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Chinese generative AI companies are encroaching on U.S. companies’ dominance. The WSJ’s Liza Lin takes us through the strategies they’ve employed to catch up. And Electra CEO Marc Allen joins to argue how his startup’s small, hybrid-electric planes will make flying faster and quieter, and navigate the thorny issue of air traffic. Katie Deighton hosts.
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Paris Marx is joined by Yangyang Cheng to discuss how Huawei became one of the most powerful companies in China and how current geopolitical narratives distract from the issues at the heart of surveillance capitalism in the US and China.
Yangyang Cheng is a Research Scholar in Law and Fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center.
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Trump wants his “One Big Beautiful Bill” passed by July 4. But the bill is so large and expensive—with deep tax cuts only partially offset by huge cuts to Medicaid and SNAP—there’s something in there for almost every member of Congress to hate.
Guest: David Dayen, executive editor of the American Prospect.
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After more than fifty years of U.S. government-sponsored housing finance, Why has home ownership not increased and why are houses unaffordable?
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/after-50-years-us-government-sponsored-housing-finance-why-are-houses-so-unaffordable
Voters in last week‘s Democratic Primary in New York City had to choose between a socialist and a crony capitalist. They chose the socialist. Fifty years ago, Establishment politicians drove the city into de facto bankruptcy. A new generation of political elites are doing the same.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/half-century-after-new-york-citys-fiscal-collapse-citys-politicians-have-learned-nothing
Nate and Maria take a quick break from the World Series of Poker to tape a live episode at the Aspen Ideas Festival. They give some updates on a scandal at the World Series, then discuss Zohran Mamdani’s recent win in New York City’s Democratic primary, and what it might mean for elections moving forward. They also discuss the language we use to convey probability, and why talking about it can be so difficult. Plus, they answer some audience questions.
Further Reading:
From Adam Kucharski’s newsletter, Understanding the unseen: Possibly a serious possibility
From Silver Bulletin: Zohran delivered the Democratic establishment the thrashing it deserved
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