stay in the Middle Class Cars, college, houses and medical care have become steadily more costly, but incomes have been largely stagnant for two decades, despite a recent uptick. 5…

Orcas eat great white sharks—new insights into rare behavior revealed Though the great white is considered the top marine predator, orcas may actually rule the oceans, new observations suggest. Why Old Women Have Replaced Young Men as the Art World’s Darlings Demand for older, female artists like Herrera, who was famously 89 when she sold…

In 21st century, threats ‘from all sides’ for Latin America’s original languages “It is not only words that disappear, it is a perspective, a wealth of cultural practices, a worldview,” Vacheron said. Why algorithms are called algorithms Why are algorithms called algorithms? It’s thanks to Persian mathematician Muhammad al-Khwarizmi who was born way back in…

Global Innovation Index (GII) 2019 Switzerland is the world’s most innovative country followed by Sweden, the United States of America (U.S.), the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (U.K.), according to the GII 2019. Of Dodos, Cane, and Migrants: Networking Migrant Knowledge between Mauritius and Hawai’i in the 1860s Between 1864 and 1866, the distant sites…

Business Booms & Depressions: 1775-1943 You have to understand basic math, statistics, and probabilities. You need a firm grasp on the relationship between risk and reward to understand the various securities, asset classes, and strategies. You must have an understanding of human nature — when it comes to others and yourself — is a prerequisite…

Farmers Earn More From YouTube Than Their Crops It’s a sign of the times when farmers make more money advocating for the industry on social media than actually farming. Tech Stock Bubbles In the 17th Century (Podcast) Jamie Catherwood explained to us the story of the tech stock bubble in the 17th century, when investors…

Denver’s Tech Boom: How One City is Building the Next-Generation of Thriving Businesses With a favorable tax climate and local resources that drive business, Denver is primed for tech companies to grow and scale. Financial Instability and the Panic of 1857 The Panic of 1857 was not the first financial crisis in American history, but…

Indigenous Maize: Who Owns the Rights to Mexico’s ‘Wonder’ Plant? As a global company and U.S. scientists work to replicate this trait in other corn varieties, will the villages where the maize originated share fairly in the profits? College Education ‘Opportunity Cost’ Depends on Where You Live Bachelor degrees are especially lucrative in coastal hubs…

America’s addiction to absurdly fast shipping has a hidden cost It may be true that the best things in life are free — but in this case, it’s usually because the earth is paying for it down the line. Madam C. J. Walker: The Ultimate Self-Made Woman Madam Walker was one of the most remarkable…

The Coursera Global Skills Index Discover the skills of tomorrow—and where to find them. The Economic Impact Of The Freelance Economy The growing reliance by businesses of all sizes on skilled, specialized independents offers long-term prospects for economic opportunity in the U.S., however up until last year, there was little analysis examining the size and…