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Grievance Politics, French Style

Grievance Politics, French Style Every French motorist is required to keep a reflective yellow vest (gilet jaune) in their car for safety in case of a roadside breakdown. But when gas prices went up sharply in 2018, these yellow vests took on a new meaning: French citizens started donning them as an act of protest, taking over traffic circles throughout the country. Already struggling to make ends meet, the protesters were worried about how they would afford to drive to work, and they needed ...

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Economy

Not as good as Cowen-Tabarrok

Russia is preparing a new economics textbook for university students that aims to challenge what its authors call a “myth” that democracy drives economic growth and to revive the socialist economic theories of Soviet leader Josef Stalin, the head of a Kremlin-linked advisory body said. Moscow has ramped up efforts to enforce its view of […] The post Not as good as Cowen-Tabarrok appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.        CommentsThere was a man from Ad F...

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Three climate technologies breaking through in 2026

Happy New Year! I know it’s a bit late to say, but it never quite feels like the year has started until the new edition of our 10 Breakthrough Technologies list comes out.  For 25 years, MIT Technology Review has put together this package, which highlights the technologies that we think are going to matter&#8230

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Business

Best Investments, Bad Advice to Avoid, and Other Life Lessons

This episode sets a new record with five guests -- each considered among the best in their field. It features Adam Robinson (@IAmAdamRobinson), Debbie Millman (@debbiemillman), Neil Strauss (@neilstrauss), Scott Belsky (@scottbelsky), and Veronica Belmont (@Veronica). This roundtable conversation discusses best investments, favorite failures, and bad advice to avoid. I really enjoyed all of the answers from the guests as there's lots of actionable advice. I hope you enjoy this as much as I di...

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Technology

The Download: spying on the spies, and promising climate tech

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meet the man hunting the spies in your smartphone In April 2025, Ronald Deibert left all electronic devices at home in Toronto and boarded a plane. When he landed in Illinois, he bought…

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Economy

‘This Is Something That Traditional Economics Isn’t Prepared to Deal With’

This is the strangest economy I’ve seen in my lifetime. If you just looked at the macro data — the jobs numbers, G.D.P., the stock market — things look pretty normal. But they clearly aren’t normal. The Trump administration spent the year upending the global trade system while tech companies spent hundreds of billions of dollars on A.I., a technology that could potentially displace many of our jobs. And people don’t feel normal, either. Survey data shows that the vibecession rages on. Tracy A...

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