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    • The Rosy 'Creator Economy' Is Music's Biggest Lie - Platforms of the so-called “passion economy” tell us everyone can make bank. Music industry numbers tell a WAY different story. (rollingstone.com)
    • Americans will take less pay and work more if they don’t have to go to the office (bloomberg.com)
    • Blockchain-powered digital lender/bank Figure to merge with giant mortgage lender Homebridge - deal may prove to be a line in the sand on mortgage modernization (housingwire.com)
    • LoanDepot Q2 earnings show increased market share, but lower profits - a key case study in how margins compress in quest for customers as mortgage market slows ahead of 2021 (housingwire.com)
    • Consumer debt increased by $313b to $14.96t in 2Q 2021. Mortgage loans rose $282b to $10.44t. Credit card balances rose $17b but still $140b lower than 4Q19. Auto loans rose $33b, student loans dropped $14b. In total, non-housing debt grew by $44b. (newyorkfed.org)
    • Why Square Acquired Afterpay For $29 Billion: Merchant And CashApp User Acquisition. The 'buy now, pay later' capability was the least important part of the deal. (forbes.com)
    • LoanDepot 'Grand Slam' gives home buyers & sellers cash rebate if they use all of firm's home buying, selling, financing, title services. Rebates are $7k for purchases and sales of $500k+, $5k for deals $200k to $499k, and $3k for deals $199k and under. (inman.com)
    • Square is indeed bank of the future with their latest and largest deal to acquire “buy now, pay later" company Afterpay for $29 Billion (bloomberg.com)
    • No child aspires to a life talking the kind of nonsense that many executives speak. But it seems that, as soon as managers start to climb the corporate ladder, they begin to lose the ability to talk or write clearly. (economist.com)
    • 15m At Risk of Eviction. This report highlights policies states can implement to help prevent a wave of evictions from cascading into long-term health and financial crises for millions of households. (aspeninstitute.org)
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