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What Biden has to do to beat Trump; Martin Wolf on globalisation; Gillian Tett on the JM Keynes view; How Xi and Putin defy ‘rules-based’ order; the deep mysteries of AI; and 2024 as the ‘year of elections
‘Am I good enough at what I do to warrant imposter syndrome?’
‘Do you have a quill I can borrow?’
‘When I grow up, I’d like to do something that makes a lot of money, where I won’t be replaced by a computer, and that brings profound meaning to my life’
Cutting power usage can do more to reduce CO2 emissions than additional switching to renewables, according to research — but it will require new investment, strengthened policy from governments and the latest
How do cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens, stablecoins and other assets work, and how does the underlying blockchain technology support them?
From David Wenham, Dartford, Kent, UK
...Further, when pension or sovereign funds buy such sources of income, what obligations do they have to examine the history and quality of that debt? David Wolton London NW3, UK...
From Christopher Hodges, Madrid, Spain
...Oh and do please remember to: 📊 Put “QUIZ” as the subject line; 📈 Include your preferred T-shirt size; 📉 Say if you DON’T want to be identified should you be one of the people that get all three right...
...Not only do we on the Bakerloo line have, as you pointed out, 50-year-old trains to contend with but when it rains heavily, a common event these days, it pours through the ceiling of both entrance...
...And “quite frankly, fools have power for a while and even smart people do dumb things” — insights we might usefully apply to today’s world leaders, and not only to Donald Trump....
...May I suggest charging the phone on the landing as I do? Phil Gilbert Gretton, Northamptonshire, UK...
‘Do we want to subscribe to the national anthem?’
...We are (WSJ) — What does an ‘analyst’ do?...
‘Do you suppose the planet’s been saved yet?’
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...What will the government do when the fiscal loosening highlighted by Martin Wolf (“Energy package puts UK economic credibility at risk”, Opinion, September 19) causes additional monetary tightening, sending...
...Gideon Rachman considers “how do you define a great country” with reference to Donald Trump’s promise to make America great again, Xi Jinping’s “great rejuvenation” of China and Vladimir Putin’s desire to...
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From Richard Maudslay, Morpeth, Northumberland, UK
.... -- Just how do you measure economic slack?...
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