American Preeminence – Under Threat?

America’s History of Luck Is Running Out
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/23/americas-history-of-luck-is-running-out/
 
Nihilism Is Destroying Our Democracy
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/system-collapses-without-virtue/617548/

Quantumscape - Example of a Stock Bubble?

Has the Quantumscape bubble burst?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/quantumscape-plummets-investors-shrug-off-160444797.html
 
Related:
https://www.barrons.com/articles/we-found-a-bubblebut-it-may-not-be-what-you-think-it-is-51609457640

Pandemic's Impact on Regional Universities

How the Pandemic Is Imperiling a Working-Class College
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/us/college-coronavirus-tuition.html 

Is there an economic case for saving regional public universities and mid-tier private colleges?
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/527722-is-there-an-economic-case-for-saving-regional-public-universities-and-mid

Too Many Ph.D.’s?

America Is Pumping Out Too Many Ph.D.’s
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-04/america-is-pumping-out-too-many-ph-d-s 

Wall Street Bonus – Historical Perspective

Why J.P. Morgan Created the Wall Street Bonus
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-04/wall-street-bonuses-j-p-morgan-used-them-to-reward-loyalty 

An Update on the Covid-19 Crisis

The Pandemic Metric to Trust Right Now
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/what-holidays-do-pandemic-data-reporting-west-south-hospitalizations/617533/
 
The Debate About School Safety Is No Longer Relevant
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/schools-staff-shortages/617465/

To Beat Covid, Politicians Need to Think Like Philosophers
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-01/to-beat-covid-politicians-must-think-like-philosophers
Bloomberg’s John Authers notes:
“When it comes to what the vaccine is trying to achieve, there are two broad possibilities:
1. Give the vaccine to those at the greatest risk of dying from the virus.
2. Inoculate people so as to minimize the spread and maximize the impact.
These questions raise two severe problems, one ethical and one scientific. The ethical problem is that they lead to very different programs of vaccine distribution”. 

Oil and Gas Industry Woes Hurts Job Market Prospects for Fresh Graduates

‘A Slap in the Face’: The Pandemic Disrupts Young Oil Careers
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/business/oil-industry-careers.html