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>"Many Afrikaners welcomed the end of apartheid, but 30 years on, they’ve found Black-majority rule in South Africa hard to live with."

>"How can expertise from time-based media art conservation help appraisers vet NFTs?"

"Rushing in to confront a crisis is always better than letting it simply unfold."

>"Interest rates were low for years. Imagine how much the country could have gotten done."

"A look at the grim scenarios—and the U.S. playbook for each"

>"Market booms and busts might be irrational, but we can understand why they happen – and what to do to mitigate the damage"

"Hernan Diaz’s new novel audaciously tells a tale of American capital—again, and again, and again."

>"Digital communication in its current form is corrosive to culture and community. But ritual and narrative can repair the damage."

>"Nothing we can do will make the world more free, fair and prosperous than giving women control over their own bodies"

"After generations of rapid growth, China has swallowed the world economy, and is struggling to avoid being swallowed by it. Its introspective turn is led by the government, but the need is felt by all sorts of people."

>"The dynamic of constant innovation and consumption is intrinsically unsustainable. It’s time to rethink endless economic growth."