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The Chicago Statement on Freedom of Expression
A powerful free speech document.
ReadSlava Ukraini!
When a war leader speaks to the world.
ReadWhen Perfect Joy is Witnessed
Andres Cantor was man fully alive.
ReadThe Time Tax
Government as a high-cost, low-yield experience.
Read10 Billion Strong
A future of clustered, rapid global population growth.
ReadHow Salesforce Makes Money
Benioff likes balance.
ReadFlorida Man on Climate
Hell is Florida Man talking climate.
ReadSources and Sinks
Progress on climate
ReadThe Golden Rules of Menswear
No place for weak suggestions.
ReadSwitzerland's Climate Plan
Outsourcing climate work
ReadWhat a Time to Be Alive
The challenges of our time are historically complex.
ReadWhat is China Hiding?
Beijing is waving the red flag of suppression.
ReadDon't Trust Chinese State Data
The Chinese Communist Party tells one side of every story.
ReadPodcast as Master Class
Adam Tooze masterfully dissects the global economy.
ReadBravo, Britain!
Brits have slayed their political monster.
ReadMan in the Arena
Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne in Paris on April 23, 1910
ReadThe Economist
By the Numbers, 2022
ReadWhen the Climate Boss is a Climate Denier
Trump's guy does not believe in the org he runs.
ReadThe Death of History
Professional historians are going extinct.
ReadThe Supply Banger
It will take years to unwind and repair this clusterfuck.
ReadThe King’s Here Tonight
Bill Russell, an American giant, is gone.
ReadAlphabet
By the Numbers: Q2, 2022
ReadThe State of Democracy
The extremes of progress and power.
ReadRaving in Ukraine
Putin is no match for the defiant joy of Ukrainians.
ReadUnions and Overlords
Labor and Das Kapital.
ReadCreate Dangerously
We are on the high seas.
ReadMoney Makes Us Happy
Bringing data to the conversation.
ReadUvalde's native son speaks
Touching words from Mr. Alright, Alright, Alright
ReadIs the government responsible for high gas prices?
The lazy thinker says yes.
ReadBoom Baby Boom
Baby booms and market busts
ReadBear’s Gonna Eat
US demand is ravenous, undeterred, and all-consuming
ReadShopify Burns the Boats
Absolute power to wage total war
ReadWhy Russia was able to invade Ukraine
Putin would never invade a country with nuclear weapons
ReadBuying Political Influence
The focus? It has five letters, starts with C, and ends with A.
ReadSpotify
By the Numbers, Q3 2021
ReadVisualizing 2021
Seeing is believing.
ReadSurviving a Social Shock
What parts of our lives will survive COVID?
ReadNew York's Third Wave
Omicron is wreaking havoc on the heavily vaccinated state.
ReadCovid's Death Toll
Profiling the Covid dead.
ReadWomen Rule the Rhodes
The old club got a much-needed refresh.
ReadApologize or Else
Why do so many Americans voluntarily humiliate themselves for the Chinese government?
ReadJerome Powell by the Numbers
Does the Fed Chair deserve a second term?
ReadMcKinsey's Big, Nasty Conflicts
Why do so many people want to work for what appears to be a corrupt organization?
ReadApple remains a monster business
Apple earned more than $1 billion a day.
ReadWhen Images Tell Stories
Images can capture a moment in unique, haunting ways.
ReadAn Unfamiliar World
The U.S. economy was booming.
ReadWrite Now
The least we can do is record and remember whatever happens next.
ReadTrump’s Failure, Cuomo’s Power Move, and Everyone Else
With no good choices, Governor Cuomo of New York made what will turn out to be a great strategic decision.
ReadCOVID's Supply and Demand Problem
"We’ve never experienced something like this."
ReadHow COVID is Making or Breaking Leaders
Leadership is like porn.
ReadThe Cost of Beating COVID
Suppression is expensive.
ReadWhen Markets Stop Caring
The warning lights are flashing red.
ReadThe Science of Feedback
What we hear.
ReadThe Wisdom of Marshall's Plan
Prosperity underpinned political stability and peace.
ReadBreaking Down the Coronavirus
85,00+ confirmed cases. 2900+ confirmed deaths.
ReadClimate’s Collective Alliance
Collective action happens when benefits are greater than costs
ReadGutting the Growth Engine
You will not see #LabStrong trending on Twitter
ReadWhy We Should Nap
What if the best way to boost productivity is to relearn something every child knows?
