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The fall of SVB: Another predictable bank failure
Oped, Joseph E Stiglitz, Published on 17/03/2023
» The run on Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) -- on which nearly half of all venture-backed tech start-ups in the United States depend -- is in part a rerun of a familiar story, but it's more than that. Once again, economic policy and financial regulation have proven inadequate.
Is there upside to political polarisation?
Oped, Daron Acemoglu, Published on 15/07/2022
» While there are no ironclad laws of politics, two tendencies in the United States -- midterm swings against the incumbent party (the "midterm blues") and the negative electoral effects of inflation and unemployment ("political business cycles") -- come pretty close. US President Joe Biden (whose approval rating has sunk for the past year) and the Democrats should not be surprised if they suffer a massive rout in the 2022 midterm elections.
Covid-19 threatens women's jobs
Oped, Michele Barry & Geeta Rao Gupta, Published on 02/07/2021
» One in four. That's the proportion of American women who are considering downshifting their careers or leaving the workforce due to the impact of Covid-19. In just one year, the pandemic has driven more than two million women in the United States out of the workplace, resulting in the largest male-female unemployment gap in two decades.
Napoleon and world history: What if...?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 05/05/2021
» Napoleon Bonaparte doesn't come up much in conversation these days, which is hardly surprising given that he has been dead for two centuries. On the other hand, today will be exactly 200 years since he died, so maybe we could make an exception just this once.
How screen size reflects the age gap divide
Oped, Tyler Cowan of Bloomberg Opinion, Published on 09/09/2019
» The generational divide is described and defined in many different ways, some more empirical than others. Many of these theories are speculative rather than confirmed, so in that spirit I would like to offer my nomination for what is truly the dividing force: screen size.