Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life
Martin Tyrrell at the Dublin Review of Books: Eileen O’Shaughnessy married George Orwell in 1936 and remained married to him until her unexpected and untimely death in 1945. Anna Funder’s Wifedom is
Martin Tyrrell at the Dublin Review of Books: Eileen O’Shaughnessy married George Orwell in 1936 and remained married to him until her unexpected and untimely death in 1945. Anna Funder’s Wifedom is
The United States has the most expensive transportation infrastructure in the world and that’s because we refuse to learn from experts, other countries, and our own history –Alon Levy Alon
To acknowledge our ancestors meanswe are aware that we did not makeourselves, that the line stretchesall the way back, perhaps, to God; orto Gods. We remember them because itis an
Irshad Salim from Karachi: Back in December, a poetic expression of emotive thoughts on Israel’s Gaza invasion enabled me to curate this clip (below) –selecting what’s available on the Internet
This Black-Scholes/Merton equation, the most famous equation in finance came from physics. It launched an industry worth four multi-trillion dollars as it led to the world’s best investments by transforming
Google’s ad revenue is now north of $237 billion –more than the GDP of Greece. The tech giant’s ad server and ad exchange are ubiquitous, behind-the-scenes technology that helps websites
Irshad Salim from Karachi: Yesterday evening I successfully tried with this awesome recipe. I added sliced potatoes to Hina’s recipe though. I also added zeera (cumin seeds) while sauteing chopped
Continue readingDinner For Two With Hina’s Baigan Masala (Eggplant Masala) Pakistani Style
A segment from James Baldwin’s brilliant response to a philosophy professor on a 1968 episode of The Dick Cavett Show from Raoul Peck’s must-see documentary I Am Not Your Negro.
Mass layoffs are tearing through US media. To preserve a functioning media ecosystem, we need three things: immediate aid to struggling journalists, public subsidies to smaller news outlets, and eventually
Continue readingUS Media Is Collapsing, Here’s How to Save It
Modi’s economy also offers a ‘real alternative’ to China Excerpt of analysis by Diksha Madhok in CNN: India is said to be a prime candidate to benefit from the ‘friend-shoring’
Continue reading“India is (not) going back into the background anymore. It has arrived.”
Bruno De Conti , Pedro Rossi, Arthur Welle, and Clara Saliba in Phenomenal World: In December 2023, Brazil began presiding over the G20. The one-year presidency, which will culminate in
McKinsey’s Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, January 2024) includes analysis of the changing geometry of global goods trade using four measures, each of which has its own limitations: trade intensity,
Continue readingGeopolitics and the Geometry of Global Trade