Category: Economics/Class Relations

Housing market Ice Age

May 24, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Hallam Bullock, an editor on Insider’s audience team, here — and I’ve got some bleak news for anyone looking to jump into the housing market.   If you’re not already a homeowner, then I’m afraid you’re unlikely to become one anytime soon. The housing […]

Burnout at BlackRock

May 23, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Shona Ghosh, UK deputy executive editor, here. Many children born to immigrant parents will know how much they can value education, a high-status job, and the trappings that come with it. It’s a way to show that the family has ascended the social […]

The Forever Labor Shortage

May 21, 2023 Hi, I’m Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Today’s Sunday edition, a roundup of some of our top stories.   On the agenda: We’re entering the Forever Labor Shortage — and millions of workers are set to […]

Tory Autocracy

Over the past century, and even before, conservative political movements thrived by challenging the Left’s appeal to the working and middle class. Virtually all the successful movements on the democratic Right—Disraeli’s Tory Democracy to Thatcherism, Reaganism, and even Trumpism—won by establishing a link between conservative policies and upward […]

Economics as a Subdiscipline of War

The Banking Crisis is Just the Beginning Imperium Press Mar 21, 2023 Yarvin is really unfashionable these days as a “reactionary” who couldn’t quite shed his lolbertarianism. And there’s a great truth to this. His takes since returning to activity in the Trump era have been ice cold, […]

‘Junk science’ in court

May 19, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Nicholas Carlson, global editor in chief, here. Today we have the story of Jill Montes. Her son said his stepdad was sexually abusive. A judge gave the stepdad custody anyway. Then she found the photographs. This is a stunning investigation into the unproven […]

The death of ownership

May 18, 2023 Hi, Insiders. This is Lisa Ryan, an executive editor on Insider’s audience team. That phone you just bought — are you sure you own it? What about that new car? Companies are using sneaky software, confusing legalese, and onerous subscriptions to take away your ability […]

Silicon Valley’s Civil War

Tech’s leadership is splitting into two elites—and the battle between them will shape America’s future by Nadia Asparouhova ith an estimated net worth of over $1 billion, Marc Andreessen, co-founder of the Netscape browser and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, is far from an everyman. And yet Andreessen’s […]

Vice is just the beginning

May 16, 2023 Hello, Insiders. This is Joe Ciolli, a deputy executive editor in Insider’s business division. By one measure we’re seeing the most corporate bankruptcies since 2008. Vice Media is the most recent high-profile example.   The culprit is clear: a toxic combination of exorbitant debt liabilities […]

The Century of Wall Street

Digital Odyssey May 15, 2023 “Antony Sutton comes to conclusions that are uncomfortable for many businessmen and economists. For this reason his work tends to be either dismissed out of hand as ‘extreme’ or, more often, simply ignored.” ~ Richard Pipe, Survival Is Not Enough: Soviet Realities and […]

Get ready for a labor shortage

May 15, 2023 Hello, Insiders. This is Hallam Bullock, an editor on Insider’s audience team — and I’ve got great news for workers. A new demographic shift is underway, and you could be among the millions of employees who are set to benefit from it. That’s today’s big […]

The metaverse is dead

 View in browser Subscribe May 14, 2023 Hi, I’m Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Today’s Sunday edition, a roundup of some of our top stories. Happy Mother’s Day to anyone celebrating today.   On the agenda: An obituary for […]

Musk upends NBCUniversal

 View in browser Subscribe May 13, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Before we begin: It’s Mother’s Day tomorrow in the US and Canada. If you’re in need of a last-minute gift, our reviews team has some picks for you. For today’s edition, we’re taking a look at the “crisis” inside […]

The 25 most innovative boards

May 13, 2023   A NOTE FROM OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALYSON SHONTELL This week, Fortune published its annual Modern Board 25 list, recognizing some of the most innovative and diverse boards of directors among S&P 500 companies.   The most effective and impactful boards share a few traits: They’re […]

Elon Musk leaves us hanging

May 12, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Shona Ghosh, UK deputy executive editor, here. Elon Musk says he’s found a new CEO for Twitter. He didn’t identify his candidate, but media industry insiders and Twitter staffers are all abuzz with speculation — as are jokesters, who are saying it could […]

Victims of Capitalism Day

Kevin Carson | Support this author on Patreon | May 10th, 2020 At Reason Ilya Somin, in keeping with his annual practice since 2007, has chosen May 1 — May Day — as his date for  observing “Victims of Communism Day.” Somin cites the “authoritative” Black Book of Communism as his source for a death toll […]

Russia’s NATO is crumbling

May 10, 2023 Hello, Insiders! Spriha Srivastava, UK bureau chief, here. Today we take a deeper dive into Vladimir Putin’s version of the NATO military alliance, also known as the Collective Security Treaty Organization, or CSTO, and how it’s crumbling since Russia invaded Ukraine.   Seen the group […]

Meet the Hustle Generation

May 9, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Shona Ghosh, Insider’s UK deputy executive editor, here. Gen Zers have watched millennials slog up the corporate ladder and they don’t fancy doing the same. Economic concerns, passion projects, and disdain for a narrow career path have turned them into the “Hustle Generation” […]

Silicon Valley’s Hail Mary moment

May 8, 2023 Hello, Insiders. This is Lisa Ryan, an executive editor on Insider’s audience team. Silicon Valley has entered the Hail Mary phase of its business cycle. Today’s big story looks at the tech sector’s last-ditch attempt to avoid a stock market wipeout.   Plus, we’re also […]

Airbnb ‘bait and switch’ scam

May 7, 2023 Hi, I’m Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Today’s Sunday edition, a roundup of some of our top stories.   On the agenda today: What it’s like being caught in an Airbnb “bait-and-switch” scam. Shopify tried to […]

Overworked, Underpaid, and Fed Up

Sponsored by University of California Press Willa Glickman The Fight for Fair Wages America’s lowest-paid workers are at a breaking point, and grassroots labor organizing may offer the only way out. Michael Hofmann Bewitched by Goethe In Johann Eckermann, Goethe found an amanuensis made in heaven. Jed S. Rakoff […]

Charles in Charge

May 6, 2023 Hello, Insiders. This is Chloé Pantazi-Wolber, a deputy executive editor in Insider’s life division. Today, we’re watching the coronation of King Charles III. Since Queen Elizabeth’s death, the world has been wondering: How will Charles write the monarchy’s next chapter? Our answer is “Charles in […]

Amazon cracks down on hiring

May 6, 2023   A NOTE FROM OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALYSON SHONTELL After years of excess, tech companies are now in the business of cost control through any means necessary.   Take Amazon, for example. Tech reporter Kylie Robison wrote this week that Amazon’s cloud provider, Amazon Web Services, […]

Experts question Kremlin mystery

May 5, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Jennifer H. Cunningham, editor in chief for news, here. Moscow’s superior air defense-system is among the reasons some experts are questioning the validity of Russia’s claim that it intercepted a Ukrainian drone hovering above the Kremlin that was sent to assassinate President Vladimir […]