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The Dangerous Paradox of A.I. Abundance
[ad_1] Even if A.I. doesn’t greatly accelerate economic growth, there’s the issue of how it affects employment and wages. The key issue here is…
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Business
Billionaire Peter Thiel warns if you ‘proletarianize the young people,’ don’t be surprised they end up communist | Fortune
[ad_1] PayPal cofounder and Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel doubled down on his worries about generational conflict and the future of capitalism after…
Technology
Google’s corporate parent posts first-ever quarter with $100B in revenue in latest show of its power
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s corporate parent on Wednesday announced its first-ever quarter with more than $100 billion in revenue, a milestone that illustrates…
Politics
Capitalism in the cracks: How Japan’s microspaces unleash economic experimentation
[ad_1] This is part of Reason‘s 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. A three-story house tucked into a mere one-meter…
Politics
Bob Murphy: Welcome to MAGA socialism
[ad_1] What do you call it when the state takes partial ownership of a private company? Just asking questions. Ten percent of Intel now…
Politics
Trump says he ‘paid zero’ for $11 billion federal stake in Intel. Here’s the downside.
[ad_1] President Donald Trump negotiated a deal last week for the U.S. government to take a substantial ownership stake in an American company. Despite…
Pop Culture
FKA Twigs Reminds: Don’t Ever Fucking Work In An Office…Because You Might Not Experience “Eusexua” Long Enough to Escape It
[ad_1] In the annals of “office music videos,” there are very few. In the recent past, there have been the likes of Britney Spears’…
Pop Culture
As Charlize Theron’s J’Adore Era Comes to An End, Rihanna and Dior Have “Capitalism on the Brain”
[ad_1] There’s nothing Rihanna won’t do these days—except, of course, release new music. As such, for her latest foray into the world of high…
Pop Culture
Trump Brings Back the Worst of the 80s
[ad_1] Although some could argue that Ronald Reagan’s oppressive regime in the 1980s is part of what fueled better pop culture than the schlock…
Self Help
The Narcissistic Culture of “Image” and Excessive Self-Monitoring
[ad_1] In a world obsessed with public image and attention-seeking, learn about the cultural forces propelling society to become more narcissistic – and how…
Pop Culture
Griselda Shades What A Shithole America Is
[ad_1] As yet another narrative that proves capitalism drives people to do insane (and cold-blooded) things, Griselda is as much an exaltation of the…
Pop Culture
“Passive” Living Has A Price (And It’s Called White Guilt): The Curse
[ad_1] Consistently talked about as the weirdest, most unclassifiable thing that has ever aired on television (obviously, those who say that have never seen…
Politics
Let's Check In On Communism: Cuba Raising Gas Price To $20 A Gallon
[ad_1] Opinion Creative Commons We have far-left Democratic politicians who want to bring full blown socialism to the United States. They’re not ashamed of…
Pop Culture
Thanksgiving: The Kickoff of Greed Season, Or: Eli Roth Gives America a Bitter Reflection of Itself in Ultimate Holiday Horror Movie
[ad_1] In 2021, a horror-comedy called Black Friday was released to little fanfare. For, while its premise was solid, its execution was decidedly wobbly.…
Self Help
Past, Present, and Future: Lessons from A Christmas Carol
[ad_1] From ‘Bah, humbug!’ to redemption: Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ unfolds as more than just a festive fable, offering profound insights into self-discovery,…
Pop Culture
Cry For Argentina (Among Other Countries)
[ad_1] As the world continues to turn evermore in an extreme right-leaning direction, it can be no real surprise (especially not to the highly…
Business
Research shows that grandparents are great personal finance teachers. Here’s what my poppa who became an accountant during the Great Depression tried to teach me about money
[ad_1] Poppa once took me to a deli for dinner. I was a boy of about 10. We went to the cash register to…
Pop Culture
The Grim Fan Fiction Presented by the Mean Girls x Wal-Mart Commercial
[ad_1] In 2023, Wal-Mart has so “generously” allowed us to catch a glimpse into the lives of where the mean girls from 2004 are…
Pop Culture
Gen Zers Think Millennials Are Cringe, But Still Want to Emulate Them in the Mean Girls Commercial
[ad_1] Apart from being one of the most overt pieces of capitalist propaganda to wield pop culture in recent memory, the Mean Girls x…
Pop Culture
Mean Girls x Wal-Mart Commercial: A None Too Subtle Trojan Horse for Capitalism Via Millennial Nostalgia
[ad_1] As the “reunion” that everyone’s been waiting for, it was practically inevitable that the Mean Girls “assembly” (high school pun intended) would disappoint.…