Fortune Dive into Fortune’s Success Features Jeff Bezos is taking a page out of the Bill Gates playbook with vow to give away most of his billions American workers can expect bigger raises next year, despite a looming recession A 29-year-old hacker on landing his six-figure dream job […]
Video playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. CBDCs: Beyond the Basics The Corbett Report 12 hr ago SHOW NOTES AND COMMENTS: https://www.corbettreport.com/cbdc/ We all know that central bank digital currencies are bad news. But do you know the difference between retail and wholesale CBDCs? And […]
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Nicholas Carlson, November 22, 2022 Hello, Insiders! Have you been watching the World Cup? We had the USA vs. Wales match playing on the TV in the office yesterday — let’s go USA! — and I will be watching as many games as possible. (By the way, here’s how […]
The War in Ukraine has proven disastrous for Europe’s dwindling energy supply. Now that Europe has lost its primary source of natural gas – Russia – they’re paying up to 10x market price to replace that lost supply. So what can Europe do? First, hope that they have one of the […]
Why do people keep falling for it? Michael Shellenberger Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX, now under investigation for fraud. Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, which was, until last week, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, is today facing prison time for allegedly defrauding his customers of billions of […]
PharmaHeretic Over the years, on a previous blog, I wrote many articles about how the West has no worthwhile future. While some might see this as wishful thinking, my analysis was based on multiple converging trends from very low fertility rates and technological stagnation to deindustrialization and concurrent […]
By Caitlin Doornbos, Carl Campanile, Samuel Chamberlain and Ben Kesslen New York Post WASHINGTON — More and more big-money bundlers are abandoning former President Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House in 2024 in favor of rising GOP stars like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Billionaire cosmetics […]
by Peter Zeihan on November 21, 2022 The Nord Stream bombing is one of those situations where the truth won’t set you free. Sweden, which has the most robust naval and forensic capabilities in the area, is indicating it has ample evidence to implicate Russia in the bombing. Calling […]
Nicholas Carlson, November 21, 2022 Hello, Insiders! Elon Musk’s Twitter is already a very different place to work. Those who remain at the company say they’ve been told to work 84-hour weeks. And a recent photo of a Twitter employee sleeping at the office went viral. I asked […]
The Corbett Report 9 hr ago by James Corbett corbettreport.com November 19, 2022 If you read Part 1 of the How BlackRock Conquered the World series, you will know how BlackRock went from an obscure investment firm in the 1980s to one of the most powerful asset managers […]
Krystal Kyle & Friends 18 min ago You’ll enjoy this week’s episode with guest Matt Stoller on antitrust politics in the age of Ticketmaster and crypto, whether or not you’re a Swiftie (although, to any Swifties out there in the KK&F listenership, this is your week). From the […]
Nicholas Carlson November 18, 2022 Hello, Insiders. Nancy Pelosi announced that she’s stepping down from House Democratic leadership after two decades in the top job. President Biden called her “the most consequential Speaker” in history, so I have a question for you: Do you think Pelosi is, […]
by Peter Zeihan on November 18, 2022 When you think about cities with bright futures, what are the factors you consider? Energy Production? Agriculture? Population? Manufacturing? There’s plenty more, but let’s focus on those. Houston is a leader in all of that…and more. So once the global supply […]
Fortune Explore Fortune’s Hottest Financial Coverage🔥 Silicon Valley braces for the legal fallout from FTX 3 charts that shed light on when the stock market may hit bottom Leaked documents that Sam Bankman-Fried used to fundraise in 2021 and 2022 show why VCs may have ignored due diligence […]
Nicholas Carlson November 17, 2022 Hello, Insiders. Have you seen the wild DMs between Sam Bankman-Fried and Vox reporter Kelsey Piper? It’s all I’m seeing on Twitter this morning. The exchange offers a window into SBF’s unfiltered views on regulators and the collapse of FTX. “You know […]
by Peter Zeihan on November 17, 2022 In the early hours of November 16th, an oil tanker was struck by an armed drone off the coast of Oman. Strikes like this might not sink a ship with 1 or even 5 hits…but it is a sign of the […]
