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Personal Finance

What It’s Like to Raise a Family on $57,000 in Houston, Texas (Fatherly)
3 Reasons It’s Dumb to Take Social Security Benefits at 62 (The Motley Fool)
How to Pay Zero Taxes Legally in Retirement (Entrepreneur)

How Puerto Rico’s Debt Created A Perfect Storm Before The Storm (NPR)
Inflation divergence drives German/U.S. yield gap near 3-decade high (Reuters)

Detroit Was Crumbling. Here’s How It’s Reviving. (NY Times)
Last week, we visited the city to find further signs of recovery as Detroit moves out from under budgetary oversight.
David Goodall: 104-year-old scientist to end own life in Switzerland (The Guardian) – Goodall’s decision is reigniting a debate about euthanasia in Australia where assisted suicide is illegal.
A black man was forced to pay upfront at a Chinese restaurant. He got his meal — and $10,000. (The Washington Post)

White Male VCs Tend to Fund White Male Entrepreneurs. Could Robots Do Better? (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
Anonymous Owner, L.L.C.: Why It Has Become So Easy to Hide in the Housing Market (NY Times)
A way to protect property owners from personal liability has also turned out to be handy for enabling problematic behavior, like laundering money or being a bad landlord.
Germany’s export-oriented economic model is caught in a US-Chinese squeeze (Bruegel)
Tesla Doesn’t Burn Fuel, It Burns Cash – A complete guide to how Elon Musk has raised, and then spent, billions of dollars. (Bloomberg)
Facebook, Google, and Netflix pay a higher median salary than Exxon, Goldman Sachs or Verizon (Recode)
Taxi Cab Owners and Regulators Created Uber (Bloomberg)

If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich? (Bloomberg) – New research suggests personality has a larger effect on success than IQ.
Seven thought experiments that will make you question everything (Big Think)
Even a Little Exercise Might Make Us Happier (NY Times)

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