Britain - Delusions of Grandeur

How Delusions About World War II Fed Brexit Mania
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-03/max-hastings-how-delusions-about-world-war-ii-fed-brexit-mania

Should Coding be Included in School Curriculum?

Do Children Really Need to Learn to Code?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/opinion/teaching-coding-schools-india.html

Cheap Living

Quit your Job and Live Abroad in 2021: 9 Places so Cheap you Might not Need to Work
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2021/01/01/quit-your-job-and-live-abroad-in-2021-9-places-so-cheap-you-might-not-need-to-work/

Government Overreach and Misguided Policies

Lockdowns needed a warning label, too
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lockdowns-needed-a-warning-label-too/2020/12/31/c2cbc63e-4ada-11eb-a9f4-0e668b9772ba_story.html

Where Year Two of the Pandemic Will Take Us
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/pandemic-year-two/617528/

George Orwell and the road to revolution
https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2020/12/george-orwell-and-road-revolution 

Economic Geography

Worst Spot for U.S. Brain Drain Gets Hope as Covid Vaccine Hub
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-31/worst-spot-for-u-s-brain-drain-gets-hope-as-covid-vaccine-hub
 
Rural Downtowns Were on the Mend. Then Came Covid.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-01/rural-downtowns-were-on-the-mend-then-came-covid-19 

Economic Policy Debates

As Some Deficit Hawks Turn Dove, the New Politics of Debt Are on Display
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/business/economy/republicans-deficit.html
 
Once a Fringe Idea, the $15 Minimum Wage Is Making Big Gains
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/business/economy/minimum-wage-15-dollar-hour.html

GE’s Monster Wind Turbine

A Monster Wind Turbine Is Upending an Industry
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/business/GE-wind-turbine.html 

Does this make GE stock a good green energy investment?