2025-12-26 20:00:10
One year ago, businesses — especially CEOs — were optimistic about the US economy in 2025, expecting lower taxes and more market-friendly policies from incoming President Donald Trump. Then came April 2, Liberation Day. The market fell, uncertainty rose, and affordability became a more acute concern. Meanwhile, the labor market continued to weaken, as immigration restrictions led to a slower-growing workforce and labor shortages in some sectors.
2025-12-26 19:30:08
Ten years ago I praised a book by Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England, on the subject of “radical uncertainty.” Back then, I agreed with King that radical uncertainty – the kind that statistical analysis can’t deal with – was a pressing issue for financial regulators. After the extraordinary year just ending, the challenge is no longer so confined.
2025-12-26 19:00:08
As usual when Donald Trump occupies the White House, 2025 condensed a decade’s worth of political upheaval into a single year. Identifying the most important of those developments is like picking through the wreckage to find a few family heirlooms after a tornado has torn through the neighborhood.
2025-12-26 18:00:11
As a musician and music-lover, the artificial intelligence revolution terrifies me in many ways. AI apps such as Suno have already shown extraordinary potential to generate catchy and professionally-produced music in certain genres. So it isn’t hard to imagine a world in which, for example, session musicians, jingle writers and purveyors of educational music for kids could soon lose their livelihoods to machines.
2025-12-26 13:30:08
When 196 nations adopted the momentous Paris climate accord, the UK prime minister at the time, David Cameron, wrote on Twitter: “Our grandchildren will see we did our duty.”
2025-12-26 04:00:08
The signature motif of Kantara: A Legend — Chapter 1, India’s second-biggest box-office success of 2025, is a primordial scream. It may as well be the sound of old Bollywood in its death throes, or the birth pangs of a new industry.