Nicholas Carlson November 16, 2022 Hello, Insiders. Last spring, Insider correspondent Ashley Stewart revealed allegations of a widespread pattern of executive misconduct at Microsoft from dozens of the tech giant’s current and former employees. Yesterday, the company released results of a review of its sexual harassment policies, […]
by Peter Zeihan on November 16, 2022 There’s a few reasons people love manufacturing in Texas – it’s cheap, it follows American law and low tax rates. Electronics manufacturing is something that Americans haven’t worried about in decades…they could just outsource it to East Asian countries. Now that these countries […]
By Florindo Volpacchio Telos Characterizing a concept as a goal is a misleading way to approach a critique. At best, it tries to imply a teleological argument. (I’ll leave it to the reader to decide whether that is a play on words.) In actuality here, it subsumes the […]
Nicholas Carlson November 15, 2022 Hello, Insiders. Today’s the day Donald Trump has been hyping up. He’s going to be making a “special announcement” at Mar-a-Lago — and it’s widely expected he’ll be announcing his 2024 presidential bid. The event is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET (of […]
By Peter Zeihan on November 15, 2022 I got to play storm tracker over the weekend in Palm Beach and wanted to give you some of my best tips on tracking hurricanes and avoiding their ensuing destruction. These storms roll out in 3-waves, with the first wave being […]
November 14, 2022 TODAY IN HISTORY Herman Melville publishes “Moby-Dick” 1851 TOP NEWS Judiciary Appeals Court Rules Against Biden Administration’s Student Loan Forgiveness Program Share* READ MORE Cryptocurrency Relationship Among FTX, Ukraine, and Democrats Sparks Speculation Share* […]
REGISTER TODAY REMINDER: Join us this evening (Monday, November 14) for the penultimate (i.e., second to the last) presentation in our online Zoom conference “End Inflation and the Fed.” Our speaker this evening will be the great Ron Paul, who electrified people on the right, left, and libertarian […]
Yasha Nov 13 I went on San Francisco’s 311 app for the first time yesterday to report a giant pile of trash that’s been accumulating over the last few days on our block. I thought the app was supposed to make it easy to connect you to various […]
By Donnacha DeLong An examination of the enduring relevance of the syndicalist period of trade unionism and the ‘global justice’ movement, tracing the history of both and the influence on the first movement on the more recent and the aspects that have continued relevance. READ MORE
Nicholas Carlson November 14, 2022 Hello, Insiders. I recently asked our Republican readers to email me their thoughts on Donald Trump following the GOP’s lackluster midterm performance — and it’s safe to say our inbox was bursting with responses. While a few of you came to Trump’s […]
By Nick Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley I’m a crazy person, or at least, so I’m told. I could dress it up with all kinds of politically correct labels and DSM approved diagnoses for you, but let’s just cut the bullshit right here and call […]
A Brief History of BlackRock The Corbett Report by James Corbett corbettreport.com November 12, 2022 Let’s play a little game. Let’s imagine you’re Joe Q. Normie and you need to run out for some groceries. You hop in the car and head to the store. What store do […]
By Thomas Swann Editors’ introduction to the ephemera special issue ‘Management, Business, Anarchism’. Traces the connections between anarchism and critical management studies. READ MORE
By Alyson Shontell, Fortune In August, Fortune put a high-flying billionaire on its cover. Sam Bankman-Fried, 30, founded one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, FTX. He launched it in 2019 with some friends in the Bahamas, and scaled it to a valuation of more than $30 […]
Nobody is sure why home prices are falling faster west of the Rockies. Timothy B Lee In March 2021, a woman in the D.C. area put her house on the market and got 88 bids—including 76 all-cash offers and 15 from people who hadn’t bothered to visit the […]
While the government wants to keep us gullible, Henry Hazlitt teaches us the real cure for inflation. Published 11/11/22 Stratton J. Davis There is one characteristic common in Americans that may ensure their doom in the fight against the current inflation they are facing: their own willful ignorance. […]
Executive Branch Biden Administration Stops Accepting Applications for Student Loan Forgiveness Program Share (friends read free) Read more » Safe and Effective: A Second Opinion | Documentary “Safe and Effective” is the mantra authorities have been using to push COVID vaccines. But are the […]
