UK social security payments ‘at lowest level since launch of welfare state’ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/18/uk-social-security-payments-at-lowest-level-since-launch-of-welfare-state?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
Asset allocation specialists are the new snake oil salesmen – https://on.ft.com/2K9qT2q via @FT
https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/blog/asset/41410919
Germany’s Scholz gives ground on eurozone banking union plan – https://on.ft.com/2PVaMt7 via @FT
Slowing exits lead to reduced carried interest payments. Is this indigestion from overpriced deals? Will it lead to markdowns? Yet Calstrs needs to keep feeding the Private Equity beast. https://www.penews.com/articles/calstrs-carried-interest-payments-to-private-equity-managers-fall-as-exits-slow-20191107
IFS: UK’s richest people exploiting loophole to cut tax rate Shocking given how starved of funds federal and local governments are https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/nov/05/thousands-of-uks-richest-people-exploiting-loophole-to-cut-tax-rate?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
https://www.nationalmemo.com/department-of-education-wasted-1-billion-on-failed-charter-schools/
Technical schools lavished with Gove funding criticised by watchdog https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/oct/30/technical-schools-lavished-with-gove-funding-criticised-by-watchdog?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
Mobile money is not helping Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation – Dangers on a completely digital economy https://on.ft.com/2WluK18 via @FT
Could Alexa, Siri and Google make us smarter savers? – https://www.ft.com/content/ec1b0da8-f584-11e9-a79c-bc9acae3b654?shareType=nongift via @FT