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Hudson Institute Research

Trump Signals Shift to Economic Pressure on Iran

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Trump Signals Shift to Economic Pressure on Iran acabral-sanche… Mon, 08/10/2026 - 14:31 SVG In the Media Aug 10, 2026 Fox News Trump Signals Shift to Economic Pressure on Iran Rebeccah L. Heinrichs Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative Rebeccah L. Heinrichs In…

Read 2 hours ago·Aug 10, 2026
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Hudson Institute Research

Peace Is “Manufactured” Before It’s Negotiated

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Peace Is “Manufactured” Before It’s Negotiated acabral-sanche… Mon, 08/10/2026 - 10:36 SVG In the Media Aug 9, 2026 Fox News Peace Is “Manufactured” Before It’s Negotiated Rebeccah L. Heinrichs Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative Rebeccah L. Heinrichs In the…

Read 6 hours ago·Aug 10, 2026
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Hudson Institute Research

How to Salvage Science in Fauci’s Wake

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How to Salvage Science in Fauci’s Wake acabral-sanche… Mon, 08/10/2026 - 09:50 SVG Commentary Aug 9, 2026 Wall Street Journal How to Salvage Science in Fauci’s Wake A White House report argues that competition and freedom can bring about a new ‘golden age.’ Mike Gallagher Distin…

Read 6 hours ago·Aug 10, 2026
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The Daily Upside

Buffett’s Successor at Berkshire Puts Mammoth Cash Pile to Work

Sean Craig

With new CEO Greg Abel now more than seven months into the job, it appears that investors still consider Berkshire Hathaway old reliable. The post Buffett’s Successor at Berkshire Puts Mammoth Cash Pile to Work appeared first on The Daily Upside .

Read 9 hours ago·Aug 10, 2026
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The Daily Upside

Fed Scours Fresh Inflation Data for Interest-Rate Cues as Mid-Term Elections Loom

Mallika Mitra

This week, the Fed will get a bit of help in its ongoing goal of reading the economy’s tea leaves with a new inflation reading. The post Fed Scours Fresh Inflation Data for Interest-Rate Cues as Mid-Term Elections Loom appeared first on The Daily Upside .

Read 9 hours ago·Aug 10, 2026
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The Daily Upside

Starlink’s Success Casts Doubt on Telecom Companies’ Future

Brian Boyle

SpaceX has a message to Verizon and the rest of Big Telecom. It's coming for some of their $600 billion in annual revenue. The post Starlink’s Success Casts Doubt on Telecom Companies’ Future appeared first on The Daily Upside .

Read 9 hours ago·Aug 10, 2026
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Slow Boring

A strange gifted education success story

Matthew Yglesias

If expanding access works, is your program really for the “gifted”?

Read 10 hours ago·Aug 10, 2026
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Stratechery

Apple Earnings, More on Amazon’s Earnings

Ben Thompson

Apple's earnings (and stock) are limited not by memory but rather chip shortages; then, more on Amazon's earnings and Andy Jassy's market analysis.

Read 10 hours ago·Aug 10, 2026
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The Daily Upside

The DRAMa Behind Wall Street’s Fastest Selling ETF

Emile Hallez

Roundhill said flows into its $24 billion memory fund, DRAM, show conviction from investors about the AI buildout. But not all are cashing in. The post The DRAMa Behind Wall Street’s Fastest Selling ETF appeared first on The Daily Upside .

Read 16 hours ago·Aug 10, 2026
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The Daily Upside

Here’s Where Active Investing Is Actually Beating Passive

Quinn Waller

About half of small- and mid-cap stock-pickers beat passive indexes this year, but the large-cap wins remained mostly out of reach. The post Here’s Where Active Investing Is Actually Beating Passive appeared first on The Daily Upside .

Read 16 hours ago·Aug 10, 2026
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The Daily Upside

Morgan Stanley Just Undercut Ethereum, Solana ETF Markets

Lilly Riddle

The wirehouse’s new spot products are now the least expensive options out there. The post Morgan Stanley Just Undercut Ethereum, Solana ETF Markets appeared first on The Daily Upside .

Read 16 hours ago·Aug 10, 2026
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Noahpinion

Should we "pace" AI self-improvement?

Tim Fist

A guest post by Tim Fist and Saif Khan.

Read yesterday·Aug 9, 2026
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Slow Boring

Sunday Thread + Mailbag

Halina Bennet

Ask your questions below.

Read yesterday·Aug 9, 2026
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Doomberg

Endangered Specious

Doomberg

Myths, ghosts, and other oil things that go bump in the night.

Read yesterday·Aug 9, 2026
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Slow Boring

Saturday discussion post

Halina Bennet

Spotted! Love during a brief trip to New York City last weekend. Read more

Read 2 days ago·Aug 8, 2026
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Construction Physics

Reading List 08/08/2026

Brian Potter

The Endangered Species Act and housing production, why it’s hard for LEGO to use 3D printing, robotic welding and shipbuilding, modular data centers, and more.

Read 2 days ago·Aug 8, 2026
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Noahpinion

Banning data centers would blow up the U.S. economy

Noah Smith

There's one thing keeping us afloat right now, and people want to get rid of it.

Read 2 days ago·Aug 8, 2026
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Slow Boring

Theater is weird, and that’s the point.

Halina Bennet

In which I come out as a total theater nerd

Read 3 days ago·Aug 7, 2026
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Hudson Institute Research

Business as Usual for US, Britain When It Matters Most

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Business as Usual for US, Britain When It Matters Most acabral-sanche… Fri, 08/07/2026 - 13:45 SVG Commentary Aug 7, 2026 Arab News Business as Usual for US, Britain When It Matters Most Luke Coffey Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia Luke Coffey Commentary Caption Secre…

Read 3 days ago·Aug 7, 2026
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Stratechery

2026.32: Earnings and Learnings

Ben Thompson

The best Stratechery content from the week of August 3, 2026, including earnings exposure, OpenAI's answer to Apple, and all about LeBron in Philly.

