What America’s bike-share schemes tell you about venture capital
A highly visible indicator of market conditions #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/20/what-americas-bike-share-schemes-tell-you-about-venture-capital?utm_source=press.coop
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The case for a third-party campaign in 2024 is actuarial, not ideological
No Labels wants to be political insurance for democracy, yet may doom it #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/20/the-case-for-a-third-party-campaign-in-2024-is-actuarial-not-ideological?utm_source=press.coop
Dick Ravitch, New York’s fiscal superman
The developer who helped save the city and later kept the subway on track died on June 25th #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/06/dick-ravitch-new-yorks-fiscal-superman?utm_source=press.coop
America’s firefighters mostly do not fight fires
Some of them are a bit lost #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/08/03/americas-firefighters-mostly-do-not-fight-fires?utm_source=press.coop
Why America’s Supreme Court has ended affirmative action
The six-justice conservative majority overpowered the three liberal dissenters #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/29/why-americas-supreme-court-has-ended-affirmative-action?utm_source=press.coop
America has a shortage of lab monkeys
That is bad for biomedical research and encourages smuggling #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/06/america-has-a-shortage-of-lab-monkeys?utm_source=press.coop
Republican presidential candidates canoodle with Moms for Liberty
They hope that whipping up maternal fervour will propel them to the nomination #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/06/republican-presidential-candidates-canoodle-with-moms-for-liberty?utm_source=press.coop
Judge and staff shortages are leaving Americans in limbo
Many are not getting their day in court #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/13/judge-and-staff-shortages-are-leaving-americans-in-limbo?utm_source=press.coop
Republicans close ranks around Donald Trump, again
There is little sign that the latest federal indictment will shake Republican faith in the former president #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/08/02/republicans-close-ranks-around-donald-trump-again?utm_source=press.coop
The American left and right loathe each other and agree on a lot
Economic philosophy is not just changing—it is converging #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/13/the-american-left-and-right-loathe-each-other-and-agree-on-a-lot?utm_source=press.coop
An all-out strike brings Hollywood to a halt
Labour fights over streaming and AI push actors to join screenwriters on the picket lines #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/14/an-all-out-strike-brings-hollywood-to-a-halt?utm_source=press.coop
Republicans close ranks around Donald Trump, again
There is little sign that the latest federal indictment will shake Republican faith in the former president #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/08/02/republicans-close-ranks-around-donald-trump-again?utm_source=press.coop
Could the 14th Amendment fix America’s debt-ceiling debacle?
A constitutional workaround is plausible—but a deal would be better #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/05/19/could-the-14th-amendment-fix-americas-debt-ceiling-debacle?utm_source=press.coop
America’s states are pursuing their own foreign policies
State legislatures are becoming another front in America’s clash with China #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/01/americas-states-are-pursuing-their-own-foreign-policies?utm_source=press.coop
What to make of the Supreme Court’s tumultuous term
Landmark 6-3 decisions overshadow a smattering of liberal wins #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/02/what-to-make-of-the-supreme-courts-tumultuous-term?utm_source=press.coop
The American left and right loathe each other and agree on a lot
Economic philosophy is not just changing—it is converging #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/13/the-american-left-and-right-loathe-each-other-and-agree-on-a-lot?utm_source=press.coop
The case for a third-party campaign in 2024 is actuarial, not ideological
No Labels wants to be political insurance for democracy, yet may doom it #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/20/the-case-for-a-third-party-campaign-in-2024-is-actuarial-not-ideological?utm_source=press.coop
American universities have an incentive to seem extortionate
They are much cheaper than the “crisis of college affordability” suggests #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/23/american-universities-have-an-incentive-to-seem-extortionate?utm_source=press.coop
Oppenheimer’s secret city is a shrine to the Manhattan Project
A tiny town in New Mexico is proud to be the place the bomb was invented #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/24/oppenheimers-secret-city-is-a-shrine-to-the-manhattan-project?utm_source=press.coop
Fentanyl is spreading the opioid crisis into America’s big cities
And death rates may rise further #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/27/fentanyl-is-spreading-the-opioid-crisis-into-americas-big-cities?utm_source=press.coop