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China and America Agree: Apple Is Too Big to Fail
The problem with building iPhones in America isn’t that they’d be priced at $3,500 each. It’s that they wouldn’t be built at all.
Patrick McGee
Wall Street Is Panicking. But Lloyd Blankfein Isn’t Sweating It.
“I think some of these things need to be done. I just don’t think we should risk the kind of chaos that could push us into a recession.” Lloyd Blankfein…
Bari Weiss
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WATCH LIVE: Bari Weiss and Lloyd Blankfein on Tariffs, Trade, and Trump’s Economy
Join the former head of Goldman Sachs today at 11 a.m. ET. Bring your questions.
Bari Weiss
Axios Founders: Who Broke the Media?
Depending on who you talk to, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen are either the swampiest of swamp creatures—the epitome of all that is wrong with political…
Bari Weiss
1HR 30M
Tyler Cowen: A Contagion of Uncertainty
Even if the White House ultimately lands on a better policy, this volatility may plunge us into a recession.
Tyler Cowen
Is Gold a Good Investment?
Is this precious metal a good use of the funds lazily drawing interest in your bank account? Peter Coy and James Grant debate.
Peter Coy and James Grant
Victor Davis Hanson: Donald Trump’s Just Trade War
Ignore the Wall Street hysteria. The president is trying to end a 50-year injustice directed at the U.S.—and to help the most overlooked Americans.
Victor Davis Hanson
What Do American Steelworkers Think About Trump’s Tariffs?
Big levies on steel exports may be ‘phenomenal’ for the industry, but workers also expect ‘some pain before you have good.’
Ethan Dodd
Garment District Owners: Trump’s Tariffs ‘Going to Be a Killer’
‘The price is going to be so high, it’s not going to be easy to sell to customers. How do you explain a 20 or 30 percent change?’
Olivia Reingold
Here Come the Tariffs. The Pain Will Arrive Soon.
Cars will cost more. TVs will cost more. Blue jeans will cost more. Everything will cost more. Is this really how we’re going to revive manufacturing?
Matthew Yglesias
I Used to Be a Complacent Wall Street Guy. Now I’m an Anti-Trump Protester.
Evan Newmark had never participated in a protest in his life. Three weeks ago, that changed. Now, every day, he heads to the Trump Hotel. Why?
Evan Newmark
The Postal Service Doesn’t Exist to Make Money
There are places in rural America where Amazon won’t deliver and FedEx won’t tread. The USPS doesn’t make money serving them—but that’s not the point.
River Page
Is It Time to Privatize the USPS?
If there’s any part of the federal apparatus that could use a dose of radical disruption, it’s the postal service.
Charles Lane
What 23andMe Told America About Itself
The disintegration of the DNA-testing company is not just the collapse of a business. It’s the collapse of a culture obsessed with identity.
Kat Rosenfield
The Luxurious Death Rattle of the Great American Magazine
In the glory days of magazines, journalists flew business class and contributors were sent flowers just for meeting a deadline. It was absurd.
Joe Nocera
How Easy Money Bred Bad Ideas
Wokeness was born in a time when money was free. Its demise began when interest rates went up.
Russ Greene
Trump to Wall Street: Brace for Impact
President Trump has drawn the ire of Democrats, Ukrainians, and college presidents. Wall Street assumed the president would have their back. Not so…
Peter Coy
Hi, My Name Is Allan, and I’m a Compulsive Gambler
By the time I was 13, all I wanted for my birthday was my own bookie.
Allan Loeb
Cliff Asness: The New ‘Crypto Fort Knox’ Is as Dumb as It Sounds
To create a sovereign wealth fund dedicated to something five times or more as volatile as straight-up stocks is an awful idea.
Cliff Asness
WATCH: Alex Karp’s Fight for the West
A conversation with the Palantir CEO at the University of Austin.
Bari Weiss
1HR 25M
WATCH: The Future of Money with Brian Armstrong
Have you ever gone on the internet and stumbled onto this combo of words, or perhaps non-words?: Dogecoin. Shiba Inu. Hawkcoin. Bored Ape NFT.
Bari Weiss
1HR 9M
How Trump’s Tariff Threat Made Apple Jump
The tech giant will invest $500 billion in the U.S. Will other companies follow?
Joe Nocera
Alex Karp: We Need a New Manhattan Project
Our technology industry is capable of building a weapon that could ensure peace. But why court controversy when you can build another app?
Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska
The Sad Saga of Bud Light
Another Super Sunday, another attempt by Bud Light to overcome its disastrous foray into identity politics.
Anson Frericks
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