Musings from the CU Suite

Dec 30, 2016

A little weekend reading...

Compiled by Anthony Demangone, Powered by NAFCU

Happy last Friday of 2016, everyone. Please grab a cup of joe, and enjoy this week's reading pile. And this weekend, drive safely. Better yet, take a cab. I'd like you to keep reading this blog in 2017.

Now on to this week's reading pile!

  • 13 undeniably good things that happened in 2016. (PBS)
  • The top photos of 2016 from the Associated Press. (AP) 
  • Mortgage seriously delinquent rate was unchanged in November. (Calculated Risk)
  • Blockchain patent filings have tripled since 2014. (Bank.Innovation)
  • VW is moving toward in-car payments. (BI)
  • How Americans spend their money. (AWealthofCommonSense)
  • How is the legal marijuana industry affecting Mexican drug cartels? (BI)
  • Administration is killing productivity. (FutureThink)
  • The long-term job killer is not China. It is automation. (NYT)
  • But then again, this has been happening forever. In the year 1900, roughly 40 percent of all U.S. jobs were tied to agriculture. Today? Less than 2 percent. (Our World in Data)
  • Rationally irrational. (The Irrelevant Investor)
  • The internet of people. (NAFCU Services)
  • No one knows anything. (Godin)

Happy New Year, everyone!

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