Caracal ITK | Oct. 1
GLOBALIZATION + STATECRAFT
Xi Jinping’s campaign: China’s new reality is rife with danger: The president will be defined by his campaign against his country’s capitalist excesses.
Economist
France’s humiliation by America will have lasting effects: Snubbed over subs, President Emmanuel Macron is even keener to build up European autonomy.
Economist
POLITICS
How Labour wins: If the right can do populism, why not the left?
Tim Stanley
+ "You can’t lose four elections and not change." -- Sir Keir Starmer when asked if he is moving the Labour party away from ‘the left.’
The Biden objectors who hold the 2022 election in their hands: Politico reports a quarter of those down on Biden's job performance say they "somewhat disapprove," helping his numbers slide — but also leaving Biden an opening.
+ The 2022 election cycle could see a record-breaking $8.9 billion spent on midterm ads, per a new report from AdImpact
DISRUPTION
The future of getting there: Sustainability is an enormous question for cities and governments around the world. Carmakers and others are busy coming up with ideas about what mobility-to-come might look like.
FT
Climate change is the new dot-com bubble: The free market has plenty of grandiose ideas about how to fix our broken planet. There's just one problem: We can't afford another bust.
Wired
COMMERCE
Apple is working on iPhone features to help detect depression, cognitive decline: Company is working with UCLA, Biogen to see if sensitive data like facial expressions, typing metrics could signal mental-health concerns.
WSJ
How the “organic” label leaves small farmers out: The USDA’s requirements for organic labeling make it easier for large agri-business than the smaller farmers you’d think of as “organic.”
Sierra Garcia
CULTURE
Ma Yansong takes LA: How the quiet force behind George Lucas’ museum makes his mark
LAT
The real appeal of reality stars: Reality shows bring “ordinary people” into our homes as entertainment, presenting celebrities to us “cafeteria-style.”
JSTOR
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