Tech, Billionaires and Politics

The Oligarch Threat

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/08/27/the-oligarch-threat/

Useful Idiots and Trumpist Billionaires

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/opinion/trump-billionaires.html

Related:

https://vivekjayakumar.blogspot.com/2019/08/business-and-politics.html

An Ode to the Periodic Table

Why the Periodic Table of Elements Is More Important Than Ever

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2019-periodic-table-elements-issue/ 

Readings for Conservative Intellectuals

WSJ Review:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-progressive-defends-liberal-education-11567121394

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George Will’s interesting essay: Is the individual obsolete?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/opinions/george-will-is-the-individual-obsolete/

BOOK REVIEW:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/books/review/george-will-the-conservative-sensibility.html

Relative Well-Being: Canadians versus Americans

Most Canadians Are Now Better Off Than Most Americans

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-08-29/america-s-middle-class-is-losing-ground-to-canada-s 

Asset Markets - Interesting Items

Negative Rates – Cool Graphics

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/negative-yield-bonds/

Historic Asset Boom Passes by Half of Families

https://www.wsj.com/articles/historic-asset-boom-passes-by-half-of-families-11567157400         

Challenging Environment for Democracies

The corrupting of democracy

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/08/29/the-corrupting-of-democracy

Are Western democracies becoming ungovernable?
https://www.economist.com/international/2019/08/01/are-western-democracies-becoming-ungovernable

Benefits of a Global Digital Currency

The benefits of a global digital currency
https://voxeu.org/article/benefits-global-digital-currency 
Related:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-23/carney-urges-libra-like-reserve-currency-to-end-dollar-dominance