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Like water, gold simply can’t tell you what it used to be.

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Bankers and prophets seem to be driven by an almost poetic compulsion to push further.

  • Sinica Podcast: The View from Behind Xi Jinping’s Desk, with Jonathan Czin

    Listen: https://ift.tt/beRmNIr This week on the Sinica Podcast, I speak with Jonathan Czin, the Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies and a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s John L. Thornton China Center. His new essay in Foreign Affairs,… more ›

  • Laughing all the way to the Central Bank

    The steady rise in gold prices in recent years is directly linked to investor concerns about the future stability of the global economy. Crises ranging from the coronavirus pandemic to Russia’s war against Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East have all propelled the price of gold to new… more ›

  • WSJ What’s News: An Economy Built on Speculation—for Better and for Worse

    Listen: https://ift.tt/HGV6UAo From the land mania following the Revolutionary War to the AI craze now, speculation is in the American economy's DNA. These kinds of big bets have shaped our present and continue to fuel tomorrow's economic growth. Host Katherine… more ›

  • Russell Vought: The Shadow President

    Russell Vought is one of the most powerful people in the Trump administration. For almost three decades, he worked in Congress and held prominent roles at conservative think tanks. But he was little known outside of political circles. He’s now… more ›

  • Why Trump Is Spending $20B to ‘Make Argentina Great Again’ | WSJ

    President Trump recently announced a $20 billion deal to rescue Argentina and President Javier Milei, angering U.S. farmers and putting American taxpayers at risk. On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the Trump Administration was also assembling an additional… more ›

  • How Sam Altman Played Hollywood With OpenAI’s Sora 2

    OpenAI’s CEO brazenly regurgitated major studios’ characters to allow video app Sora 2 to spit out clips tailor-made for users. Insiders at the major agencies are alarmed — and some wonder whether the studios are doing enough. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sam-altman-openai-sora-agencies-talent-1236401618/ more ›

  • China’s innovation fixation

    The coming plenum will reveal Xi’s economic agenda as security project, not growth program. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/china-s-innovation-fixation?utm_source=semafor more ›

  • Intelligence Squared: Why Does It Feel Like Everything is Getting Worse? With Cory Doctorow

    Listen: https://ift.tt/G1UDcK0 How can we reverse the enshittification of digital platforms? With Cory Doctorow Why does every online platform seem to start out great – then slowly turn to garbage? Why do our digital public squares now feel more like… more ›

  • Proximity’s Coogler & Ohanian on Future Films, Projects

    Ryan Coogler and Sev Ohanian of Proximity Media discuss pushing boundaries in Hollywood storytelling and the vision for their media company with Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw at Bloomberg Screentime in Los Angeles. Subscribe to Bloomberg Live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7UFcUbAd8oyCBWCogVpJ6g?sub_confirmation=1 — more ›

  • Suno v5 – Introducing The World’s Best AI Music Model

    #Suno #SunoV5 #AIMusic Suno v5 is here. Our most advanced music model yet composes like a musician, adapts like a collaborator, and creates like never before. In this video, we sit down with Suno’s CTO, Georg Kucsko, to break down… more ›