Why Private Credit Got Entangled With Insurance
Insurers have quietly become a major driver of the private credit boom, with numerous private equity shops striking deals with insurance companies or buying them outright. But the entanglement with pr...
31 Jul 51min
How the Iranian Economy Actually Works
After the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the country's new leaders — religious and political — promised to redistribute the country's wealth and made moves to make Iran independent from western influence...
30 Jul 57min
Branko Milanovic on What Comes After Globalization
It's pretty obvious by now that globalization has fallen out of favor. And while many pundits have deemed economic globalism dead, we are still figuring out what to call this new era. Branko Milanovic...
27 Jul 1h 1min
How Financial Advisors Can Grow During the Great Wealth Transfer (Sponsored Content)
Over the next two decades, more than $100 trillion will change hands in the greatest wealth transfer in history. This is a massive opportunity for financial advisors, both new and established. This co...
26 Jul 17min
How Franchise Restaurants Opened the Door to the Gig Economy
When the fast food industry began booming in the 1950s, it did so via a new business model known as the franchise. This model allowed independent operators to license trademarks from a business like M...
24 Jul 44min
Why Apple Is Heading Into a Pivotal Moment
There used to be a time when the latest product release from Apple was a huge deal. But lately, it's been kind of 'meh,' and a lot of the hype in the tech world has been directed at companies doing th...
23 Jul 49min
The Creator of Claude Code on The Hottest Piece of Software in the World
2026 has been, in terms of software, the year everyone is talking about Claude Code. Indeed, Anthropic's coding agent incited a market scare — and helped usher in the era of vibe coding — through its ...
20 Jul 1h 6min
Lev Menand and Nathan Tankus on Why Fed Independence Is Now Hanging by a Thread
Last August, President Trump made the unprecedented choice of moving to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook. The administration claimed she was being terminated with cause, citing an ongoing investigation in ...
17 Jul 1h 5min
