WATCHING TODAY:
1. The long shadow of the pandemic: 2024 and beyond: WSJ reports even when the world returns to ‘normal,’ the legacy of COVID-19 will transform everything from wages and health care to political attitudes and global supply chains.
2. Renault-Nissan alliance plans $25.7 billion in electric vehicle spending: WSJ reports the companies’ investment falls short of what rivals like Volkswagen are spending, a product in part of a more cautious stance by the alliance’s two Japanese members, Nissan, and Mitsubishi.
3. Goodbye to the days of the ‘Rust Belt’: Richard Florida + David J. Adams opine after years of unsung efforts to revive the fortunes of America’s industrial heartland, Intel’s new chip factory in Ohio is a sign of rebirth.
4. Career advice from emperors and slaves: Edward Stephens writes on 2,300-year-old philosophy is making a comeback, finding popularity among Silicon Valley and sports teams.
5. Mikaela Shiffrin can’t move mountains. But she helped move a Beijing Olympics podium. WSJ reports America’s top alpine skier has spent months plotting every detail of her ambitious schedule—even where she hopes to accept medals.
