How AI Tokens Challenge Broadband Economics
The parallel evolution of two foundational commodities in a new economic layer.
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Bankers and prophets seem to be driven by an almost poetic compulsion to push further.
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Following Prigozhin’s death, business school grad Dmitry Sytii is working to preserve the group’s multibillion-dollar African operations https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/wagner-africa-sytii-prigozhin-gold-12a45769#comments_sector more ›
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How skyrocketing gold prices support the Kremlin’s war machine https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/16/laughing-all-the-way-to-the-central-bank?utm_source=perplexity more ›
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Like water, gold simply can’t tell you what it used to be. more ›
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This paper examines changes in the labor market for occupations exposed to generative artificial intelligence using high-frequency administrative data from ADP, the largest payroll software provider in the United States. https://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/publications/canaries-in-the-coal-mine/ more ›
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Polymarket, the platform founded by the young New York entrepreneur, has just been valued at $8 billion https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-11-01/shayne-coplan-generation-zs-first-major-billionaire.html more ›
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Loss has become a pervasive condition of life in Europe and America. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/opinion/west-europe-america-lost.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rU8.fmj5.leL4plCy7p0w&smid=url-share more ›
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AI slop is winning. https://share.google/SaDMztL1AxYc6fikO more ›
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In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth. CEO Neal Mohan on his $100 billion vision for YouTube’s future and the disruption it’s left in its wake. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/youtube-impact-tv-sports-late-night-comedy-shows-1236400353/ more ›
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Debt is the almost singular through line behind every major financial crisis. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/andrew-ross-sorkin-lesson-1929/684546/ more ›