PHILADELPHIA CHAOS? Looters RANSACK Downtown Stores, Traveled In A Caravan Of Vehicles: Police
Briahna Joy Gray and Amber Athey react to Elon Musk’s comments on the slew of looting that has taken place in Philadelphia this week. #musk #philadelphia
A Google loophole exposed
September 28, 2023 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Hey there! Yes, the 1-ounce gold bars for sale at Costco are real, further proof that place sells just about everything. But good luck finding them in stock. In today’s big story, we’re looking at how a […]
Finance’s next generation
September 27, 2023 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Halfway there! After spending three days in an upturned boat at the bottom of the ocean, you’d think Harrison Okene would steer clear of the water. Instead, he became a diver making underwater repairs on oil and gas […]
LinkedIn has gotten really weird
It’s not just you. LinkedIn has gotten really weird. Divorce and stealing hotel food: Why did a job network become everyone’s favorite place for oversharing? READ NOW Insider Today Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. COUNT ME IN
The fight for remote jobs
September 26, 2023 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Hiya! One of the major stories of the past few days has been the budding relationship between Taylor Swift and NFL star Travis Kelce. From how Kelce’s salary compares to Swift’s concert ticket sales to a guide to […]
Expiration dates can actually do more harm than good
Today’s best articles How will the writers’ deal shape the future of Hollywood screenwriting? Can Meta woo Gen Z with AI chatbots? Expiration dates can actually do more harm than good Animals and plants that have been used to fight disease Hollywood writers on the cusp of ending […]
Wall Street’s new job path
with Dan DeFrancesco Welcome back! We had some breaking news late Sunday: The Writers Guild of America reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood studios to end a 146-day strike. My colleagues have the latest on that here. As for today’s edition, we’re looking at how AI could upend […]
TikTok’s hidden ‘Ozempic economy’
September 23, 2023 A NOTE FROM FORTUNE Tech reporter Alexandra Sternlicht here, filling in for Alyson. The Ozempic craze is sweeping the world, and its success is driven, in part, by a network of health influencers on TikTok. But it’s not just the drugmakers manufacturing Ozempic […]
Goldman partner exodus
September 24, 2023 • 5 min read with Matt Turner Hello! I’m the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Today’s Sunday edition, a roundup of the week’s top stories. On the agenda today: Why former Goldman Sachs partners say they left the firm. […]
Strike!
Sponsored by Celadan Books Gabriel Winant Eight and Skate Today’s iteration of the United Auto Workers—now on a decisive strike—is both a renewal of an old tradition and a new creation. Larry Rohter Searching for the True Brazil The writer Mário de Andrade advocated a lusty embrace of the […]
How Vanguard Conquered the World
The Corbett Report Sep 24, 2023 by James Corbett corbettreport.com September 24, 2023 So, you’ve watched How BlackRock Conquered the World and you’re now aware of how this financial behemoth with trillions of dollars of assets under management has taken over vast swaths of the economy. You know […]
Super-rich to get lessons in succession at Cambridge as the university offers a new course to ‘equip the world’s most influential families to shape the 21st Century’
Hit show Succession features family power struggle to take over a media empire Now a course at Cambridge University aims to help heirs of real-life tycoons The course, priced at £12K, aims to produce world leaders and chief executives By Sam Merriman For The Mail On Sunday Published: […]
The Oliver Anthony Problem
Ep. 2396 The Oliver Anthony Problem The singer who goes by the name Oliver Anthony took America by storm with his unexpected hit “Rich Men North of Richmond.” He correctly identified the villains in America — not rich people as a class, but a specific group of unjustly […]
How Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac props up the Housing Industry
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Meet the Law Geeks Exposing Google’s Secretive Antitrust Trial
Meet the Law Geeks Exposing Google’s Secretive Antitrust Trial Paresh Dave A historic antitrust trial sees Google accused of unlawfully monopolizing search. A handful of antitrust activists are trying to make sure the world sees all the action. READ The Top New Features in Apple’s iOS 17 and […]
The hottest job markets
September 23, 2023 • 5 min read with Diamond Naga Siu It’s Saturday! After moving from one high-rent city (New York City) to another one (San Diego), I often think about what life would be like in an RV instead. Stories like this one — of an RV-life couple […]
College housing crisis
INSIDE SCOOP Tyler Le/Insider America’s biggest private-equity firms are screwing over college students As rents reach new highs, students are getting shorted. READ NOW Insider Today Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. COUNT ME IN
Insider Today: A $2.6 trillion disaster
September 22, 2023 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Happy Friday! A bride who lost her sight at 17 blindfolded her guests and groom as she walked down the aisle so they could “all live in this beautiful moment together.” Keep some tissues close by when you’re […]
The New Colonialist Food Economy
September 22, 2023 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is by far the biggest funder of initiatives aimed at the transformation of African agriculture. But Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has been a resounding failure by its own self-proclaimed altruistic metrics, making nearly zero progress […]
Runaway prices could trigger recession
INSIDE SCOOP Liam Eisenberg for Insider America is stuck in a greased-pig economy Prices are about to soar even higher — and it could trigger a recession. READ NOW Insider Today Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. COUNT […]
Is Hydrogen the Future of Energy?
