I will be joined by Keith Preston, Swithun Dobson and Terminal Philosophy to discuss this excellent video by WhatIfAltHist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JDLr… Where he speculates as to how a second American civil war might go down.
April 16, 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: Inside the rise and spectacular crash of Larry Page’s flying-car company. Young people […]
Sponsored by Harvard University Press Marina Warner Temporale During the pandemic I picked up the Catholic missal of my childhood, and it made me think again about its function: marking the passage of time. Martin Filler The Architect and the Rock Star Two new books of personal photographs, one […]
Jose Nino’s Digest Here are my most recent articles for you Three Republican Congressmen Introduces Gold Standard Bill to Stabilize the Dollar Three congressmen, West Virginia Congressman Alex Mooney, Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs, and Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar recently introduced a sound money bill that would re-peg the […]
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April 15, 2023 A NOTE FROM OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALYSON SHONTELL It has definitely been the year from hell for crypto. It begs a lot of questions about what the future of the industry holds. Is blockchain technology still as transformational as many once thought it was? […]
April 14, 2023 Hello, Insiders. This is Lisa Ryan, an executive editor at Insider. If you watched “Severance” on Apple TV+, then you’ve seen the former New Jersey headquarters of Bell Labs. In the series, it serves as the site of Lumon Industries — but in real life, […]
Hey WIRED readers. Lauren Goode here, filling in for Steven Levy, who was so inspired by the recent letter calling for a pause on AI development that he decided to take a pause in solidarity. The Plain View It’s so nice that everything’s back to normal at the […]
by Peter Zeihan on April 14, 2023 The American Southwest is primed to be one of the largest beneficiaries of the changes caused by deglobalization – mainly the reshoring of manufacturing. They owe this to years of in-migration bolstering their demographics. They also account for a significant portion […]
by Peter Zeihan on April 13, 2023 Horrible views today up on the Isthmus Peak Trail in New Zealand. Europe’s energy situation looked pretty dire last year as concerns began to mount over the impending winter season. Thankfully they dodged a bullet this year, but how many more […]
April 13, 2023 Hello, Insiders! This is Joe Ciolli, a deputy executive editor in Insider’s business division. We got the newest batch of inflation data yesterday, which showed a sharp decline. It offered an encouraging sign that the Fed’s rate hikes are working. But it wasn’t all […]
April 12, 2023 Hello, Insiders! This is Lisa Ryan, an executive editor at Insider. Elon Musk has been known to sleep where he works — including the Tesla factory floor. His latest sleep-from-work spot? Musk told the BBC that he has been sleeping on a couch in the […]
Dorothy Cucci Updated Dec 2, 2022, 4:40 PM Peter Thiel (left) and Elon Musk (right) pose for a 1999 story about their company PayPal. AP Peter Thiel and Elon Musk have worked together for decades, but are polar opposites. Thiel and his allies conspired against Musk and replaced […]
Ex-CEO Charlie Javice, 31, is just the latest from the magazine’s list to see criminal charges Arwa Mahdawi Fri 7 Apr 2023 01.00 EDT Last modified on Mon 10 Apr 2023 12.26 EDT Just a few years ago, Charlie Javice was riding high. In 2019 the tech CEO […]
by Peter Zeihan on April 11, 2023 The advanced developing world is about to have its moment. We’re talking about India, Turkey, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Brazil. These countries were a little late to the global scene, but now it’s their time to shine, hopefully… The path to globalization […]
April 11, 2023 Hello, Insiders. It’s Shona Ghosh, Insider’s UK deputy executive editor. For the past week, I’ve been trying out a productivity hack called the “scary hour.” The idea is to define the most daunting task on your plate and carve out an hour to just do it. […]
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By Joel Kotkin The recent sparring between Starbucks’s longtime CEO Howard Schultz and Senator Bernie Sanders reflects a conflict within the Democratic Party that is likely to get far more intense in the years ahead. Sanders accused Schultz, a self-described progressive who once considered a presidential run, of […]
By Robert E. Wright, Money Metals Exchange Money Metals The latest fad in monetary policy circles worldwide is CBDC or Central Bank Digital Currency, a government-created cryptocurrency exchanged on a blockchain. Many fear that it would give governments complete control over individuals by allowing them to track, and […]
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: Young workers hate their jobs — and employers should be worried. How Lex Fridman’s podcast became a […]
Click here to view this email in your browser. April 8, 2023 A NOTE FROM OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALYSON SHONTELL This week, Fortune released its 26th annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For with our partner, Great Place to Work. For the third year […]
April 8, 2023 Hello, Insiders. It’s the weekend! We’ve got a packed edition for you today, so we’ll get right to it. Here’s what we’re covering: Disney chief Bob Iger is taking no prisoners. Dogs owners are feeding their dogs cheap pills to help them live longer. Some […]
He’s one of a kind in his intellectual idiosyncrasies and consistency. 4 hr ago (We’ll be back next Friday with the usual Weekly Dish, alongside another Dishcast and window contest, after this Easter weekend.) Michael, an old friend and acquaintance, is a writer and academic. He’s taught at […]
By Mike Gleason, Money Metals Exchange As the gold market marches toward new records, it is proving the naysayers wrong and vindicating longtime bulls. Gold posted a record high close on a quarterly basis at the end of March. Now the monetary metal has its sights set on […]
By Joel Kotkin The Western response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine is widely seen as a sign of a reinvigorated alliance of democracies against authoritarianism. Even historically anti-war publications like the Guardian speak volubly about the West’s heroic “defense of liberty.” Raising concerns about petty issues like […]
By Joel Kotkin Beware of plutocrats bearing gifts. The annual clown show at Davos epitomises how today, the global elites have embraced an unholy trinity of ‘progressive’ doctrines: climate-change apocalypticism, a belief in systemic racism and racial ‘equity’, and radical gender ideology. The super-rich hope that by genuflecting […]
