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How Culture Influences Finance

“We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us” — John Culkin Financial structures tend to feel hereditary and enduring, but in reality, they’re very susceptible to cultural forces. Culture shapes everything from the video games we play, to the social norms we enforce, even the conversations we share on…

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Executive Compensation & Diversity: The Unpopular but Necessary Conversation No One Wants to Have

Diversity is good for business. We know this because data is published consistently proving so. Yet, little to nothing seems to change in the offices we work in each day. Tokenism masquerading as diversity abounds in the workplace while in 2018, CEO-to-worker pay ratio was 287 to 1 at the average S&P 500 company; stark difference from the approximate 20:1 ratio in the 1950s. Diversity…

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Numismatics: The Hobby That Transcends Time

The kids are alright It’s easy to reflexively blame smartphones and technology for changes in taste and culture, but the culprit is rarely that simple. Hours of homework and extracurriculars burden today’s students because the pressure to get into post-secondary schools is daunting. Additionally, our educational system seems to have gradually shifted more importance on science…

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What do Culture, Marketing and Socialism All Have in Common? Investing.

The long history of investing dates back to ancient Mesopotamia, and the Mediterranean is credited as being the “cradle” of the stock market. Hammurabi’s Code was the first set of comprehensive rules for finance; they described a modern day safety deposit box, banking, the concept of equity and the legal structure for investing. Perhaps more importantly, Hammurabi’s…

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