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NextEra Energy's Green Growth
Monday, June 27, 2022
Plus! Specialized Cloud; Bailouts; Another Look at Inflation; Trucking Recession; Belt and Road Alternative; Diff Jobs
Longreads + Open Thread
Saturday, June 25, 2022
Japan, General Purpose Tech, Platforms, Rates, Clean Energy, Yen, Commodities
Data's Limits and the Judgment Gap
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Plus! Mobility; More Housing, Just in Time; Wargamification; Worker Shortages; Taiwan; Diff Jobs
Longreads + Open Thread
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Chips, Cloud, Roads, Jobs, Luttwak, Banks, Feedback
Clean Trades and Dirty Hedges
Monday, June 13, 2022
Plus! Cash as Cosmetics; Two Inflations; AI; Offline-to-Online; Starlink; Diff Jobs
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