NotableHow bad can it get when companies are this powerful? “History shows that when a company starts acquiring the attributes of a state — the revenues, the courts, the treaties, the capacity to make war and peace — its transformation can damage the parent country at least as much as the territories it exploits.” — William Dalrymple, a writer and historian Wall Street is falling out of love with Bessent and Warsh. “It might be understandable for markets to be a bit jittery about the credibility and competence of either institution at present.” — Catherine Rampell, the economics editor of The Bulwark This is looting by another name. “Is our history so easily fragmented and reduced to financial assets?” — Francisco Berzunza, a Mexican historian Spotlight
Successful People Have One Habit in CommonAngela Duckworth writes that being a successful self-starter doesn’t mean pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. ICYMIThis Meta settlement is better than nothing. “Now, we are finally stumbling our way into an era of accountability.” — Julia Angwin, a contributing Opinion writer Listen (or Watch)
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