2026-08-18 19:00:00
More than a decade ago, hundreds of US garage entrepreneurs were working on shoestring budgets to develop drones with dreams of scaling the new technology. Then China’s DJI introduced a small, inexpensive drone with a stable built-in camera.
2026-08-18 18:30:02
LinkedIn was in large part designed to help people find jobs. It has inadvertently become a treasure trove for economists studying the modern labor market. One research team, for example, used LinkedIn to fill a gap in traditional data, analyzing layoffs and promotions by race, ethnicity and gender — ultimately finding discrimination at some of the companies it studied. Another used US Census figures and LinkedIn profiles to find that entrepreneurs are significantly more likely to hire workers f
2026-08-18 18:00:02
Overeducated and underpaid: Welcome to the rising faction of voters pushing the Democratic Party to the socialist left and foreshadowing a clash with mainstream liberals in 2028.
2026-08-18 17:30:02
California is leading a group of 12 states suing to block Paramount Skydance Corp.’s $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros Discovery Inc., claiming the deal would give the combined company unfair control of movie and cable-TV businesses. Paramount executives responded by threatening to pull its operations out of the Golden State and go to where it’s wanted.
2026-08-18 17:00:00
Daron Acemoglu’s new book, What Happened to Liberal Democracy?, is deservedly commanding a lot of attention. One of the world’s most eminent economists, the author combines extraordinary historical breadth, cutting-edge technical expertise and a stunning level of academic productivity. He’s co-written excellent popular works on why some countries grew rich and others didn’t, about technology and progress, and about the challenge of creating and sustaining liberty. This time he turns his attentio
2026-08-18 12:03:20
In both cases, investors have cause for concern.
