mary childs
@marychilds.bsky.social
a cohost of 🌏💰 and author of The Bond King
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The typical prison job, like being a cook, pays maybe $0.63 cents per hour. In seven states, people in prison don’t have to be paid at all. But now, some prisoners are earning fair market wages while they’re incarcerated. And the pay… can be six figures.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The typical prison job, like being a cook, pays maybe $0.63 cents per hour. In seven states, people in prison don’t have to be paid at all. But now, some prisoners are earning fair market wages while they’re incarcerated. And the pay… can be six figures.
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The U.S. has long been the biggest source of remittances worldwide. But with immigration plummeting and the current ICE crackdowns, we try to figure out why remittances are surging in some countries. And why that surge in money sent home inspires joy – but also fear.
The remittance mystery : Planet Money
For decades, the U.S. has been the single biggest source of remittances worldwide. A remittance is a transfer of money, typically from an immigrant to their family in their country of origin. But we…
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October 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The U.S. has long been the biggest source of remittances worldwide. But with immigration plummeting and the current ICE crackdowns, we try to figure out why remittances are surging in some countries. And why that surge in money sent home inspires joy – but also fear.
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Jamaica’s catastrophe bond has now triggered, said Dana Morris Dixon, minister of education, skills, youth and information.
Jamaica Catastrophe Bond Has Now Triggered, Government Says
Jamaica’s catastrophe bond has now triggered as a result of the fallout from Hurricane Melissa, the government said.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Jamaica’s catastrophe bond has now triggered, said Dana Morris Dixon, minister of education, skills, youth and information.
BofA: fewer and fewer households are paying more and more in childcare costs. The trend is most prominent in lower-income homes -- parents may feel "little choice but to leave their jobs"
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October 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
BofA: fewer and fewer households are paying more and more in childcare costs. The trend is most prominent in lower-income homes -- parents may feel "little choice but to leave their jobs"
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This recent preprint on tech industry influence over external research is compelling. Beyond documenting the low rate of industry-funded researchers actually disclosing that fact, the paper points out that journals have routinely waived IRB review for industry work.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.19894
arxiv.org/abs/2510.19894
October 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This recent preprint on tech industry influence over external research is compelling. Beyond documenting the low rate of industry-funded researchers actually disclosing that fact, the paper points out that journals have routinely waived IRB review for industry work.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.19894
arxiv.org/abs/2510.19894
yes, pigeons pooping on sterile equipment is absolutely a competitive edge and should be preemptively protected as such
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
yes, pigeons pooping on sterile equipment is absolutely a competitive edge and should be preemptively protected as such
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@kentclarkcenter.bsky.social survey of top economists on how firing Fed Gov Lisa Cook would affect inflation risk premia on US debt
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October 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
@kentclarkcenter.bsky.social survey of top economists on how firing Fed Gov Lisa Cook would affect inflation risk premia on US debt
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kentclarkcenter.org/surveys/infl...
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Last month I took a trip to the Amazon rainforest to better understand the economics behind deforestation and how to preserve the world’s largest forest.
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The obvious economics of preserving the Amazon
It provides Brazil’s world-beating farmers with water, and keeps carbon locked up for the rest of us
economist.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Last month I took a trip to the Amazon rainforest to better understand the economics behind deforestation and how to preserve the world’s largest forest.
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Excuse me
” In a US buffeted by extreme weather, disaster spending is becoming a key driver of the economy.”
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” In a US buffeted by extreme weather, disaster spending is becoming a key driver of the economy.”
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Excuse me
” In a US buffeted by extreme weather, disaster spending is becoming a key driver of the economy.”
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
” In a US buffeted by extreme weather, disaster spending is becoming a key driver of the economy.”
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
"By inventing a stable of fake scientists, paper mills can create a ready supply of publications and favourable peer reviews, ensuring that more of the mills’ submissions get published." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers
Journals are considering doing identity checks to expose fake authors — but there are downsides.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"By inventing a stable of fake scientists, paper mills can create a ready supply of publications and favourable peer reviews, ensuring that more of the mills’ submissions get published." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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When Russia invaded Ukraine, western countries sanctioned Russian oil. But Russian oil exporters quickly sailed around them, building a shadow fleet of rickety oil tankers to move that sanctioned oil around the world.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
When Russia invaded Ukraine, western countries sanctioned Russian oil. But Russian oil exporters quickly sailed around them, building a shadow fleet of rickety oil tankers to move that sanctioned oil around the world.
