Today in Monopoly – Friday, February 22nd

Here are some stories we had our eye on today:

The Billion Dollar Startup Club
The Wall Street Journal, Scott Austin, Chris Canipe, and Sarah Slobin
The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones VentureSource are tracking venture-backed private companies valued at $1 billion or more. See how the club has expanded and select companies to learn more about each.

US and China look to end chipmaker spat as part of trade deal
Financial Times, Tom Mitchell, Don Weinland, and Aime Williams
US and Chinese negotiators are trying to resolve a long-running dispute between semiconductor rivals Micron Technology and Fujian Jinhua as part of a larger trade agreement between the world’s two largest economies, according to people briefed on the negotiations.

Dollars on Margins
New York Times Magazine, Matthew Desmond
A living wage is an antidepressant. It is a sleep aid. A diet. A stress reliever. It is a contraceptive, preventing teenage pregnancy. It prevents premature death. It shields children from neglect.

A Green New Deal Is Technologically Possible. Its Political Prospects Are Another Question.
The New York Times, Lisa Friedman and Trip Gabriel
The Green New Deal, in other words, is an exciting idea for many liberals and an enticing political target for conservatives. But, most of all, it is an extraordinarily complicated series of trade-offs that could be realized, experts say, with extensive sacrifices that people are only starting to understand.

Judge: Prosecutors’ deal with Jeffrey Epstein in molestation case violated law, misled victims
The Washington Post, Mark Berman
A judge ruled Thursday that federal prosecutors, including the future Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, violated the law when they did not tell victims the government had struck a deal not to prosecute Jeffrey Epstein, a politically connected billionaire accused of molesting dozens of young girls.