Hyperinflation Facing 60,000 percent inflation, Venezuela just issued a new devalued currency Mark Frauenfelder

venezuela Hyperinflation in Venezuela – merchants are weighing, not counting, currency Mark Frauenfelder

politics Should a convicted felon be on the US $500 bill? Jason Weisberger

unstable coins People in Argentina, Iran, Pakistan, and Nigeria lost everything when Terra crashed Mark Frauenfelder

class war In LA, the teachers of America's largest school district are on strike Cory Doctorow

corruption Britain's Corbyn-panicked oligarchs are shifting money offshore Cory Doctorow

Business Portugal proves that austerity doesn't work Cory Doctorow

History Catastrophes are reliable levelers of inequality; inequality creates catastrophes Cory Doctorow

uk It used to take 3 years for a British family to save for a home down-payment; now it takes 20 years Cory Doctorow

canada July: Vancouver imposes a 15% tax on foreign real estate speculators; September: home sales drop by a third Cory Doctorow

Business Negative Swiss 50-year bond yields just shattered the global insecurity barometer Cory Doctorow

inflation Zimbabwe's trillion-dollar bills selling for real money on eBay Rob Beschizza