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U.S. Interstate Highways, as a Transit Map
I think about the Interstate Highway System every time I write about any infrastructure issue . . . Source: Visual Capitalist Previously: An Infrastructure Deal Should be Easy ...
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Breakingviews: China’s Embrace of Private Investment Is Getting Tighter
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“Unprecedented” Trump Rally Lags Rest of the World, History.
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Hash Power: Blockchains & Cryptocurrencices
Patrick O’Shaugnessy of OSAM did a masterful job tackling a single and deeply complex subject: Blockchain & Cryptocurrency: Hash Power – Ep. 1 – Understanding Blockchains H...
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21st Century Fox Pressed by Investment Group to Overhaul Board
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10 Friday the 13th AM Reads
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BASF to Buy Bayer Units for $7 Billion
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Richard Thaler Talks About Silly (but Serious) Things
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10 Thursday AM Reads
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Lufthansa Prepares to Buy Parts of Air Berlin in $1.8 Billion Deal
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Tech Giants, Once Seen as Saviors, Are Now Viewed as Threats
AustraliaAmerican tech companies positioned themselves as entities that brought positive change by connecting people and spreading information. Perceptions are shifting....
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Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy
There is a conference on Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy "coordinated by Olivier Blanchard ...and Lawrence H. Summers..." taking place today and tomorrow (wanted to go, b...
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Fearless Forecasting: Introducing Upshot’s N.F.L. Playoff Simulator (4th Edition)
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John Oliver on the Confederacy
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HSBC Names John Flint as Chief Executive
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When the White House Got Into the Nudge Business
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China’s Tightening Grip on Tech Giants: DealBook Briefing
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What Are the Secrets of the German Economy — and Should We Steal Them?
Smart government policies, good industrial relations, and high-end products have helped German manufacturing beat back the threats of globalization. The post What Are the Secrets ...
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The Global Competitiveness Report 2017–2018
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Vanguard is About Much More than Low Costs
Understanding What Makes Vanguard So Successful Low costs help, but that’s only part of the explanation. Bloomberg, October 12, 2017 There’s never been a money-management bus...
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Coincidence: Blade Runner 2049
Perspective: I spend a lot of time talking about all of reasons for the cognitive errors we make. Why I emphasize the psychological wetware that make coincidences seem much more ...
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MiB: Come Hear Scott Galloway Discuss “The Four”
click for more details Today! Come to NYU for a live “Masters in Business” featuring Professor Scott Galloway discussing his new book The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Appl...
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Lufthansa to Buy Units of Air Berlin for $249 Million
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10 Wednesday AM Reads
My mid-week morning train reads: • Worst Practices in Institutional Asset Management (A Wealth of Common Sense) • This is how to change a Brexit voter’s mind: Post-rationalization,...
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The Brain Concentration Index
From the strange and interesting Bloomberg Brain Concentration Index, which tracks business formation as well as employment and education in the sciences, technology, engineering a...
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