by Peter Zeihan on September 21, 2023 Is the hydrogen economy really the future? Or Is it all a farce? I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself, but it’s somewhere in between… All the math and science behind using hydrogen checks out. And yes, it […]
Side hustles’ turning point
September 21, 2023 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Hey there! Winning the lottery can come with headaches. Just ask Randy Rush, whose $37 million payday wrecked relationships with his mother and best friend. In today’s big story, we’re looking at how generative AI is making it […]
How To Defeat BlackRock
Appears in this episode The Corbett Report The Corbett Report explore the world of politics, history, science and economics from a radically alternative perspective. From geopolitical conspiracies to monetary manipulation, repressed history and social engineering, The Corbett Report goes where other podcasts fear to tread.show more Episode details […]
Transport: The Economics (and Politics) of Railroads
by Peter Zeihan on September 20, 2023 Today’s video comes to you from Needle’s Eye Tunnel on the Rollins Pass Railroad. My walk along the railroad tracks inspired some pondering on why rail gets such a bad rap. Yeah, I know it’s not as fast as planes OR […]
Ex-Goldman partners dish
September 20, 2023 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Halfway there! Hats off to this Danish artist for trying to get away with getting paid for two blank canvases titled “Take the Money and Run.” In today’s big story, former Goldman Sachs partners explain what led them […]
Global Capitalism: Capitalism Turns to the Authoritarian State
Some group of economists have projected that both the U.S and parts of Europe could slip into a recession for a portion of 2023. A global recession, define as a contraction in annual global per capita income, is more rare because china and emerging markets often grow faster […]
Global Capitalism: A Resurging US Labor Movement
America is currently plagued by the hydra-headed evil duo of inflation and recession. The worst part about this recession is that consumers are racking up credit card debt. In April alone, credit card debt went up 20% while rates have doubled in a year. Inflation is so high […]
Capitalism Hits Home: Alternative Family Structures Are Not New
Socialist visions of communal shared domestic labor and child rearing have existed in the past and exist in the present. In 1917 following the Russian Revolution the government changed the rules and created a domestic revolution. At the turn of the century in the United States over 200 […]
Fed’s decision day looms
September 19, 2023 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Hiya! Not everyone loves the rise of influencers, but we all can support Teddy Siegel’s efforts to help people find a rare commodity: public bathrooms in New York City. In today’s big story, we’re looking at the Fed’s […]
How BlackRock Conquered the World
Appears in this episode The Corbett Report The Corbett Report explore the world of politics, history, science and economics from a radically alternative perspective. From geopolitical conspiracies to monetary manipulation, repressed history and social engineering, The Corbett Report goes where other podcasts fear to tread.show more What is […]
Tech’s biggest lie
September 18, 2023 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Welcome back! Find someone as committed to you as much as Mark Sumersett is dedicated to surfing. Sumersett isn’t giving up surfing despite a shark biting his face last week. “Heck yeah, I’m going surfing again,” he […]
Tiny homes, big problems
September 17, 2023 with Matt Turner Hi, welcome back to Insider Today’s Sunday edition, a roundup of some of our top stories. On the agenda today: The SEC is asking questions about Boxabl, the buzzy tiny-home startup. A software engineer who moved to Seattle said it was the […]
Pharmaceutical-Grade Monopolies
Sponsored by MUBI Daniel J. Kevles Unreasonable Terms In Owning the Sun, Alexander Zaitchik shows how American drug companies have exploited government contracts to pursue profit over public interest. Lynn Hunt The Orphan Among Revolutions Christopher Clark’s history of the 1848 revolutions highlights the destinies of individuals and the legacy of […]
It’s Hard To Find Fulfillment In A Civilization That Revolves Around Corporate Profits
Caitlin Johnstone Sep 17, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): It’s so hard to live as an authentic human being in a civilization whose every molecule is wrapped around something as vapid and soulless as corporate profit. It’s what most of us […]
DEBATE: Sohrab Ahmari vs. Ben Burgis on Socialism
Ben debates Sohrab about why his ideal society would involve a mixed economy. Sohrab expresses a cynicism that socialism would be any better at reducing hierarchy than heavily regulated capitalism.
