Author: Daniel snow
Mike Jakeman reviews Scarcity: A History from the Origins of Capitalism to the Climate Crisis, by Fredrik Albritton Jonsson and Carl Wennerlind. The sweeping philosophical history argues that the world can be divided neatly into two camps: on one hand, there are “cornucopians,” who are convinced of the powers of human ingenuity to extend nature’s bounty to satisfy all of our desires; on the other are the “finitarians,” who see the planet’s resources and humankind’s power over them as limited, which means we must learn to compromise in order to thrive. Source link
ECB’s Villeroy: US policies undermine dollar confidence Source link
Asia FX muted as dollar steadies from Venezuela shock; yen holds some gains Source link
Bank of America sees dollar weakness ahead as bearish signals persist Source link
Hungary still aiming for US backstop after first attempt fizzles, Orban says Source link
Venezuela’s Maduro capture hits oil prices; CAD and NOK fall Source link
Asia FX weakens as markets digest Venezuela action; yen falls past rate hike talk Source link
When Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as New York City’s mayor just after midnight on the first day of the year, the moment signaled political change. But standing beside him, his wife Rama Duwaji quietly announced something else as well: a generational shift in how power, identity, and style intersect in public life. Duwaji, an artist and illustrator, approached the inauguration not with the ceremonial stiffness often associated with political spouses, but with an ease that felt unmistakably contemporary. Her outfit—oversized tailored shorts, sculptural earrings, and chunky boots—looked less like traditional political attire and more like something pulled from the…
Venezuela awoke to deep uncertainty as citizens struggled to understand who, if anyone, was now governing the country following a dramatic U.S. military operation that resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. Streets in Caracas emptied, lines formed outside supermarkets and fuel stations, and a familiar sense of crisis settled over a population long accustomed to political shocks. The confusion was compounded by statements from President Donald Trump, who suggested that the United States may coordinate with one of Maduro’s closest allies: Vice President and oil minister Delcy Rodríguez. Trump indicated that Rodríguez had communicated a willingness to cooperate…
Inside the global artificial intelligence race, where trillion-dollar compute commitments and sprawling data-center campuses have become the norm, one leading lab is pursuing a noticeably different path. Rather than trying to outbuild every rival, Anthropic is betting that efficiency—not sheer scale—can keep it at the cutting edge. That philosophy is championed by Anthropic’s president and co-founder, Daniela Amodei, who has repeatedly described the company’s guiding principle in simple terms: do more with less. The idea runs counter to the prevailing assumption in Silicon Valley that the largest intelligence factory will inevitably win. Across the industry, major AI developers and their…