All of this today from Derek Thompson is very much worth readingâbut since it is a paid post, I cannot ethically crosspost more than one single fair-use section. I have chosen the one about...
Spanish politics enters the global stage in Mexico. A clash of progressives vs. conservatives where many have underestimated Pedro Sanchez
Building a catechism out of 500MB of text, one GPUâhour and hallucination at a time, as a monthâlong on-device build_qa.py run to cut what would otherwise have been a $3,000 cloud bill by a factor...
A look at the hidden role of private markets in public stock volatility.
Corruption pervades everything this administration does
BRICS members have a lot to teach each other, and the advanced world, about waste reuse.
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Today's Iran war update: The contest over control of the Strait of Hormuz continues as Congresscritters and the press tally war costs.
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
Why China has contempt for Donald Trump
Eaton-Kortum (2002)
China is still suffering a real estate bubble hangover, with a lot of symptoms similar to Japan's deflation.
The latest national strike in a series over a year and a half against policies that a union leader said will heighten inequality and poverty
The return of early-2021 to mid-2022 class inflation: oil shock, sticky core, rate and a Fed on edge as the inflation scare just got real againâŚ
Does each of us have a big enough brain to compensate for our lack of fangs, claws, sprinting speed, & dodging quickness? I say: âDefinitely not!âânot individually we donât. The Scarecrow in âThe...
$10 million is being spent in a single primary as Congress abdicates its constitutional role and efforts to manipulate the midterms escalate.
Both the millennia past and the new millennium. The economic world: working, making, apportioning, talking, & more. What I learn about it, largely through history, as I bet that humans are such the sa
Why lumping factor funds with stock-pickers distorts the scorecard and misleads investors
The most powerful Russian agencies consider how to respond to the risk of a NATO-instigated three-front proxy war.
You are here to experience, or: why differentiation is a moral obligation.
What would today's post-Nazi Europe and post-Nazi world (if we had been lucky) look like if not for Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill's ascent to the Prime Ministership of the British Empire in May...
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
Prizes vs subsidies
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Today's Iran war watch: Iran ups demands as more evidence of US weakness and Trump insanity emerges, and the economy is collateral damage.
All of this was predictable and predicted
The "economic divorce" between the two countries is proceeding slowly, but it is proceeding.
India has repeatedly stated its committment to pursuing an independent path. That resolution is missing in action in the Iran war.
Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale leads charge for police state response that sees him and fellow techno-capitalists profit and gain more control.
The current $1.5T AI arms race: are hyperscalers building utopia, building dystopia, building digital god, or simply lighting trillions of dollars on fire in a dollar auction? When âfree cash flow...
For decades, the Patriot missile system has symbolized American technological superiority and alliance reassurance. But modern missile warfare is evolving toward saturation attacks, rapid adaptation,
A look at new research connecting AI adoption to measurable productivity gainsâand what it means for investors
AI promises efficiency in offices but its insatiable power needs are making life more costly for communities at large.
Life is about more than GDP
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Today's Iran war news: Trump is predictably acting as if he is doubling down as criticism from the elites gets much louder.
Starmer's rapid rise and (apparent) fall are symptomatic of a broader trend unfolding across the Davos regimes of the collective West.
Big Ag, which has shaped food policies, profits more from "innovations "in food production, processing, and distribution than food security.
A brief, incomprehensible technical note
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