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On Planet Money: how a treasury travels from the nest to to hedge funds, and what happens once it gets there. And: we speak to one of those hedge fund investors about what they’re doing and why. buff.ly/Xo9gNq6
How the government got hedge funded : Planet Money
The U.S. government spends a ton of money, on everything from Medicare to roads to defense. In fact, it spends way more than it takes in. So…it borrows money, in the bond market. By selling U.S.…
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October 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
On Planet Money: how a treasury travels from the nest to to hedge funds, and what happens once it gets there. And: we speak to one of those hedge fund investors about what they’re doing and why. buff.ly/Xo9gNq6
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I talked with @wailinwong.bsky.social of NPR @planetmoney.bsky.social about the US Administration’s unprecedented policy to slash immigration by high-skill STEM workers
Americans can expect diminished innovation, entrepreneurship, and productivity across all sectors
www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...
Americans can expect diminished innovation, entrepreneurship, and productivity across all sectors
www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...
We're about to lose a lot of foreign STEM workers : The Indicator from Planet Money
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump announced a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitioners. Today on the show, we talk to an economist about how much H-1B visa holders have contributed to US gro...
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October 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I talked with @wailinwong.bsky.social of NPR @planetmoney.bsky.social about the US Administration’s unprecedented policy to slash immigration by high-skill STEM workers
Americans can expect diminished innovation, entrepreneurship, and productivity across all sectors
www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...
Americans can expect diminished innovation, entrepreneurship, and productivity across all sectors
www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...
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God, I love Richmond...
the inimitable @shteyngart.bsky.social is coming to Richmond for a talk tomorrow, and Richmond is stoked www.styleweekly.com/pockets-of-l... @styleweekly.com by Tim Abbondelo
Pockets of Light
Talking technology, writing research, and the importance of traveling by bus with novelist Gary Shteyngart and journalist Mary Childs.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
God, I love Richmond...
the inimitable @shteyngart.bsky.social is coming to Richmond for a talk tomorrow, and Richmond is stoked www.styleweekly.com/pockets-of-l... @styleweekly.com by Tim Abbondelo
Pockets of Light
Talking technology, writing research, and the importance of traveling by bus with novelist Gary Shteyngart and journalist Mary Childs.
www.styleweekly.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
the inimitable @shteyngart.bsky.social is coming to Richmond for a talk tomorrow, and Richmond is stoked www.styleweekly.com/pockets-of-l... @styleweekly.com by Tim Abbondelo
The Treasury basis trade, OR: how the US government got hedge funded, on today's @planetmoney.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
How the government got hedge funded : Planet Money
The U.S. government spends a ton of money, on everything from Medicare to roads to defense. In fact, it spends way more than it takes in. So…it borrows money, in the bond market. By selling U.S. Treas...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The Treasury basis trade, OR: how the US government got hedge funded, on today's @planetmoney.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
"We have no choice but to be the solutions to our own problems....We have to use our creative energy to create the world we want; not just to critique the world as it is."
@ari-shapiro.bsky.social on this his last day at @npr.org arishapiro.substack.com/p/books-clos...
@ari-shapiro.bsky.social on this his last day at @npr.org arishapiro.substack.com/p/books-clos...
Books closing and opening
when the universe shouts
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October 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"We have no choice but to be the solutions to our own problems....We have to use our creative energy to create the world we want; not just to critique the world as it is."
@ari-shapiro.bsky.social on this his last day at @npr.org arishapiro.substack.com/p/books-clos...
@ari-shapiro.bsky.social on this his last day at @npr.org arishapiro.substack.com/p/books-clos...
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This is a fascinating look at part of the reality of a place and people that Israel is attempting to wipe off the map
on this episode of @planetmoney.bsky.social, Sarah Gonzalez looks at the state of money in Gaza right now. how to get money into Gaza, how to get money out of a bank in Gaza, how cash works, and what there is to buy: www.npr.org/2025/09/20/n...
In Gaza, money is falling apart : Planet Money
Israel has been blocking the flow of physical money into Gaza since the start of the war. So whatever paper cash was in Gaza before the war, that’s all that’s been circulating. It’s now falling apart ...
www.npr.org
September 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This is a fascinating look at part of the reality of a place and people that Israel is attempting to wipe off the map
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I see this popping up over and over again.
People just do not think America is safe anymore.
Partly it's the endless mass shootings. But of course these days it's just as much that simply coming here as a tourist -- much less trying to work here -- is an invitation to detention.
People just do not think America is safe anymore.