by: Larry Reed Money Metals Ninety years ago, Franklin Roosevelt told Americans they had less than a month to hand over their gold or face up to ten years in prison. December 7, 1941 will forever be remembered as, in the words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “a date […]
View in browser Subscribe April 6, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Everyone’s talking about Ben Affleck’s new movie “Air,” which recounts how Nike signed Michael Jordan. So I wanted to highlight some of our reporting on the footwear giant, from Matthew Kish’s report on graphic employee surveys that rocked the […]
View in browser Subscribe April 5, 2023 Hello, Insiders. I’m Jennifer H. Cunningham, the editor in chief of Insider’s news division. Yesterday, the eyes of the world turned to a New York City courtroom, where former President Donald Trump was arraigned on 34 felony counts of falsifying business […]
Washington, DC – As America faces the twin threats of inflation and bank failures, three U.S. congressmen introduced a pivotal sound money bill that would enable the Federal Reserve note “dollar” to regain stable footing for the first time in more than half a century. Rep. Alex Mooney […]
U.S. companies spend an estimated $433 million per year on union avoidance consultants, new report finds. March 31, 2023 By Marcus Baram Howard Schultz testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on March 29 in Washington, D.C. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images. In one of the […]
Millions in the Golden State are failing to keep on the right side of the growing wealth divide. March 30, 2023 By Mark Kreidler Photo: Patcharin Saenlakon / EyeEm. The money is gone before Norma Reyes makes it, and that is a fact of her life in California. […]
John Carter Mar 19 Vladimir Manyukhnin We Westmen have become accustomed to thinking our condition synonymous with wealth. Sure, we might have trouble paying the bills, we might not have as much stuff as our neighbours, we might go on Instagram and see lifestyles of unthinkable luxury, but […]
Jai Hamid April 2, 2023 Saudi Arabia aims to adopt an economic strategy independent of the US due to declining relations during the Biden administration. The country and the OPEC+ group have announced a cut in oil production of around 1.6 million barrels per day to achieve market […]
Caitlin Johnstone 5 hr ago Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Some empire managers are so brash about wanting to rule the world that they’ll occasionally voice their position so directly it sounds like an anti-imperialist said it. We saw just such an […]
View it in your browser. Top News Stories A $3 trillion threat to global financial markets looms in Japan Just over a week before a momentous leadership change at the Bank of Japan, investors are gearing up for the seemingly inevitable end to a … ‘Don’t blame women’: […]
Our April 17/24 Issue Read Online Read as PDF FEATURED The Revolution Against Shady Landlords Has Begun In New York, the real estate industry and the politicians in its pocket both reign supreme. These tenants have a plan to change that forever. MOLLY CRABAPPLE FROM THIS ISSUE What […]
April 1, 2023 A NOTE FROM OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALYSON SHONTELL Happy Saturday! Fortune magazine’s latest cover story is out and the subject is Marc Benioff. It digs into an important question all leaders face as economic headwinds strengthen: Can you be both an efficient and empathetic leader […]
Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, NYC. He is the founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update. His books […]
— Nick Summers, features editor, New York It was a solid idea for a start-up: an online bank for the LGBTQ+ community, offering specialized loans, revenue-sharing deals with queer-friendly businesses, and payment cards bearing any name customers wanted. (No more seeing your deadname every time you swipe.) The […]
By Mike Gleason, Money Metals Exchange Money Metals As gold prices continue to hold firm near the $2,000 level, bulls are eying big developments ahead for the monetary metal along with the global monetary system. Gold’s potential ascendancy to new record highs is coinciding with a decline in […]
Is crypto exchange Binance the latest in Choke Point 2.0? Mario Nawfal, Founder of IBC Group and Host of largest spaces on Twitter breaks it down. Join his spaces here: https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal Get your free info kit on how to start investing in gold and securing your future by […]
March 29, 2023 Hello, Insiders. I’m Jennifer H. Cunningham, the editor in chief of the news division. All eyes remain on former President Trump’s possible criminal indictment; we’re monitoring the parade of witnesses testifying in front of the Grand Jury and learning why an indictment may have already […]
Six weeks later, operation chokepoint 2.0 has brought crypto to its knees… along with america’s entire financial system Nic Carter Mar 23 Six weeks ago, Pirate Wires published Nic Carter’s explosive Operation Chokepoint 2.0, laying out the case that the Biden Administration was quietly attempting to ban crypto. […]
By Stephanie Pagones A self-proclaimed “crypto king” was allegedly kidnapped, reportedly enduring days of torture and assault from attackers demanding a multimillion-dollar ransom. Aiden Pleterski, 23, of Ontario, Canada, was “taken” from Toronto in December and held hostage by kidnappers demanding at least $3 million, his father and […]
March 28, 2023 Hello, Insiders. I want to ask you about artificial intelligence. We’ve covered how it may be coming for our jobs, how it will fundamentally change search, and how it could change social media. But I’m curious about its impact on you, specifically. Have you used […]
Kim discusses the shift away from the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency, and how the BRICS alliance, made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, is actively trying to dent the dollar’s dominance as the anchor of the international financial system.
by Peter Zeihan on March 27, 2023 We’re starting the day off with a bit of optimism thanks to the demographic outlook of Southeast Asia. This region of the world is primed and ready to boom; all it needs is a bit of money and tech to get […]
Hello, Insiders. It’s great to be back! I spent the last week with our amazing team of editors and reporters working out of Insider’s Los Angeles and San Francisco bureaus. The California weather was pretty dismal, but it’s always great to meet up in person. And now that […]
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the US banking crisis in this episode of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour.
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