• Prisoners of Fortune: When your money owns you • Rules Matter More Than Insight • Dan Wang 2025 letter • 5 People Dominate Retirement Advice on TikTok • Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Big Breakup • Darwin the Witness In His Own Words
- 10 Breakthru Technologies - YouTube Vibecession - Steak Is Expensive + Rules Food Pyramid - $25 Billion. That’s What Trump Cost Detroit - The Oligarchs Pushing for Greenland - Life Under a Clicktatorship - The untameable Victor Osimhen
- For Years, Powell Avoided Fighting Trump. That’s Over - US workers took home smallest share of capital since 1947 - Curious Cult of Aldi - Golden handcuffs are slipping in the U.S. housing market - The Biggest Myth About Trump’s Base
I selected George Michael's "Freedom 90" as the introduction for today's At the Money Pod. While I acknowledge that it was incredibly popular and sold 25 million copies, it is easy to forget just how great that album truly was.
It is harsh, but fair: Decades of tax cuts and oligopoly rule have undone all of the post-World War Two middle-class economic gains. U.S. workers just took home their smallest share of capital since at least 1947.
* Bill Pulte: Agent of Chaos * Iranian Regime Collapse? * How Google Got Its Groove Back * Big Oil Knows Venezuela Plans Are Delusional * Americans Predict Challenging 2026 * My Playdate With the Watch Nerds * Amy Poehler’s ‘Good Hang’
Here are your selected highlights to start the week:
* Navarro: There’s No Softening on China * US prosecutors launch criminal investigation into Fed Chief Powell * How Google Got Its Groove Back * The Year of the $100M House * Even Buffett couldn’t keep beating the market without fail.
You can access the full reading list here: https://ritholtz.com/2026/01/10-monday-am-reads-458/