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As AI creates more entrepreneurs and a skills mismatch, Gen Z faces the choice of being a specialist or a 'general-purpose nerd'

"AI is creating a structural skills mismatch as companies aggressively replace generalists with specialized talent."

Fortune

As the US marks 250, does the special relationship still exist – or is the UK just irrelevant?

The gap between America and Britain has grown economically as Trump asserts ‘the UK is dying’. Culturally, however, it’s a different story

The Guardian - UK

Pope should have gone further on AI technology

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how we communicate, access information and work, how income and status are distributed and even how we wage war. Yet the public conversation remains narrowly focused on the competition between AI labs or abstract debates about the technology's capabilities. Almost no one is asking what purpose…

Bangkok Post

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Iran war shocks continue to ripple through the global economy

The Iran war is driving up energy and fertiliser prices, threatening food shortages in poor countries, destabilising fragile states and complicating inflation control at central banks worldwide.

Euronews

War with Iran delivers another shock to the global economy

The war with Iran is doing collateral damage to the world economy

The Independent UK

Trump's Tariff Troubles

Plus: Minnesota Medicaid funds, AI vs. jobs, Taylor Lorenz's libertarian moment, and more...

Reason

Most of Windermere polluted with sewage bacteria, finds biggest survey of its kind

Exclusive: Concentrations of faecal bacteria in the lake were found to peak in summer but there were high levels throughout year

The Guardian - UK

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Carnegie honors 20 'Great Immigrants,' including composer Tania León, for 20th anniversary

Carnegie Corp. of New York's 2025 class of Great Immigrants, Great Americans include composer and conductor Tania León, last year's Nobel Prize winner in economics Simon Johnson, and Voto Latino CEO Maria Teresa Kumar

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia's $600 billion promise to the U.S. needs oil prices to stay high—which will likely anger Trump

Trump loves cheap oil and high-dollar deals. His trip to Saudi Arabia is putting the two on a collision course.

Fortune

My 25 Funny And Sometimes A Little Dark Comics

Hello, I'm Simon Johnson and I make the webcomic "Simon Said Comics". Drawing is my passion: alongside my own projects, I illustrate children's books and educational literature.

Bored Panda

How CEOs should deal with Trump — even if it means ‘vaporware’ announcements

Also: Nvidia drops 7% after China export ban, China asks airlines to halt Boeing orders.

Fortune

Dealmaking genius or boy who cried wolf? Trump’s trade retreat sows doubts

Nothing is certain under this president – as seen in the inconsistent implementation of tariffs. And it has a longer-term economic cost

The Guardian - US

Sexism and misogyny complaints add to turmoil at Rugby Football League

Historical allegations made to whistleblowing email as English rugby league’s governing body faces pressure

The Guardian - UK

From one crisis to another: rugby league in dire need of real leadership

Clubs ousting the RFL chair and demanding a third review in eight years is a retrograde step

The Guardian - UK

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RFL warns clubs that planned coup will financially cripple the sport

The Rugby Football League has tried to resist a planned revolt by warning clubs of the financial consequences

MarketBeat

3 Stocks to Gain From the Rising Demand in Offshore Drilling

Trump "Drill. baby, drill" initiatives can spark more demand for contract offshore oil drillers. Here are 3 drillers that can benefit from new market demand.

International Business Times

Don't Let Tech Gurus Decide The Future: Nobel Winner Simon Johnson

Should our future by decided by the bosses of big tech firms? Is more regulation of Big Tech needed?

The Conversation

This year’s Nobel prize exposes economics’ problem with colonialism

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson have been awarded the 2024 Nobel memorial prize in economics for their influential work on how institutions shape economic development. Some would say the decision to award these scholars the Nobel was long overdue.

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The Conversation

This year’s Nobel prize in economics awarded to team that examined what makes some countries rich and others poor

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to three US-based economists who examined the advantages of democracy and the rule of law, and why they are strong in some countries and not others.

The Conversation

Nobel economics prize: how colonial history explains why strong institutions are vital to a country’s prosperity – expert Q&A

This year’s Nobel memorial prize in economics has gone to Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and James Robinson of the University of Chicago for their work on why there are such vast differences in prosperity between nations.

Dynamite News

Nobel Economics Prize awarded for research into differences in prosperity between nations

This year's laureates have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country's prosperity. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to trio for explaining global inequality

The prestigious award is the final prize to be given out this year and is worth $1.1 million

Evening Standard

Two Britons among three winners of 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics

Two of the academics also studied at the London School of Economics

The Guardian - UK

Trio of professors win Nobel economics prize for work on post-colonial wealth

British-born Simon Johnson and James A Robinson and Turkish-American Daron Acemoğlu share £810,000 prize

France 24

'Nobel economics prize' awarded to trio for work on links between institutions and prosperity

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson won the 2024 Nobel memorial prize in economics "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.

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