Linkage: times are tough, even for the kinda-rich

- NYC developers gamed a tax credit to snag $1.2 billion for Hudson Yards project(citylab.com)
- It's not enough to be kinda-rich any more—upper middle class feeling the pressure(bloomberg.com)
- If new home sales fall 20% from one year to the next, you might be looking at a recession(calculatedriskblog.com)
- For the nerds: listen to two of the best storytellers in finance gab for 90 minutes(ritholtz.com)
- Want to squeeze a little more cash out of your home sale? Add solar panels(zillow.mediaroom.com)
- Chicago will publish ride-sharing data to put Uber and Lyft on the spot about their impact on cities(chi.streetsblog.org)
- Everyone wants to remodel, but no one has the cash to do it(apnews.com)
- So here's a reminder on a cheap way to scratch that new kitchen itch(thebasispoint.com)
- Donald Trump has great taste in potential Fed Board candidates(dealbreaker.com)
- It's been a while since we've had a good ol' Ponzi scheme story, hasn't it?(mercurynews.com)
