Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
A small piggy bank is surrounded by a hurricane of student loan papers, unable to escape.
Despite the political fight over student-loan forgiveness, people with private student debt are stuck with predatory loan terms they can't escape.
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Narcissist woman taking selfie
Narcissists can be charming and charismatic, making them difficult to leave.
Tech Insider : Economy, Climate Crisis
A small globe symbolizing the earth sits in a trash bin full of thrown away bunches of paper. The trash bin is sandwiched in between two large gray file cabinets in front of a dull beige wall.
Return to office mandates also come with a return to dirty, carbon-emitting commutes.

Push to end work-from-home could make climate crisis worse

Tech Insider : Economy
A house has multiple individuals in rooms swiped in and out, much like a person scrolling through TikTok videos
Social media sparked a rise in the popularity of "house hacking," a fancy new term for the age-old concept of being a landlord that has been repackaged for a new generation of real-estate investors.
Tech Insider : Economy
A glitchy liquid tidal wave hurls towards a group of gray cubicles with concerned workers looking upon the looming threat. The background of the scene is a glitchy bright green.
The AI revolution is about the crash into the global economy and upend millions of jobs.

A tidal wave is about to crash into the global economy. 

Tech Insider : Economy
Real estate agents run to get a deal on a house for sale.
A surplus of real-estate agents is bad for both the industry and regular home buyers and sellers.

A glut of mediocre Realtors is screwing over homebuyers

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retirement
Florida didn't make the top-five best states to retire in.
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Maggie Perkins sitting on a white couch in a black dress.
Maggie Perkins started working at her local Costco after she felt burned out as a teacher. Now she's a corporate trainer in Costco's marketing department.
Tech Insider : Economy
Hands knitting a scarf made out of money
Hobbies have been killed off and milked for cash — but in the rush to turn a passion into a side hustle, the fire a person has for that activity can be snuffed out.

How side hustles turned everyone's leisure activities into work