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Welcome to The Monday List.
Every Monday, we link you up with some of the most insightful, informative, and socially-relevant stories to keep tabbed, bookmarked, reading listed, pocketed, or what have you to get your week started on the right foot. Be sure to check in each week for a new crop of freshly sprouted words curated straight from the source of your favorite homegrown ‘Smack.
What We’re Reading This Week:
Mexico Has a Productivity Problem
Walk down the side-streets just off Mexico City’s iconic Paseo de la Reforma boulevard, and you’ll see dozens of examples of something that is holding back growth: the informal economy.
A Zero-Emission Seaplane Prepares for Takeoff
Canada’s Harbour Air will test-fly a prototype electric aircraft in December.
Boys Will Be Boys in “Ford V Ferrari”
James Mangold’s strongest film yet, starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, feels like a character study strapped into an action flick.
China’s Internet Is Flowering.
And It Might Be Our Future.
Online Cesspool Got You Down?
You Can Clean It Up, for a Price.
Every Tech Company Wants to Be a Bank—Someday, At Least
Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Uber are all eyeing financial services as the next frontier. Getting there might take some work.