Dirty work, by its very nature, is simultaneously everywhere and, by design, invisible, from our dinner plates to our cell phones. The more aware of it we are, the better chance we have of preserving our way of life, and likely, in the end, our portfolios as well.

Grim as things seem, most of us are in better shape than we’d be in a higher rate environment. Before inquiring about the strength of the product purchased from my local cannabis outlet, let me explain.

Despite its flaws, Noise, the blockbuster from Daniel Kahneman, Oliver Sibony, and Cass Sunstein, is an important book that both informs and entertains.

A new book explores the WeWork disaster, a bottomless money pit that has consumed billions upon billions of investor capital built largely on the spellbinding charisma of Adam Neumann, an Israeli entrepreneur.

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