Read 3 days ago·Aug 7, 2026
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Not Boring

Weekly Dose of Optimism #205

Packy McCormick

Terraform, Billion-Dollar Rounds, Oklo Goes Critical, Astra Math, Terafab + Extra Doses

Read 3 days ago·Aug 7, 2026
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Slow Boring

In praise of commercial culture

Matthew Yglesias

Plus when I’d vote for a Republican, the case for generalists, and why live theater is weird now

Read 3 days ago·Aug 7, 2026
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Slow Boring

Thursday discussion post

Halina Bennet

Trump and Melania’s favorite thrifty recipes

Read 4 days ago·Aug 6, 2026
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Construction Physics

What Will the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Do for Housing Supply?

Brian Potter

A few weeks ago the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law. This is an enormous housing bill that’s been in the works for roughly a year — I first discussed it on Statecraft back in 2025 — and folks are optimistic that it will, per its description, “…

Read 4 days ago·Aug 6, 2026
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Noahpinion

Are the Democrats going to save us this time?

Noah Smith

And if not, what do we do?

Read 5 days ago·Aug 6, 2026
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Stratechery

Google Earnings, The Frontier Case, Amazon Earnings

Ben Thompson

Google's earnings seemed to confirm the Anthropic hedge; it was Andy Jassy who explained why their — and Amazon's — capex was justifiable.

Read 5 days ago·Aug 5, 2026
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Stratechery

Microsoft Earnings, Microsoft vs. Meta, The Efficiency Payoff

Ben Thompson

Microsoft's earnings were compelling because they showed a clarity of strategy, lower costs, and a tangibility of application. The reason why is scarier.

Read 6 days ago·Aug 4, 2026
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Noahpinion

The end of the age of heroes

Noah Smith

AI will soon be better at math than any human. What does that mean?

Read 7 days ago·Aug 4, 2026
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Stratechery

Meta Earnings, Meta’s Timing Problems, The Financial Tail

Ben Thompson

Meta's earnings were a bit disappointing; future promises about AI products were more disconcerting.

Read last week·Aug 3, 2026
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Noahpinion

Slopulism is taking over America

Noah Smith

Sometimes bad populist ideas are just a mistake; sometimes they're being promoted for ideological reasons.

Read last week·Aug 2, 2026
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Palladium Magazine

Post-Scarcity Leads to Technological Stagnation

Charles Rosenbauer

The bottleneck of the computer age is not compute, but ideas for how to use it. The post Post-Scarcity Leads to Technological Stagnation appeared first on Palladium .

Read last week·Jul 31, 2026
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Not Boring

Weekly Dose of Optimism #204

Packy McCormick

Enigma, Robots Covered, DoorDash Air, Zoox Approval, Free ChatGPT + HT + Extra Doses

Read last week·Jul 31, 2026
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Doomberg

Geopolitical Checkers

Doomberg

On the modern assumption that opponents can’t punch back.

Read last week·Jul 31, 2026
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Palladium Magazine

Frontier Panic

Stephanie Wakefield

As artificial intelligence has advanced, it has taken the place of climate change as the main perceived threat to our planet. The post Frontier Panic appeared first on Palladium .

Read 2 weeks ago·Jul 30, 2026
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Construction Physics

Why Is Everyone Trying to Build a Solid-State Battery?

Brian Potter

A battery technology that’s getting a lot of attention is solid-state batteries, lithium-ion batteries that replace the liquid electrolyte with a solid material.

Read 2 weeks ago·Jul 30, 2026
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Doomberg

Fire Horse

Doomberg

Pro Tier: July 2026 Doom Zoom

Read 2 weeks ago·Jul 29, 2026
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Essays, dispatches, and analyses from the reindustrialization movement. 12 sources / 12 live.

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American Affairs

Julius Krein

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The journal of the post-neoliberal right — industrial policy, finance, and the rebuilding of productive American capacity.

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Austin Vernon

Austin Vernon

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Essays on oil, nuclear, manufacturing, and the engineering economics of rebuilding American heavy industry.

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Construction Physics

Brian Potter

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The best writing anywhere on why America stopped building and what it would take to build again — construction, factories, and productivity.

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Doomberg

Doomberg

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Energy, commodities, and industrial analysis from a chicken in a green visor — required reading for anyone serious about the physical economy.

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Hudson Institute Research

Hudson Institute

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Policy research on defense, technology competition with China, and the industrial foundations of national power.

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Noahpinion

Noah Smith

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Sharp economic analysis of reindustrialization, the China-US competition, and the policy toolkit for rebuilding America.

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Not Boring

Packy McCormick

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Deep dives on the companies building the next industrial economy — defense tech, energy, semiconductors, and frontier industries.

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Palladium Magazine

Palladium

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Essays on governance futurism, state capacity, and the civilizational stakes of American industrial revival.

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Slow Boring

Matthew Yglesias

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Center-left policy with an abundance lens — housing, energy, manufacturing, and the politics of getting things built.

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Stratechery

Ben Thompson

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Strategy analysis across tech and industry — on TSMC, Intel, semiconductors, and the industrial logic of the information age.

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The Daily Upside

The Daily Upside

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Business news with a preference for the tangible — supply chains, industrials, semiconductors, and capital flows.

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The Diff

Byrne Hobart

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Finance and strategy essays connecting markets, technology, and the industrial real economy.

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