Wednesday morning news drop
In a tight labour market, this is where Canadian workers are going 5 charts show what’s behind the shifting landscape — and why the worker shortage will persist (CBC)
In Vancouver, Indigenous Communities Get Prime Land, and Power After acquiring some of the biggest and most coveted parcels of land in Vancouver, the city’s three First Nations are becoming players in the biggest game in town — real estate. (New York Times)
Why the Rent Inflation Is So Damn High It’s just the latest chapter in the “everything is weird” economy. (The Atlantic)
Investing in Flow: The residential real estate world needs to address changing dynamics. And yet virtually no aspect of the modern housing market is ready for these changes. And so, we are excited to partner with Adam Neumann and his colleagues on Flow, which is a direct strike on precisely this problem. (Andreessen Horowitz)
Inflation Is Up Everywhere, But How Much Depends on Where You Live: The Northeast isn’t feeling the pain as much as the South or Mountain West,. This could have political implications in the 2022 midterms. (Businessweek)
Investors Are Shunning Vanguard’s Best Funds: The company’s actively managed funds are shedding assets. (Morningstar)
Google Search Is Quietly Damaging Democracy: A series of incremental changes over the years has transformed the tool from an explorative search function to one that is ripe for deception. (Wired)
Big Tech braces for “Big Lie” in 2022 midterms: Tech companies were caught flat-footed by the deluge of disinformation aimed at delegitimizing the election process and outcome in 2020. Now, amid intense regulatory scrutiny, they are trying to get ahead of a repeat. (Axios)
The Age of Instagram Face How social media, FaceTune, and plastic surgery created a single, cyborgian look. (New Yorker)
An Anatomy of Erasure How a free and open Hong Kong became a police state (Economist)
The Only Way For Some People To Stay In San Francisco Is To Steal As San Francisco’s wealthy residents panic over property crime, some of the city’s less privileged can’t find ways to make ends meet. (Buzzfeed)