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Tyler Cowen: AI Isn’t Conscious. Neither Are We.
To understand artificial intelligence, we need to be honest with ourselves: We don’t control—or perceive—very much of what we do.
Tyler Cowen
Qatar’s Influence-Buying in America Is Even Worse Than We Thought
A new analysis concludes that Qatar has spent over $400 billion in nearly every corner of the U.S., from the defense industry to disaster relief.
Frannie Block
Tyler Cowen: Seven Ways to Avoid Losing Your Job to AI
Go into the office, embrace ‘messy jobs,’ and other dos and don’ts for the future workplace.
Tyler Cowen
Trump Is Making the Same Mistake That Doomed Biden
He insists that the economy is fine while angry Americans plead for relief.
Ruy Teixeira
Trust the Markets, Not the Headlines
Despite the Iran war, economic fundamentals justify a rising market.
Tyler Cowen
Ancient Wisdom: What Charles Koch Learned from Failure
Yes, I’ve been successful, but I’ve made plenty of mistakes too. Those mistakes point to the value of an important principle: humility. We all need to…
Charles Koch
Niall Ferguson: The Iran Stalemate
Wars always take much less time to start than you think they will, and last much longer than you thought they could.
Niall Ferguson
The Inversion of ‘Animal Farm’
Andy Serkis’s new animated adaptation of George Orwell’s classic inverts the point of the book to score shallow political points. It’s also just a…
Nicholas Clairmont
Two Drinks with. . . Lloyd Blankfein
Drinking coffee from a C-SPAN mug, the former Goldman Sachs boss weighs in on AI, the advantages of disadvantage, Y2K, and the drama at the White House…
Suzy Weiss
America at 250: Capitalism’s Hall of Fame
They built factories, golden arches, and music empires. They changed what you eat, where you shop, and what you hear. This week, we celebrate America’s…
The Free Press
They Did Build That
From Ford to Bezos, the capitalist titans have altered the American landscape.
Philip Delves Broughton
This Week in Canada: Carney Sweet-Talks Disappearing Investors
The MAID machine goes after its watchdogs, fangirling over the prime minister, the youth unemployment crisis, and more.
Rupa Subramanya
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