Since decolonization, Africa has experienced a succession of wars whose combined death toll likely reaches into the tens of millions—mostly from indirect causes such as displacement, famine, and state
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67 words Understanding the rise of private credit and what it means for investors
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12 words Jane Austen wrote amid a peculiar peace: rents flowed, muskets hung idle, and reputations ruled, and in that context crafted Great Novels with each sentence a step in the moral education of the…
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33 words It appears Wes Streeting has channeled his inner Trump and is trying to bully NHS doctors when he does not hold good cards.
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10 words Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
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11 words Could one of the few pockets of resistance to Israel's genocide in Gaza and its myriad other war crimes be about to fall?
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23 words Let’s take a wonk break
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5 words AI is following the same trajectory as the dot-com bubble.
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10 words On the dynamics behind seemingly unyielding high urban housing prices.
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10 words 100,000 eyeballs here, & yet less influence than I would want to see; increasingly the sphere of public reason, such as it is, has migrated to video; the question is whether we follow or fade…
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35 words Last week, POTUS Donald Trump lost his battle to bully Indiana Republicans into redrawing their congressional districts, are we seeing Trump 2.0's mojo bleeding out as MAGA's civil war continues?
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30 words What Investors Need to Know
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5 words Time for some perspective on enhanced Obamacare subsidies costs and stakes.
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11 words What is convenient to measure is not the most important stuff
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11 words This isn’t just about business; it’s about democracy
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8 words Did COVID-19 deepen the crises of capitalism and inject a sense of panic into the world’s power struggles?
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18 words Contemplating the unknowable.
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3 words Despite introducing legislation across the country to restrict foreign ownership of farmland, lawmakers do not appear motivated to target monopolistic firms, or to bring more of the food supply chain
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33 words Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
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11 words Data agreements are replacing armies as tools of colonialism and the return of external governance
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15 words Is this wrong? It really looks right to me.
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9 words Notes on individualism, the universe, systems thinking, perspective, mycelial networks and dreams, emergence, home, and more.
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10 words Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
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11 words What should a serious policy agenda include?
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7 words Sweet Movie is a film about candy, rebirth, and sexuality just for starters.
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13 words There are some strains, but the wheels aren't coming off quite yet.
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12 words Yale Climate Connections argues that rethinking American suburbs could help people drive less, lowering emissions.
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15 words Notes from the SSRC: 2025 College and University Fund Conference...
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10 words Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
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11 words <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/12/links-12-13-2025.html"><img src="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/00-marmot.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" class="align
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10 words About Europe, Germany's malaise, and more
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6 words Fortunately, an executive order won't stop states from restricting AI. But expect the Administration to try other routes.
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18 words A new study finds that it's not the Congress rank and file that generates insider trading big bucks, only some of the leaders.
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1 words The Good, Part the First: Basic Science Has the Answer, Once Again. T cells of the immune system are responsible for the establishment of self-tolerance and adaptive immune function. T cells come fr