James Surowiecki
former New Yorker columnist and author of "The Wisdom of Crowds"
James Surowiecki is the author of “The Wisdom of Crowds.” His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Wired and Fortune, among others.
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Biden’s missed opportunity to go all in on renewable energy
Russia invading Ukraine should have been a prime opportunity to wean America off of fossil fuels.
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How Biden’s latest student loan extension will impact inflation in 2022
Is Biden’s latest student loan decision the final final extension?
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How Covid became the unlikely hero of our inflation crisis
The case for not painting the inflation we’re seeing as some mysterious disastrous affliction that’s descended on the economy.
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Pfizer and Moderna protecting their patents leaves much of the world at risk
Most of the hundreds of millions of doses Pfizer and Moderna have produced have gone to Western countries, most notably the U.S.
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The Senate’s infrastructure cryptocurrency fight was just the beginning
Crypto advocates worry that new regulation would defeat the point of decentralized finance.
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AMC and other meme stocks flipped the way markets usually work
Meme-stock traders have created a Bizarro World version of shareholder capitalism.
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Why taxing Jeff Bezos more won’t narrow the wealth gap
The reason Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and the other richest people in the U.S. are so absurdly wealthy is not about their salary.
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Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes mimicked Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. The difference is she failed.
America loves to hate Elizabeth Holmes. But are her lies that different from iconic entrepreneurs who actually made it?
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Why Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce is literally your business
When people like the Gateses get divorced, it can have a massive impact on people all over the world.
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Republicans’ ‘woke capitalism’ has sent Marco Rubio and co. into panic mode
Republicans were not ready to lose corporate America to younger progressives.