Wealth – Link(s) of the Day

The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code

Bill Benter did the impossible: He wrote an algorithm that couldn’t lose at the track. Close to a billion dollars later, he tells his story for the first time.

Hepatitis C is a slow-moving killer that can be stopped. What’s getting in the way?

Hepatitis C can now be cured in most cases with antiviral medication. Yet in the U.S., only a fraction of people who are found to be infected promptly start treatment.

Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life

Five pieces of career advice, shaped by economics, psychology, and a little bit of existential math

Op-Ed: How Los Angeles pioneered the residential segregation that helped divide America

After real estate agents invented racial covenants in the early 1900s, L.A. led the nation in using them. Their idea of ‘freedom’ shapes the U.S. today.

Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank

Roth IRAs were intended to help average working Americans save, but IRS records show Thiel and other ultrawealthy investors have used them to amass vast untaxed fortunes.

Opinion | Dear GOP: MLK had more than one quote, honest

Talking honestly about inequality, it turns out, was a special point of emphasis for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

An Italian Artist Auctioned Off an ‘Invisible Sculpture’ for $18,300. It’s Made Literally of Nothing | Artnet News

“It is a work that asks you to activate the power of the imagination,” the artist, Salvatore Garau, said of his sculpture.

Supplier fears intensify as major grocer group demands match of any discount given to Walmart

Group asking for equal treatment after Walmart Canada introduced a controversial plan to charge suppliers more fees

Analysis | Black families pay significantly higher property taxes than white families, new analysis shows

As black Americans are leading protests against police violence in the United States, a new study shows they pay a disproportionate amount of the property taxes that help fund local police.

People With Diabetes Forgoing Basic Needs in Order to Survive According to New Studies

According to two studies, people with diabetes are forgoing basic needs and taking to underground exchanges of necessary supplies.