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State Capitalism & Corporate Interventions: The New Map of Industrial Power

State Capitalism & Corporate Interventions: The...

For decades, the standard playbook of global capitalism was straightforward: governments regulated and taxed, while private corporations built, competed, and raised capital on open markets. That separation is rapidly dissolving....

State Capitalism & Corporate Interventions: The...

For decades, the standard playbook of global capitalism was straightforward: governments regulated and taxed, while private corporations built, competed, and raised capital on open markets. That separation is rapidly dissolving....

The Parallel Payment System: BRICS Local-Currency Settlements vs. The Dollar

The Parallel Payment System: BRICS Local-Curren...

For nearly eight decades, the United States dollar has operated as the unchallenged operating system of world trade. When a coffee exporter in South America trades with an importer in...

The Parallel Payment System: BRICS Local-Curren...

For nearly eight decades, the United States dollar has operated as the unchallenged operating system of world trade. When a coffee exporter in South America trades with an importer in...

The Power Grid Bottleneck: How AI Is Turning Tech Giants Into Energy Brokers

The Power Grid Bottleneck: How AI Is Turning Te...

The digital economy is hitting an unexpected, physical wall—and it has nothing to do with code, chips, or algorithms. For the past decade, the tech industry operated under a quiet...

The Power Grid Bottleneck: How AI Is Turning Te...

The digital economy is hitting an unexpected, physical wall—and it has nothing to do with code, chips, or algorithms. For the past decade, the tech industry operated under a quiet...

The AI Boom Just Showed Up in the Trade Deficit

The AI Boom Just Showed Up in the Trade Deficit

The Commerce Department released July trade data this week showing the U.S. trade deficit jumped 24.4% from June to $88.6 billion — the highest monthly gap since March 2025. Trade...

The AI Boom Just Showed Up in the Trade Deficit

The Commerce Department released July trade data this week showing the U.S. trade deficit jumped 24.4% from June to $88.6 billion — the highest monthly gap since March 2025. Trade...

Gemini Just Hit 1 Billion Users. What That Number Actually Means

Gemini Just Hit 1 Billion Users. What That Numb...

Google announced this week that the Gemini app has crossed 1 billion monthly active users, calling it the fastest-growing product in company history. It's the 14th Google product to hit...

Gemini Just Hit 1 Billion Users. What That Numb...

Google announced this week that the Gemini app has crossed 1 billion monthly active users, calling it the fastest-growing product in company history. It's the 14th Google product to hit...

Home Sales Are Falling Even as "Inflation Cools." Here's the Disconnect

Home Sales Are Falling Even as "Inflation Cools...

Existing home sales fell 1.7% in July, the National Association of Realtors reported this week — a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.06 million units. On paper, that's a small...

Home Sales Are Falling Even as "Inflation Cools...

Existing home sales fell 1.7% in July, the National Association of Realtors reported this week — a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.06 million units. On paper, that's a small...