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Economy

America’s Economic Highway: From Market Bumps to Fiscal Cliffs—How Did We Get Here?

Trump’s economic team has hinted at a correction bear—grim, but not baseless. The trillion-dollar question is: can the U.S. steer clear from a fiscal ...
America’s Economic Highway: From Market Bumps to Fiscal Cliffs—How Did We Get Here?

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China

Is China entering Japanification? Some observations suggest a No
Is China entering Japanification? Some observations suggest a No

"Japanification" means a long slump like Japan's Lost Decade. Is China next? Reasons suggest otherwi...
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The Next Innovation Clusters
The Next Innovation Clusters

Global cities rise as new tech hubs, challenging Silicon Valley from Sweden's Sustainability Valley ...
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A Russia-China-led Stablecoin?
A Russia-China-led Stablecoin?

Can this synthetic global digital currency be dollar's real threat?

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Aleksandr Dugin and China
Aleksandr Dugin and China

China has a void in its ideology framework that Duginism might fill in?

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Why SheIn is an Involution, not a Revolution?
Why SheIn is an Involution, not a Revolution?

SheIn, a hectorcorn, thrives on supply chain involution, not revolution, posing challenges for globa...
Silicon Valley

Can Silicon Valley Rebuild?
Can Silicon Valley Rebuild?

Answers from Silicon Valley insiders

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Zines

Libra; AI true advantage; Circadian Medicine; China Tech; Coherent Ising Machine; SwiftUI; Generalist;
Libra; AI true advantage; Circadian Medicine; China Tech; Coherent Ising Machine; SwiftUI; Generalist;

[Social Media] Will WeChat be the next? Facebook brings on Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal as backers...
Quantum Computing

Quantum Computing Venture Fundable?
Quantum Computing Venture Fundable?

If a cat is either black or white, we receive online ads 80% of the chance we won’t click. If a cat ...
Venture Capital IPO Stock Market

Economists Never Considered Human Creativity?
Economists Never Considered Human Creativity?

You may be surprised to discover that in the past 10 years, overall venture capital return is zero, ...
Education

Meritocracy Caused College Admissions Scandal?
Meritocracy Caused College Admissions Scandal?

On the recent college admission scandal, author Michael Locke McLendon (The Psychology of Inequality...
Robots

Aibo vs. Jibo: Inequality at Birth Redefined
Aibo vs. Jibo: Inequality at Birth Redefined

Jibo, the world’s first family robot who promised us nearly everything, now left us with its last da...
Book

Hunting Water vs. Capitalism
Hunting Water vs. Capitalism

Our bodies are built to run but not to find water. Therefore our need to exchange information about ...

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