Some kind of carbon tax is coming to America, like it or not
A carbon tax could raise $2 trillion over a decade putting a huge dent in the federal budget deficit.
A carbon tax could raise $2 trillion over a decade putting a huge dent in the federal budget deficit.
Yasheng Huang discussed why China's model for economic development holds appeal for countries looking for an alternative to the Washington model.
A paper by Sinan Aral and co-authors discovered that high-paying jobs often come through "weak ties" — for example, people who are acquaintances.
"If they're not using [coal mines] to make sustainable aviation fuel, the methane is going to go into the atmosphere."
"Avoid the common traps with training. Make sure you do things at the firm level, with system developers and don't rely on junior professionals."
In 1988, less than 15% of Boston Public Schools' Black students were in "intensely segregated" schools, by 2003 it had jumped to 50%.
"The retailer-manufacturer relationship is undergoing significant disruption, creating new sources of growth but also new challenges."
"If Chinese domestic policy doesn’t change substantially, the pace of technological and scientific progress is going to slow down."
"There is pretty much nothing that humans do as a meaningful occupation that generative AI can now do."
"When China achieved its technological progress and inventiveness, was when China had a higher level of political and ideological competition."