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Monthly Archives: May 2025
The Washington Consensus
Grok says: The Washington Consensus refers to a set of ten economic policy prescriptions promoted in the late 1980s and 1990s by institutions like the IMF, World Bank, and U.S. Treasury, primarily for developing countries. Coined by economist John Williamson … Continue reading
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‘SCOTUS to CASA to A.A.R.P.: In Case Of (Perceived) Emergency, Ignore The Rules, And Make Stuff Up’
Law professor Josh Blackman writes May 16: The past 24 hours have been something of a Rorschach Test for the Supreme Court. In the birthright citizenship case, the Court made clear that in emergencies, the judiciary must retain the power … Continue reading
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Using AI At Work
The Financial Times reports: This suggests that, unless you work for an organisation that encourages the transparent use of AI, you may be strongly motivated to use it on the sly. And the trouble with this “shadow adoption”, as the … Continue reading
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Nathan Cofnas: ‘MAGA Communism and the End of America – The right’s stupidity has reached a tipping point’
Nathan Cofnas writes: Batya Ungar-Sargon is a self-identified Marxist who supports Trump because he is waging “class warfare” and “tell[ing] Wall Street to screw itself.” She looks forward to Trump’s tariffs taking us back to the 70s because: “Back in … Continue reading
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The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership
Clyde Prestowitz wrote in this 2021 book: The United States got rich by imitating Great Britain and thereby marking a trail followed by Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, and South Korea — all of … Continue reading
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