Tag: economics

• Money for machines

  October 18, 2026

  In conversation with Chris Dixon: The machine economy, fly brains, and the breakthroughs that happen when entrepreneurs can “just go do stuff” https://a16zcrypto.substack.com/p/money-for-machines-circle-ceo-jeremy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›

• The Country Cramming for the AI Revolution

  October 17, 2026

  In China, the fear of getting left behind has created a powerful new prosperity gospel. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/china-ai-learning-craze.html?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IkU4Qno1bWo4ak4iLCJwIjoiL2ludGVsbGlnZW5jZXIvYXJ0aWNsZS9jaGluYS1haS1sZWFybmluZy1jcmF6ZS5odG1sIiwiZXhwIjoxNzkzMjg5NTEzLCJpYXQiOjE3OTIwNzk5MTN9.SFA3VJwFu9qaw6weW4gmFNCCdv35kSzG45gTYcsveXU&utm_medium=gift_link more ›

• How AI Tokens Challenge Broadband Economics

  March 20, 2026

  The parallel evolution of two foundational commodities in a new economic layer. more ›

• How the creator economy destroyed the internet | The Verge

  December 13, 2025

  A series about the devil’s bargain between the people who make things on the internet, the platforms that distribute them, and the way we consume content https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/810002/influencers-creator-economy-special-series more ›

• The economics of dark forest spaces

  November 26, 2025

  In the world of online platforms there’s a well-known pattern called the 90-9-1 rule. It says that in most online spaces, 90% of people silently consume; 9% interact (liking or… more ›

• China’s innovation fixation

  October 19, 2025

  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 ›

• In a world first, Brazilians will soon be able to sell their digital data

  July 3, 2025

  Brazil is piloting dWallet, a program that lets citizens earn money from their data, but experts warn it could deepen inequality. The project is administered by Dataprev, a state-owned company… more ›

• The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism | Verso Books

  June 1, 2025

  An excerpt from Ellen Meiksins Wood’s The Origin of Capitalism, one of the clearest articulations of the transition from feudalism to capitalism. Understanding this transition is important for distinguishing the… more ›

• Tensions of Modernity: Privilege, Precarity, and Colonial Nostalgia among European Security Contractors in East Africa

  May 31, 2025

  Private security work can be a brutal world of short-term contracts, exploitation, and under-regulation, where the imperative of profit is expected to trump collective notions of military brotherhood. Why then… more ›

• Analysis: How to value Africa’s natural wealth in global finance

  March 10, 2025

  Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has long been the world’s main measure of economic success, rewarding activities that generate immediate financial returns. https://www.semafor.com/article/03/10/2025/how-to-value-africas-natural-wealth-in-global-finance more ›