America’s Factory Boom

The US Is Building Factories Again, But Who Will Work There?
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-tennessee-ev-investment-education/
 
America’s Factory Building Boom
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-factory-building-boom-93dfb8f5
Construction spending on factories is soaring, due in no small part to two pieces of legislation
 
The manufacturing backlash: No factory in my backyard
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/new-twist-nimby-no-factory-my-backyard-2023-07-10/ 

AI and Philosophy

Hegel against the machines
https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2023/07/hegel-against-machines-ai-philosophy
The philosopher’s ideas on intelligence have staggering implications for the future of AI. 

The Demise of Rock Star Equity Analysts

The days of the rock star research analyst are long gone
https://www.ft.com/content/0407c663-d29c-4928-9cfc-916107022f8b 

Government Benefits: Blue States versus Red States

Do blue-state taxes really subsidize red-state benefits?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/07/states-federal-benefits/ 

Decline of Marriages in China

Why China’s Young People Are Not Getting Married
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/world/asia/china-marriage-rate.html 

Democracy and Capitalism

How inequality and insecurity fueled a crisis in the West.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/end-democratic-capitalism
 
Related:
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/what-will-it-take-to-save-democracy/
https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2023/01/martin-wolf-crisis-democratic-capitalism-business-intellectual 

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer, Nullified and Vindicated

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/oppenheimer-nullified-and-vindicated
In 1954, America’s most celebrated scientist was falsely accused and publicly humiliated, sending a warning to all scientists not to engage in the political arena as public intellectuals. This was the real tragedy of the Oppenheimer case. What happened to him damaged our ability as a society to debate honestly about scientific theory—the very foundation of our modern world. 

Behind ‘Oppenheimer,’ a Prizewinning Biography 25 Years in the Making
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/books/oppenheimer-american-prometheus-sherwin-bird.html