The Billionaire Diet: How Inflation Made Avocado Toast a Luxury Asset
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Global Finance & Economy

The Billionaire Diet: How Inflation Made Avocado Toast a Luxury Asset Once mocked as the symbol of millennial excess, avocado toast has achieved what economists could not: perfect inflationary irony. In 2025, the humble breakfast that once cost $8 in a trendy café now trades like a mid-cap stock. Bloomberg recently reported that the price […]

The World Is Out of Money : But Not Out of PowerPoint Presentations
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Global Finance & Economy

The World Is Out of Money : But Not Out of PowerPoint Presentations Global finance has entered a new era of austerity theatre. The world’s balance sheets are bleeding, governments are borrowing from tomorrow’s taxes to fund today’s panic, and yet every conference room from Davos to Dubai remains brightly lit by a thousand PowerPoint […]

Corporate Apologies as a Service: The New PR Gold Rush
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Business & Trends

Corporate Apologies as a Service: The New PR Gold Rush From tech firms caught mishandling data to airlines stranding passengers on live streams, today’s crises unfold in real time. Every scandal now demands an apology before it demands a fix. And where there’s demand, there’s an industry. Enter Corporate Apologies as a Service, a booming […]

The Metaverse Is Back : And Still Completely Useless
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Business & Trends

The Metaverse Is Back : And Still Completely Useless After its first spectacular flop in 2023, Silicon Valley’s favorite science-fiction project has decided to reboot itself with a straight face. Meta is releasing new headsets, investors are whispering about Web3’s rebirth, and tech journalists are once again promising that “this time, it’s different.” But the […]

From Billionaires to Baristas: Everyone’s Now Writing a Newsletter
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Society & Culture

From Billionaires to Baristas: Everyone’s Now Writing a Newsletter In 2025, the digital landscape is dominated by one unexpected phenomenon: everyone is writing a newsletter. Analysts from Bloomberg, Reuters, and The Economist note that the trend spans CEOs, fintech influencers, baristas, and even amateur hobbyists. Substack, Ghost, and a host of micro-publishing platforms have turned […]

The Luxury of Panic: How Millennials Made Anxiety a Lifestyle Brand
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Society & Culture

The Luxury of Panic: How Millennials Made Anxiety a Lifestyle Brand In 2025, financial analysts, sociologists, and lifestyle commentators note a striking phenomenon: Millennials have transformed anxiety into a profitable lifestyle brand. From curated Instagram posts to boutique wellness retreats, from NFTs featuring panic-inspired art to “stress couture” fashion lines, the generation once derided for […]

Quantum Startups Promise Everything, Deliver PowerPoint Slides
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Technology & Innovation

Quantum Startups Promise Everything, Deliver PowerPoint Slides In 2025, Silicon Valley and Cambridge alike are experiencing an influx of quantum computing startups that promise revolutionary breakthroughs, world-changing algorithms, and a new era of technological supremacy. Analysts from Bloomberg, Reuters, and The Economist note that while investor enthusiasm is sky-high, tangible progress often remains confined to […]

Silicon Valley’s New Religion: Worshipping the Algorithm
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Technology & Innovation

Silicon Valley’s New Religion: Worshipping the Algorithm In 2025, Silicon Valley has taken devotion to a new level. Analysts from Bloomberg, Reuters, and The Economist report that engineers, venture capitalists, and startup founders now openly treat algorithms as sacred entities, guiding corporate strategy, product design, and investor decisions. From Twitter feeds to boardrooms, the worship […]

The Regulation Boom: Why Every New Law Creates More Lawyers than Jobs
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Politics & Policy

The Regulation Boom: Why Every New Law Creates More Lawyers than Jobs In 2025, the global business environment is experiencing a phenomenon economists and analysts from Bloomberg, Reuters, and The Economist are dubbing the “Regulation Boom.” Every new law, directive, or compliance framework seems to spawn a small army of lawyers, consultants, and compliance officers, […]

G7 Leaders Agree to Disagree: The Annual Summit of Expensive Photos and Zero Results
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Politics & Policy

G7 Leaders Agree to Disagree: The Annual Summit of Expensive Photos and Zero Results The G7 Summit 2025 convened once again, bringing together the world’s most powerful leaders for a carefully choreographed display of diplomacy, press photo ops, and, as analysts from Bloomberg, Reuters, and The Economist note, remarkably little actionable policy. The summit, held […]

The “Post-Dollar” Dream: How Everyone Still Secretly Loves USD
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Global Finance & Markets

The “Post-Dollar” Dream: How Everyone Still Secretly Loves USD In 2025, world leaders, central banks, and crypto maximalists alike are publicly touting the “post-dollar era,” yet behind closed doors, the US dollar remains the global favorite. Analysts from Bloomberg, Reuters, and The Economist report that while discussions of a multipolar currency system dominate think tank […]

Wall Street’s AI Addiction: Traders Now Blame Chatbots for Bad Trades
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Global Finance & Markets

Wall Street’s AI Addiction: Traders Now Blame Chatbots for Bad Trades Wall Street in 2025 has a new scapegoat. Analysts and traders alike are pointing fingers not at overleveraged positions or macroeconomic shocks but at the very tools designed to improve decision-making: AI chatbots. Bloomberg, Reuters, and The Economist have all reported on the growing […]