As AI goes mainstream, it will remove one of the most enduring distortions in modern capitalism:
the information advantages that sellers, service providers and intermediaries enjoy over consumers:
www.economist.com/finance-and-...

Do we all have dyscalculia now?
The risk is that we only regain our interest in numbers after it’s too late!
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In 2023 alone, Germany imported 100 tonnes of ketamine from India, far more than would be expected for legitimate medical and veterinary use.

"Between 20 to 25% will be necessary for legal purposes and not more".
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The British government has proved that life does indeed imitate art.
It has been 30 years since the actress Dame Judi Dench first played the head of MI6 in the James Bond film GoldenEye.
Now, Secret Intelligence Service may have it's 1st female leader:
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For the last 7 years, asset allocators have been convinced that US equity multiples are going to fall, and they’ve been wrong!

Since 2019 asset allocators have expected value to beat growth. And again, almost always, they have been wrong!
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Since Vladimir V. Putin took power more than 25 years ago, at least 108 monuments to Stalin have been erected across Russia.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/w...

If each nation’s current trajectory holds, China will likely end up completely dominating high-end manufacturing, from cars and chips to M.R.I. machines and commercial jets.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...

Under what circumstances should people be allowed to edit germline DNA — changes that are transmitted to future generations?
www.statnews.com/2025/05/13/s...

What nation would want to hold assets in a currency that cannot be used in IMF transactions issued by a country that has abdicated its international financial responsibilities?
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Trump has been in office for just three months.
That leaves 45 months to go.
What should retail investors do now?
www.ft.com/content/e714...

Burning down a house is a bad way to get at the mice in the attic!

If Trump is really serious about wiping out US trade imbalances, then trashing the country’s investment appeal, an would be an effective — if very costly — way to do it.
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Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

The US Dollar's dominance was forged on trade, alliances and institutions — now that era is at risk of drawing to a close:
www.ft.com/content/8a71...

Mao Zedongald Trump’s rule recalls Maoist mayhem:
Musk, as outsider, just as Mao’s wife, Jiang Qing was tasked with “bombarding the headquarters”;
DOGE staff are compared to the Red Guard gangs;
ill-qualified Cabinet members to Mao’s neophyte Politburo.
www.economist.com/china/2025/0...