The Middle Class Is Increasingly Becoming “The Impoverished Class”, And The Poor Are Increasingly Being Pushed Into The Streets
September 12, 2023 by Michael ShareTweet America’s middle class is being systematically eviscerated. When the Federal Reserve pumped trillions of dollars into the financial system during the pandemic, most Americans didn’t realize what that would do to them. That money certainly made the wealthy a whole lot wealthier, […]
Why Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher are facing writer backlash
Today’s best articles What might a post-Mitch McConnell GOP look like? Why the Libya floods are a human-made disaster The best movies about Wall Street Advertisement by Enbridge Turning food waste into renewable energy. Discover how. Why Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher are facing writer backlash Walter Isaacson’s […]
The New Colonialist Food Economy
FEATURED The New Colonialist Food Economy How Bill Gates and agribusiness giants are throttling small farmers in Africa and the Global South. ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK FROM THIS ISSUE America’s Short-Lived Safety Net Has Almost Fully Unraveled The American Rescue Plan created unprecedented programs protecting parents and young children, renters, […]
A Musk genius
September 16, 2023 A NOTE FROM FORTUNE Fortune executive editor Nick Lichtenberg here, filling in for Alyson. This week, the big one dropped. Walter Isaacson, the former Time editor turned documenter of genius brains from Leonardo da Vinci to Albert Einstein to Steve Jobs, dropped his much anticipated all-access […]
Western states are stuck in a paradox
INSIDE SCOOP Chelsea Jia Feng/Insider The cost of housing in Western states is soaring. But amid environmental barriers and hostility toward density, the simple solution — build more houses — is proving difficult. READ NOW
Your manager is burnt out
September 16, 2023 • 4 min read with Diamond Naga Siu Welcome to the weekend, friends! I’m hoping to play a bit of pickleball now that the weather is cooling down. If you’re interested in trying it out or are just starting, a professional player revealed what new […]
UAW STRIKE: 13K+ Auto Workers WALK OFF THE JOB For Better Pay Amidst RECORD Profits
Jessica Burbank and Amber Athey weigh in on the UAW strike. #uaw #striker
Your knockoff’s hidden cost
September 15, 2023 • with Dan DeFrancesco Happy Friday! Sen. Mitt Romney smothering salmon in ketchup is bad, but I’d argue you shouldn’t cover anything in ketchup. Grow up and use a real condiment like mustard or barbecue sauce. In today’s big story, we’re looking at the booming […]
Autoworkers Strike: The Union’s Rising Influence in America
by Peter Zeihan on September 14, 2023 If your kids need poster boards for an upcoming school project, you may want to visit the supply store before the autoworkers hit the picket lines. With a strike looming, let’s break down the economic and political consequences. An autoworker strike […]
Big banks are screwed
September 14, 2023 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Almost to the weekend! Changing phone chargers is already a massive headache, but now you have the bonus of electrocuting your new iPhone 15 if you use the wrong USB-C plugin. Speaking of shocks, Citigroup announced a massive […]
Buyers beware: Online fees are sneakier
INSIDE SCOOP Nicole Zaridze for Insider The most insidious part of online shopping is about to get even worse Instead of being tacked on at checkout, companies are baking “junk fees” into the up-front price — making those hidden costs even more hidden. READ NOW
AutoWorkers To Stage BIGGEST STRIKE In Decades As AutoMakers OK BILLIONS Of Dollars To Shareholders
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss what could turn out to be the biggest strike in decades by auto-workers. #uaw #autoworkers
CEO Suggests CRUSHING Workers Into Lining Up Behind Bosses, Says Should Be Grateful For Jobs
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave react to Gurner Group founder Tim Gurner’s comments on American workers. #economy #poverty
Why Huawei’s 7nm Chip Isn’t a Big Chinese Breakthrough
by Peter Zeihan on September 13, 2023 The Chinese telecom firm Huawei (the same firm that was caught modifying equipment on behalf of the Chinese government) has released a new phone with a seven-nanometer chip. After some digging, it appears that this breakthrough is not as significant as […]
Apple’s new iPhone is here
September 13, 2023 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Hey there! To the Milwaukee bar-goers banking on the Jets losing to get a free bar tab only to be let down, welcome to the club. Take it from a Jets fan: Even when they win, they still […]
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