Partly it's the endless mass shootings. But of course these days it's just as much that simply coming here as a tourist -- much less trying to work here -- is an invitation to detention.
"'My main takeaway is that America is not a safe place to work,' Mr. Park said. 'I don’t think I would go there again to work.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/w...
South Koreans Describe Fear and Anger After Georgia ICE Raid
Some of the workers arrested this month at a Hyundai-LG factory said that although they had entered the United States under murky circumstances, they had always planned to return home.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I see this popping up over and over again.
People just do not think America is safe anymore.
Partly it's the endless mass shootings. But of course these days it's just as much that simply coming here as a tourist -- much less trying to work here -- is an invitation to detention.
People just do not think America is safe anymore.
Partly it's the endless mass shootings. But of course these days it's just as much that simply coming here as a tourist -- much less trying to work here -- is an invitation to detention.
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A few years ago, the Wall Street firm, Jane Street, discovered a sort of goldmine in one of the biggest economies in the world. They became the envy of Wall Street. But when they tried to keep that goldmine a secret, things spiraled out of their control.
How Jane Street’s secret billion-dollar trade unraveled : Planet Money
On Wall Street, fortunes are often won and lost with the tiniest advantages. And for the past few years, one trading firm has stood out from the rest for both huge profits and careful secrecy — Jane…
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September 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A few years ago, the Wall Street firm, Jane Street, discovered a sort of goldmine in one of the biggest economies in the world. They became the envy of Wall Street. But when they tried to keep that goldmine a secret, things spiraled out of their control.
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My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...
September 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...
on this episode of @planetmoney.bsky.social, Sarah Gonzalez looks at the state of money in Gaza right now. how to get money into Gaza, how to get money out of a bank in Gaza, how cash works, and what there is to buy: www.npr.org/2025/09/20/n...
In Gaza, money is falling apart : Planet Money
Israel has been blocking the flow of physical money into Gaza since the start of the war. So whatever paper cash was in Gaza before the war, that’s all that’s been circulating. It’s now falling apart ...
www.npr.org
September 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
on this episode of @planetmoney.bsky.social, Sarah Gonzalez looks at the state of money in Gaza right now. how to get money into Gaza, how to get money out of a bank in Gaza, how cash works, and what there is to buy: www.npr.org/2025/09/20/n...
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“.. The document appears to counter other documentation that Cook’s critics have cited in support of their claims that she committed mortgage fraud ..”
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September 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“.. The document appears to counter other documentation that Cook’s critics have cited in support of their claims that she committed mortgage fraud ..”
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Sally Mann got bored developing her own negatives so mindlessly started to scroll and it maybe accidentally solarized her picture. “I think it was the light from the phone that did it. But I don’t know for sure, and now I have to find out.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/a...
Sally Mann, in Her Golden Hour, Faces Fresh Culture Wars
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September 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Sally Mann got bored developing her own negatives so mindlessly started to scroll and it maybe accidentally solarized her picture. “I think it was the light from the phone that did it. But I don’t know for sure, and now I have to find out.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/a...
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yoww:
- Skybridge Opportunity Zone REIT was supposed to raise $3b. raised <$50m
- has made ONE investment, in New Orleans
- Scaramucci suggested 8-10% annualized before tax benefits. So far: 0% payouts
- meanwhile: SkyBridge Capital gets 1.75% of the fund’s $43m NAV
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Skybridge Opportunity Zone REIT was supposed to raise $3b. raised <$50m
- has made ONE investment, in New Orleans
- Scaramucci suggested 8-10% annualized before tax benefits. So far: 0% payouts
- meanwhile: SkyBridge Capital gets 1.75% of the fund’s $43m NAV
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Scaramucci Struggles to Spin a Trump Tax Break Into Profit for Clients
Anthony Scaramucci is struggling to spin one of President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks into a profit for his wealthy clients. Yet “the Mooch,” as he’s known on Wall Street, keeps getting paid his fee...
www.bloomberg.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
yoww:
- Skybridge Opportunity Zone REIT was supposed to raise $3b. raised <$50m
- has made ONE investment, in New Orleans
- Scaramucci suggested 8-10% annualized before tax benefits. So far: 0% payouts
- meanwhile: SkyBridge Capital gets 1.75% of the fund’s $43m NAV
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Skybridge Opportunity Zone REIT was supposed to raise $3b. raised <$50m
- has made ONE investment, in New Orleans
- Scaramucci suggested 8-10% annualized before tax benefits. So far: 0% payouts
- meanwhile: SkyBridge Capital gets 1.75% of the fund’s $43m NAV
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...