My childhood best friend, Jim, texted me recently. He was excited—he’d just bought a power supply for a computer off eBay, the first …
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The Most Revolutionary Technology Since the iPhone
Don’t Miss This Once-in-a-Species Investment Opportunity Friday, June 29, 2007. The date might not stand out to you, but it was one of …
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Is $500K Enough to Retire Comfortably?
It Depends on Whether You’re Willing to Think Outside the Box Today, a new take on an old story. We’ve all seen the headlines: How …
Interest Rates Jump to 12.73% at One of Our Crypto-Banks
Welcome to the August issue of the Global Intelligence Wire. This is the monthly digest exclusively for Global Intelligence Lifetime Circle …
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Weekly Digest: Property in New York May Be Moving to the Blockchain
Plus Fed Officials Want to Tighten the Money Tap Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking …
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What Happens When the Fed Stops Chasing the Dragon?
I grew up in the drug culture of the late-1970s and ’80s. Not that I actively participated; I never did. But I was there, watching too many friends …
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The Guy Who Spent $450 Million on 2 Pizzas
May 22, 2010. Maybe you know that date, maybe not. In crypto circles, it’s a day that lives in infamy. That’s the day when a Florida …
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Europe vs. California—Why I Don’t Miss Living in Long Beach
I forgot the flour. In the grand scheme of things, trivial really. In the grand scheme of the lasagna I was making from scratch, it was a …
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Weekly Digest: Businesses Are Using QR Codes to Track Us
Plus the EU Goes to War With Big Tech Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking about in …
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The Fed Admits It’s Been Lying About Inflation
Apparently, it was all just a lie—this whole “inflation is transitory” caca-doo the Federal Reserve has been feeding the world for the last …
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