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Zichen Wang's Exit Interview From America
Zichen Wang is the writer of the Pekingnology newsletter, which translates important speeches and articles from China into English, and contextualizes them for Western readers. Over the past year, h…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Gillian Tett on Complex Derivatives and the Fifth Stage of Capitalism
After the GFC, there was a lot of angst over the fact that so much effort and brainpower went into designing complex derivatives, and other financial instruments. Not only was this seen as wasteful, …
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Jim Egan on the Mortgage Gap That's Dividing America
Somehow, the American consumer remains quite strong. Despite higher interest rates, tariffs, general economic uncertainty and so forth, people are continuing to spend. And yet there are some pockets …
Published on 6 months ago
The Big Gulf AI Deal That's Divided the White House
Back in May, President Trump announced this big plan whereby American tech giants would participate in major AI projects in both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The announcement has create…
Published on 6 months ago
Trump Economic Advisor, Stephen Miran, on Tariffs and Tax Cuts
The Trump administration seems to have a lot of big ideas about reshaping America, including its economy. We've seen the unveiling (and delaying) of sweeping tariffs aimed at boosting US manufacturin…
Published on 6 months ago
Ricardo Hausmann on What it Takes to Win a Trade War
The focus of Trump's trade policies is clearly China. There are tariffs on everyone, of course, but it's the growing Chinese manufacturing might, and the various perceived risks associated with that,…
Published on 6 months ago
Vladislav Zubok on What the Cold War Actually Was
These days, it's common to talk about the emergence of a New Cold War that exists between the US and China. It's debatable whether or not this is a useful framing. But in order to answer the question…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Introducing: Everybody's Business
Bloomberg Businessweek brings you a smart and fun chat show about all things...business. Hosted by award-winning business and economics journalists Max Chafkin (author of The Contrarian: Peter Thiel …
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
A Major American Egg Farm Just Lost 90% of its Chickens
Egg prices have come down a lot since their recent record and bird flu has largely faded from the headlines. But the epidemic is still raging and, per one farmer, risks becoming endemic in the US. Gl…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Lots More on What America's Busiest Port is Seeing from the Trade Tariffs
We're about two months on from Liberation Day, and there's still a lot of confusion about what's going on with global trade. Some countries, like China, have been granted delays from tariffs. But oth…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago