parallelization The bubbles in VR, cryptocurrency and machine learning are all part of the parallel computing bubble Cory Doctorow
bubbles High art subprime: borrowing on private art collections surges into billions Cory Doctorow
mp peter bone The UK government gave away cheap money for property purchase deposits, which the wealthy abused, driving up property prices and leaving UK taxpayers exposed Cory Doctorow
hive of scum and villainy Vancouver's housing bubble was driven by billions in laundered criminal proceeds Cory Doctorow
urbanization Chinese urbanization has left 25 million vacant homes in rural villages Cory Doctorow
Majority of London's newly built luxury flats are unsold, raising the spectre of "posh ghost towers" Cory Doctorow
30 percent apr China's "pawn shops" have loaned $43B, mostly secured by real-estate Cory Doctorow
financial engineering Financialization is wearing out its welcome Cory Doctorow
schadenfoxtons London's awful estate agents are cratering, warning of a "prolonged downturn" in the housing market Cory Doctorow
minsky moments Signs that China's real-estate bubble will burst and take the economy with it Cory Doctorow
busines Silicon Valley real estate asking prices fall 12% from peak Cory Doctorow
party like its 2008 Canada's housing market is slowly but surely imploding, and Canadians are more exposed than the US was in 2008 Cory Doctorow
bubblenomics Millennials will be able to buy homes soon, thanks to Boomer senescence and mortality Cory Doctorow
go ico yourself What it's like to be a woman reporter on a cryptocurrency cruise where nearly all the other women are sex-workers Cory Doctorow
trumpnomics 84% of stocks owned by richest 10% of Americans Cory Doctorow
piketty was an optimist The world's richest families got MUCH richer, thanks to the stock market Cory Doctorow