Gen X Is in Charge. Don’t Make a Big Deal About It.
“The single best predictor for whether folks will succeed at work is the competence of their boss, regardless of generation,” said Melissa Nightingale, a co-founder of Raw Signal Group, a…
How Mistaken Identity and One Bullet Revealed a Star Predator Far From Home
The rustling in the brush was loud, so Brian Christman raised his muzzleloader for the deer he expected to emerge. It was the end of the season in central New…
Opinion | John Roberts and Clarence Thomas Have the ‘Colorblind’ Constitution All Wrong
If nothing else, the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard is a victory for the conservative vision of the so-called colorblind Constitution — a Constitution that…
The Return of Child Labor As the Latest Sign of American Decline | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post describes the long history of children serving as worker, and how modern economies moved away from it. Perhaps I am being unduly critical, but the long…
It’s Hard for Americans to Engage in China-Bashing Without Tripping on Contradictions | naked capitalism
Yves here. Richard Wolff provides a wide ranging yet comparatively compact tour of the incoherence of America’s official posture on China, using that as an example of late imperial disfunction.…
Turning New York’s Stately Public Library Into a Place ‘to Hang Out In’
The palatial Beaux-Arts library on Fifth Avenue guarded by a pair of stone lions was not where Farrah Denson wanted to be when she was a teenager growing up on…
Why Backers Say a New Tunnel to Manhattan Benefits the Broader Economy
The long-delayed project to build a train tunnel under the Hudson River to New York City received a big boost from the federal government this week, a $6.88 billion grant…
The Contentious U.S.-China Relationship, by the Numbers
China and the United States are locked in an increasingly intense rivalry when it comes to national security and economic competition, with American leaders frequently identifying China as their greatest…
Yellen, in Beijing, Criticizes China’s Treatment of U.S. Companies
Of all the economic rifts between the United States and China, one felt personally by American executives is what they describe as the difficult, even hostile, conditions they face doing…
Zelenskyy visits Bulgaria and Czech Republic
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visit the capitals of Bulgaria and Czech Republic. (July 6)(AP video/Valentina Petrova, Jan Gebert)