Morning Belz, Aug. 10

Links.

$15 close to a “baseline wage” in low pay industries — WaPo
2 innocent Black men exonerated (after 30 yrs) in NY — NYT
Fake vaccine certificates fetch $200 on Internet — AP
Electric cars will be 68% of auto sales by 2040 — Bloomberg
Vaccine researcher cited by Rogan: Rogan got it wrong — Forbes
The SEC vs crypto (dense but good) — Matt Levine
How to interpret a fast rise in Covid cases — Cowen

Quote
”You might think that when a guy’s family office goes from positive $20 billion to negative $10 billion, that guy would no longer be a billionaire. That is sort of the naive intuitive reading of things.” — Matt Levine

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