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Due to the seemingly inevitable march of globalization, our world is more interconnected today than it ever was before. Ironically, despite this growing overlap, inter-regional correlation rarely follows. That is, startup and venture capital conditions in one market seldom (if ever) correlate directly to the conditions in another. A wide variety of... See more
Tom White • Rockin’ Across Regions: Analyzing International Deal Flow from Industry Reports, Y Combinator, and…

But replacing a job shouldn’t be the goal for unconditional cash benefits. Instead, the purpose of unconditional cash is to grease the wheels of capitalist life — to give people that extra boost they need to pay their parking tickets, or deal with a health emergency, or buy a little more nutritious food for their kids, or just make it to the end of... See more
Noah Smith • Andrew Yang's ideas are better than you think
The Bloomberg-as-social-network analysis is a useful one because without it, it’s hard to see how Bloomberg has survived:
Marc Rubinstein • Disrupting Bloomberg
I need no convincing of the value of campus life and in-classroom education. I recognize that online platforms can’t perfectly replace what we deliver on campus. But they can fulfill key pieces of our core mission and reach many more students, of all ages and economic backgrounds, at a far lower cost. What online services lack in quality, they make... See more
Michael D. Smith • Are Universities Going the Way of CDs and Cable TV?
PTM’s investment thesis is identifying neighborhoods where the population is growing and housing is in short supply. We then strive to build accessible rental housing that is attainable for at least 65 percent of the population living within a 1-mile radius. This is a strategy that transcends OZs and makes investing in the current economic landscap
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In a world of scarce resources, globalization without new technology is unsustainable.