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

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

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