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Money decisions follow work decisions. This hub covers the parts of personal and public finance that matter most to working people: pensions and retirement, student loans and household debt, tax on earnings and remote work, and the markets and investment trends that affect jobs and savings.
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The Pension Reform That Sparked a Summer of Strikes Across France
As is common in France, it began with a number. 64 years old. By the time the dust settled five months later, over a…
Owning Your Living Room Income: The Multistate Legal War Over Remote Worker Tax Jurisdictions
There is a version of the remote work dream that looks something like this: coffee in hand, laptop open on the kitchen table, no…
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Lawsuit That Could Decide Who Deserves Debt Relief
A particular type of anxiety is associated with working in public service; this type of job pays less than in the private sector, has…
Driving Consumers Into Debt Loops – The Hidden Structural Danger of Buy Now, Pay Later Services
The checkout process has never been smoother. A few taps, a split-second approval, and a purchase that once felt out of reach suddenly feels…
Pensions, benefits and retirement
Pensions, retirement ages, health cover and workplace benefits.
Grandfathering Benefits Without Realizing It: The Hidden Clause Giving Seniors Free Health Coverage
A certain type of financial advantage is most effective when it goes unnoticed. It's a subtle clause found in a document that most people haven't read past the first page,…
Personal finance, debt and student loans
Student loans, debt relief, borrowing and household money matters.
Driving Consumers Into Debt Loops – The Hidden Structural Danger of Buy Now, Pay Later Services
The checkout process has never been smoother. A few taps, a split-second approval, and a purchase that once felt out of reach suddenly feels manageable. No credit check. No interest,…
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Tax and public finances
Tax on earnings, remote working and property, and proposals for taxing technology.
Tax the Tech, Not the Techies: The Radical Proposal Gaining Ground in Nature’s Pages
When an academic paper of a certain type falls, it doesn't make a sound. It quietly appears in a journal, is cited a few dozen times, and then, sometimes years…
Markets, investment and corporate finance
Markets, investment and corporate finance where they meet jobs and savings.
London’s Finance Hiring Freeze Is Thawing — in Dubai
The financial world didn't freak out when the conflict in the Middle East got much worse earlier this year. It told us more when it stopped talking. Permissions to hire…
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London’s Finance Hiring Freeze Is Thawing — in Dubai
The financial world didn't freak out when the conflict in the Middle East got much worse earlier this…
Tax the Tech, Not the Techies: The Radical Proposal Gaining Ground in Nature’s Pages
When an academic paper of a certain type falls, it doesn't make a sound. It quietly appears in…
Rotating Out of AI Hype – Why Smart Capital Is Moving Into Sustainable Infrastructure Stocks
There is a moment in every market cycle when enthusiasm stops being an asset. For artificial intelligence stocks,…
Becoming Finance’s True Power Brokers – How Family Offices Disrupted Traditional Venture Capital
For years, if you wanted a piece of the next generation-defining company, you went through a fund. That…
Driving Consumers Into Debt Loops – The Hidden Structural Danger of Buy Now, Pay Later Services
The checkout process has never been smoother. A few taps, a split-second approval, and a purchase that once…
Andy Burnham’s Property Tax Plan Could Reshape Who Pays What — And Where You Live Might Decide
The fact that property valuations from 1991 are still used to calculate council tax bills throughout England is…