Green Matters – November 16, 2020

Markets, Finance & Economy: Make the irrational, rational.

• The economy as we knew it might be over, Fed Chairman says (cnn)

• Modern Monetary Theory and public finance: the state’s new role (crossfire)

• Long-term unemployment is on the rise (mazech)

• Home prices are rising everywhere in the U.S. (wsj)

• If restaurants go, what happens to cities? (NYT) 

• [Podcast] The End Game ep. 10 – Chris Cole – Volatility and risk assets (grantwilliams)

Socially-Responsible Investing: Align your dollars with the rest of your life. 

• What Biden administration could mean for stakeholder capitalism and ESG investing (businessinsider)

• Twin crises of 2020 prompt rise in clean investing (triplepundit)

• 10 economic patterns related to gender that are material to investments in the recovery (criterioninstitute)

• New report: rethinking American capitalism (mckinsey)

The Future of Cash and Crypto: A digital revolution. 

• ETH: the bond of the internet (bankless) 

• Zelle has turned dollar-starved Venezuela into a cashless test lab (bloomberg)

• [Podcast] 38 – The world is waking up to crypto – Raoul Pal (bankless)

• [Podcast] MacroVoices #235 Luke Gromen: U.S. dollar deep dive (macrovoices)

The Changing World of Work: The life blood of our economy.

• ‘Work from anywhere’ is here to stay. How will it change our workplaces? (latimes) 

• Black women represent 42% of new women-owned businesses (forbes)

• The omnipresence of work and why stepping away allows us to do and be our best (moreofthat)

• Study finds men have been promoted 3 times more than women during pandemic (cnbc)