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James Surowiecki

James Surowiecki

The New Yorker

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Why a failed Boeing would be bad for everyone, even Airbus

17.04.2024 5

Fast Company

James Surowiecki

Why Talk of a Tech Bubble Is Overblown

The stock market’s sustained rally has led to fears, but the doom-mongers are ignoring the economy’s strong fundamentals. War in the Middle East....

11.04.2024 8

The Atlantic

James Surowiecki

Donald Trump, Meme Stock

How the ex-president’s social-media platform became the new Bed Bath & Beyond After the stock-market frenzy that ensued when Trump Media &...

28.03.2024 2

The Atlantic

James Surowiecki

Why Biden’s Pro-worker Stance Isn’t Working

The most pro-labor president in history could hardly do more for unions, but their members aren’t feeling it. Joe Biden courted the leaders of the...

18.03.2024 20

The Atlantic

James Surowiecki

Joe Biden’s Unrequited Love for American Workers

The most pro-labor president in history could hardly do more for unions, but their members aren’t feeling it. Joe Biden courted the leaders of the...

18.03.2024 7

The Atlantic

James Surowiecki

Why Haven’t the Sanctions on Russia Worked?

Actually, they have had some effect—just not one that Vladimir Putin cares about. When, earlier this month, Tucker Carlson posted a short video clip...

24.02.2024 10

The Atlantic

James Surowiecki

Why Elon Musk Is Missing His Big Payday

Taking Tesla public helped grow the business, but it also meant that he had some pesky obligations to shareholders. In 2018, Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk,...

02.02.2024 7

The Atlantic

James Surowiecki

The War on ‘Woke Capital’ Is Backfiring

Republicans want to outlaw state investment in funds they see as tainted by progressive ideology. They’ll probably just get lower returns. One of...

31.01.2024 30

The Atlantic

James Surowiecki

What’s Gone Wrong at Boeing

Behind the 737 Max’s persistent problems is the erosion of a valuable corporate culture. That will be harder to fix than a loose bolt. When, last...

15.01.2024 3

The Atlantic

James Surowiecki

How Gas Prices Get in Our Heads

The price of gasoline plays an outsize role in shaping consumer sentiment—with big implications for the current “vibecession.” One of the...

16.12.2023 10

The Atlantic

James Surowiecki

Why OpenAI needs Microsoft on its board

The OpenAI management saga, which began two weeks ago when the organization’s board unexpectedly fired CEO Sam Altman, and which has since featured...

04.12.2023 10

Fast Company

James Surowiecki

Where did Warren Buffett turn for investment advice? To Charlie Munger, whose way of working was unique among corporate execs

The most famous story about Charlie Munger, a vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway since 1978, who died Tuesday at the age of 99, is that many years...

30.11.2023 10

Fast Company

James Surowiecki

Locking IP in a vault gave Disney its brand magic. Should it try that with Marvel?

Disney’s new film The Marvels turned in its second straight dismal box-office performance this weekend, taking in a mere $10.2 million. That was a...

22.11.2023 4

Fast Company

James Surowiecki

Most Americans Are Better Off

But they’re not feeling it. “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” That question, first posed by Ronald Reagan in a 1980...

10.11.2023 10

The Atlantic

James Surowiecki

How could all those dire recession forecasts be so wrong?

When it comes to the U.S. economy, the hits just keep on coming. That’s the obvious takeaway from yesterday’s third-quarter GDP report, which...

27.10.2023 10

Fast Company

James Surowiecki

‘Too big to fail?’ 15 years after the financial crisis, the megabanks are bigger than ever

The rich get richer. That’s the simple takeaway from this week’s third-quarter earnings reports from the country’s megabanks. While Citi saw...

23.10.2023 4

Fast Company

James Surowiecki

Can Novo Nordisk’s Success Really Be Trouble for Denmark?

If having one world-beating company dominate the national economy is a problem, it’s one that a lot of small countries would like. Over the past...

16.10.2023 6

The Atlantic

James Surowiecki

Amazon’s hard-nosed business strategies are under fire by the FTC. They may also be tough to unravel

29.09.2023 2

Fast Company

James Surowiecki

The Big Three’s Inevitable Collision with the UAW

Autoworkers want a bigger share. Share of what? say Ford, GM, and Chrysler. The United Auto Workers’ strike against the Big Three U.S. carmakers has...

23.09.2023 9

The Atlantic

James Surowiecki

Requiem for Rupert: The era of the media mogul is truly over

Rupert Murdoch announced yesterday that he will be stepping down as chairman of Fox and News Corp. If he’s really stepping aside (there are signs he...

22.09.2023 7

Fast Company

James Surowiecki

Instacart’s valuation isn’t the disappointment that it might seem to be

In late 2020, the food delivery company DoorDash went public on the Nasdaq at $102 a share. It had $2.8 billion in annual revenue and no profits, but...

19.09.2023 4

Fast Company

James Surowiecki

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