Monday morning news drop
Yellen Won a Global Tax Deal. Now Comes the Hard Part. The Treasury secretary worked with finance ministers from the G7 to win support for a global minimum tax. But selling the idea to Republican lawmakers will not be easy. (New York Times)
Employees Are Gaining Leverage Over Employers Right Before Our Eyes “Employers are becoming much more cognizant that yes, it’s about money, but also about quality of life.” (Upshot)
Employees Are Quitting Instead of Giving Up Working From Home The drive to get people back into offices is clashing with workers who’ve embraced remote work as the new normal. (Bloomberg)
How cybercriminals hold data hostage... and why the best solution is often paying a ransom Targets have included hospitals and municipalities, but the FBI says anyone on the internet should expect to be attacked by cybercriminals. (60 Minutes)
How SoundScan Changed Everything We Knew About Popular Music Thirty years ago, Billboard changed the way it tabulated its charts, turning the industry on its head and making room for genres once considered afterthoughts to explode in the national consciousness. (The Ringer)
The World’s Best Hope to End the Pandemic Still Needs More Doses The nonprofit Covax, which distributes Covid vaccines to mostly poor countries, has been saying for a year no one is safe until everyone is. Rich countries may finally be getting the message. (Businessweek)
‘This Should Be the Biggest Scandal in Sports’ The inside story of how rampant pitch-doctoring in MLB is pumping pitchers up and deflating offenses. (SI)
Fixing the Leafs: Why trading Morgan Rielly should be on the table. And what if Mitch Marner is their DeMar DeRozan? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity. Yet Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan and general manager Kyle Dubas plan to bring back essentially the same team — certainly the same core — that has disappointed fans in the playoffs for five years now. They’re expecting different results (Toronto Star)
The World’s Northernmost Town Is Changing Dramatically Climate change is bringing tourism and tension to Longyearbyen on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard (Scientific American)
Sir David Attenborough explains what he thinks needs to happen to save the planet The legendary wildlife filmmaker tells Anderson Cooper why urgent action on climate change is crucial and why we need to save nature in order to save ourselves. (60 Minutes)
Are the rungs in the property ladder growing further apart? You’ll often hear said that you want to get on the “property ladder” as quickly as possible. Buy a starter property, then ride any price gains upward and upgrade the house when you can. Is that really true? And do price gains help you upgrade to the next house? Let’s take a look. (House Hunt Victoria)