ReadHow One Giant Investor Describes WeWork
The disgust oozes off the page, doesn't it? I love it.
ReadAmerica’s Boom Produced Trump
Starting in the 1980s, US firms provided the infrastructure for a wired world
ReadHow Government Gets Paid
Lowering taxes, the argument goes, allows businesses to invest, innovate, and grow.
ReadWhen Driverless Cars are Hacked
The number of wired vehicles in the US is increasing by nearly 40% every year. All are susceptible to cyberattacks.
ReadThe Hidden Costs of Parenthood
Raising children is crazy-expensive
ReadNeutrality Simply is Not Enough
Our climate pathways are becoming clearer
ReadThe Arc of Liberty
When men became free
ReadWhat We Can Learn from Magic and Bird
"I even hated him more because I knew he could beat me"
Read20 Reasons Why 2019 Was a Great Year
As we start the next decade, the world is improving in big, important ways.
ReadThe War Stories We Tell
Ambition has a remarkably resilient animal spirit.
ReadNot Since the 1940s
The world population will continue to grow. Our energy needs will continue to increase. More people will need ever-more energy.
ReadHow Climate Change Leads to War
Americans could face a horrifically grim future involving blackouts, disease, thirst, starvation, and war.
ReadMargaret Thatcher's Brexit Prediction
She didn't believe in the equality of the sexes. She believed in the superiority of women.
ReadAmerica’s "Socioeconomic Decay"
In a society where everything is political, perhaps someone should take up the unsexy but all-important cause of socioeconomic decay.
ReadFast Food or Peace of Mind
In addition to changing passwords and other standard how-tos, good cyber hygiene would focus on minimizing our attack area.
ReadWhen Bigger is Not Better
Did you know that, between 2010 and 2018, SUVs were the second largest contributor to the explosion in global carbon emissions?
ReadWhat is America's Aim?
“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
ReadWhen The Hackers are Hacked
"We have never seen this done to the level of sophistication that we are seeing here."
ReadHow Old is Too Old?
Perhaps it is time to ask younger people to do more.
ReadThe Two-Horse Economic Race
In 2018, US GDP was roughly $20 trillion. China's was $13 trillion.
ReadAmerican Cowards
Sunday was not a day of rest. It was a day of national shame.
ReadHow To Read September's Jobs Report
The unemployment rate, at 3.5%, drops to a fifty-year low.
ReadWhere Will China Leap Next?
How China and the United States – and their radically different versions of government, economics, and politics – cooperate moving forward will be the central test of my lifetime.
ReadAmerica's Three Chapters of Trade
Surpluses or deficits only indicate where a country is on its path to industrial development.
ReadDeming's Fourteen Points on Productivity
Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run, it is almost everything.
ReadWhat To Learn From Kids
Adults use weasel words to impress, confuse, and obfuscate. Kids know better.
ReadWhy Work Matters in One Image
Work means more than a job.
ReadWho Wants to Lead The World?
For decades, America earned its role as the global leader. It would be a hell of a thing to give up voluntarily.
ReadOutside Perceptions, Inside Realities
It has taken me years to become good at a few things.
ReadHow Population Trends
Of the nearly 9 billion people in the world, almost one-third live in China and India.
ReadThe Market for Presidential Volatility
Markets hate unpredictable volatility, and Donald J. Trump is unpredictable and volatile.
ReadFirefights and Friendships
As Mattis says, if you’re taking on the world, bring your allies. You will need them.
ReadWhen Texas Goes Boom
Texas is home to five out of the top ten fastest-growing cities in America.
ReadHow Strong is America?
Strength is a relative – not absolute – concept.
ReadWhen The Mission of Business Pivots
Free enterprise, while flawed, is the most powerful way to increase peace and prosperity.
ReadHow Eisenhower Made Decisions
So everything begins with elimination. Start with the poison.
ReadWhy Germany is Breaking Its Golden Rule
Climate costs will skyrocket in the coming decades as the world becomes insufferably hot, crowded, and urban.
ReadSuper Cities with Dan Eckert (PwC)
Did you know that PwC is the fifth-largest privately owned company in the United States?
ReadAmerican Carnage
Moral clarity is the best response to hate
ReadAtlanta's Pajama Empire
The real secret to growing an empire? Turn would-be competitors into mega buyers and distributors.
ReadThe Economics of American Mobility
At $2.72 per gallon, the 2018 average, Americans spent $386,240,000,000 on gasoline in a single year.
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