Nicholas Carlson November 11, 2022 Hello, Insiders. Before we get into the newsletter, today is Veterans Day, and I want to start by saying thank you to all the veterans for your service to our country. We are forever grateful. Now, let’s take a look at today’s […]
Explore Fortune’s COP27, climate and sustainability coverage ‘We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator,’ UN chief warns In an effort to wean itself off Russia’s energy, the EU is running into the arms of another dictator Microsoft exec says solving […]
By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals Exchange Money Metals Cryptocurrency markets were rattled this week by the abrupt collapse of FTX, a major exchange. Facing a wave of customer requests for withdrawals, FTX announced it was experiencing “liquidity” issues. Rival firm Binance initially offered to help facilitate an emergency […]
Nicholas Carlson November 10, 2022 Hello, Insiders! So it’s been a couple days, and I think we can safely say that the GOP underperformed versus expectations in the midterms. It may still win the Senate, and will almost certainly take the House — but barely. (Check out […]
Posted by Albino SquirrelNovember 8, 2022 Posted inAmerican Politics, Conservative Case For Class Struggle, Geo Politics, History For almost the last 80 years the United States has had a free trade and global economy. Meaning countries do trade with very little restrictions on their economies such as no […]
Nicholas Carlson November 9, 2022 Hello, Insiders. There was no big “red wave,” although Republicans could still take control of the Senate and House. Our absolutely incredible politics team has been covering all the latest developments since the polls closed last night — keep up with their […]
Nicholas Carlson November 7, 2022 Hello, Insiders. It’s midterms week. Our politics team is working around the clock to bring you the latest on the key races — from John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz facing off for a US Senate seat in Pennsylvania, to the closely-watched gubernatorial […]
Herland Report Herland Report: US Economy Destroyed: In 1945 the United States emerged from a world war with the only intact industrial economy in the world. The British, European, Soviet, and Japanese economies were in ruins. China and the rest of Asia, Africa, and South America had undeveloped economies, […]
by Peter Zeihan on November 7, 2022 Despite what you might be hearing, the United States is in the midst of its greatest period of industrialization since WWII… if not ever. How did we get here? For starters, the political environment of the last half decade or so […]
By Alyson Shontell, Fortune This week, Fortune hosted its annual CEO Initiative Summit in West Palm Beach, Fla. We heard from politicians and business executives ranging from Joe Manchin to top Meta boss, Nick Clegg. The summit wrapped with a fascinating conversation with Marc D’Amelio, the father […]
By Katherine Donlevy New York Post Twitter’s much-talked-about layoffs under new boss Elon Musk became official Thursday — as staffers received an email alerting them to the “unfortunate” moves. The internal email, obtained by the Washington Post, warned workers at the social media giant that the terminations would […]
Krystal Kyle & Friends 2 hr ago This week we’re returning to one of our favorite topics to discuss on KK&F: whether we’re still dealing with a neoliberal economic and political system, or whether we’ve gone beyond it. That’s the topic tackled by Rana Foroohar in her book […]
Free markets have lifted millions out of poverty, liberated women, and protected the environment. Why, then, are so many progressives against them? Michael Shellenberger Greta Thunberg speaks on stage during the global launch of “The Climate Book” at The Royal Festival Hall on October 30, 2022 in London, […]
Nicholas Carlson November 4, 2022 Hello, Insiders. Back when I was a tech blogger (a million years ago), there was nothing more exciting than a leak about whatever Apple was up to. The next best thing was iPhone launch day. Steve Jobs was a master showman. (Yes, that’s […]
by Brian Czech Herman Daly, the champion of steady-state economics, passed away in the presence of beloved family members on October 28, 2022. In the process, a world in dire need of Herman’s wisdom became a lesser place. Yet we can be grateful for the 84 years he […]
The Signal Is the U.S. Republican Party becoming a “multi-racial, working-class” coalition? Matt Grossmann assesses the evidence for a major political realignment. Jezael Melgoza (Originally published 2022 | 05.26) Hispanic voters in America are “literally cascading into the Republican Party,” Donald Trump told Fox News earlier this year. […]
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