Month: August 2024

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Good Bad Billionaire - Sergey Brin: Googling billions

By founding Google, tech titan Sergey Brin helped shape the internet. He also got very, very rich, as his company Alphabet became one of the biggest in the world. BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng tell the story of the billionaire who partied on planes after escaping prejudice in Russia. Sergey Brin and his best friend Larry Page became two of history’s biggest tech giants by building the planet’s most popular search engine. How did their technology startup become one of the world's biggest companies? Simon and Zing find out, before deciding if they think he’s good, bad, or just another billionaire.

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The Economics of Everyday Things - 58. Firefighters

There are more firefighters than ever — and fewer fires for them to fight. So the job has changed. Zachary Crockett slides down the pole.

 

  • SOURCES:
    • Joshua Hurwitz, lecturer in economics at Tufts University.
    • Eric Mackintosh, administrative battalion fire chief for San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department.
    • Steve Pegram, retired fire chief and township administrator in Ohio.

 

 

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Consider This from NPR - A proposal to tax the rich is gaining traction. But is it feasible?

Over the last decade, calls to tax the rich have grown louder around the world — but the needle hasn't exactly moved.

Now, the Brazilian government has a new proposal: a 2 percent global wealth tax on the uber-rich. It would impact the 3,000 wealthiest people around the world.

Economists say this 2 percent hike would unlock an extra $250 billion per year. That money could go toward addressing a number of issues, like climate change and global poverty.

G20 nations would have to agree on this proposal before it goes anywhere — and so far, that's not happening. France, Spain, South Africa and several other nations have voiced support, but the U.S. and Germany aren't on board.

Is a global wealth tax a feasible solution?

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Consider This from NPR - A proposal to tax the rich is gaining traction. But is it feasible?

Over the last decade, calls to tax the rich have grown louder around the world — but the needle hasn't exactly moved.

Now, the Brazilian government has a new proposal: a 2 percent global wealth tax on the uber-rich. It would impact the 3,000 wealthiest people around the world.

Economists say this 2 percent hike would unlock an extra $250 billion per year. That money could go toward addressing a number of issues, like climate change and global poverty.

G20 nations would have to agree on this proposal before it goes anywhere — and so far, that's not happening. France, Spain, South Africa and several other nations have voiced support, but the U.S. and Germany aren't on board.

Is a global wealth tax a feasible solution?

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Motley Fool Money - Where Marvel Goes Next

After last weekend, Marvel movies have grossed over $30 billion worldwide. Where does the franchise go from here?


Dave Gonzales is a co-author of “MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios” and a return guest to Motley Fool Money. He joins Ricky Mulvey for a conversation on what the latest Deadpool movie means for the state of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe. They also discuss:

  • Ike Perlmutter’s attempt to oust Bob Iger
  • Bubbles in comics, movies, and franchises
  • Takeaways from Deadpool’s $400+ million opening weekend


Heads up: at (18:05), spoilers for Deadpool abound! If you haven’t watched yet and want to, save this part of the show for once you’re back from the theater. 


Companies mentioned: DIS


Host: Ricky Mulvey

Guest: Dave Gonzales

Producer: Mary Long

Engineer: Tim Sparks



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NBN Book of the Day - Douglas Greene, “The New Reformism and the Revival of Karl Kautsky: The Renegade’s Revenge” (Routledge, 2024)

Returning to the New Books Network is Doug Greene, here to discuss his book The New Reformism and the Revival of Karl Kautsky (Routledge, 2024). Split into three main parts, the book first surveys Kautsky’s own life and thought, starting with his early interest in socialist politics and turn towards Marxism, followed by a slow but steady turn away from revolution and towards reform, believing parliamentary procedures were the best road to social transformation. The second part looks at the works of Rosa Luxemburg, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, all of whom offer critical responses to Kautsky’s reformism, and the reassertion of the importance of revolutionary thought to any Marxist project. The third and final part looks at the contemporary works of Lars Lih, Eric Blanc and Mike Macnair and their attempts to make Kautsky’s reformist practice the central pillar of the contemporary left. Throughout, Greene argues that the real lesson Kautsky offers is the dead-end of reformism to any revolutionary project.

Some other relevant readings on this topic include


Douglas Greene is a historian in Boston. He is also the author of the books A Failure of Vision: Michael Harrington and the Limits of Democratic Socialism and Stalinism and the Dialectics of Saturn: Anticommunism, Marxism, and the Fate of the Soviet Union. His writing has appeared in a number of outlets.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The The History of Data Storage

If you have used a computer, which I’m assuming is almost everyone listening to this, you have probably had to store your data somewhere. 

You might have used a USB drive, a hard drive, or if you are old enough, maybe even a floppy drive.

These types of data storage are just the latest in a long line of methods to store information that goes back a surprising amount of time. 

Learn more about this history of data storage and how it goes back farther than you might realize on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Up First from NPR - The Sunday Story: The Promise of America’s Natural Gas

The U.S. is the largest exporter of natural gas in the world. And Louisiana's Gulf Coast is where much of America's natural gas is piped in to be liquified for export.

Over the last twenty years, liquified natural gas (LNG) has been heralded as a clean and efficient "bridge fuel" for nations transitioning away from coal and oil, towards a future of renewable energy.

But the promise of LNG has not reflected reality. In today's episode of The Sunday Story, WWNO reporters Halle Parker and Carlyle Calhoun talk about the impact of the LNG export industry on Louisiana's Gulf Coast. And they follow the supply chain of LNG all the way to Germany and Japan.

To hear more of Halle and Carlyle's reporting on LNG, listen to their three-part series, "All Gassed Up," on the podcast Sea Change from member stations WWNO and WRKF.

Part One: The Carbon Coast
Part Two: The German Connection
Part Three: The Sugar Daddy of LNG

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | If They Can Get Sydney Sweeney They Can Get You

Earlier this month, AT&T was hit by the largest telecom hack ever. Not long after, Sydney Sweeney’s phone number was stolen by criminals, who used it to hack her social media and promote a memecoin. With how much sensitive data telecom companies have on us, why is their security so bad? And how can we protect ourselves? 


Guests: Joseph Cox, investigative reporter and cofounder of 404 media.


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