No One Really Knows How Interest Rates Work

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An important reminder about the complexity of the global economic system and the limitations of our ability to understand and manipulate that system.

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Francis Fukuyama on Global Chaos (and Why You Don't Need to Despair About It)

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Nutritious food for thought for anyone trying to make sense of our turbulent time.

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A New Age of Materials Is Dawning, for Everything From Smartphones to Missiles

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A description of the new, and largely unrecognized, technology that may turn out to be hugely consequential -- hopefully, in a genuinely positive way.

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It Takes Too Many Studies for the Government to Do the Right Thing

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An article about the "analysis paralysis" trap that explains much of why our government has so much trouble for solving problems.

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A Pragmatic Post-War Gaza Plan is Needed Now

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An argument that some sort of "day after" plan is critically needed to prevent Gaza from falling into anarchy and chaos following the war's end.

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Why Israel should NOT have a “day after plan” for Gaza

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An argument that "day after" planning for the Israel/Hamas war is impossible as long as Hamas continues to be able to threaten reasonable people who might want to take part in such a plan.

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How Elites Have Empowered The Far Right

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From a conservative perspective, an eye-opening look at how the left's open immigration policies are, in country after country, empowering the far right.

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Betting on the Tortoise: Policy Incrementalism and How Philanthropy’s Support Can Turn Small Sustained Steps into Big Impact

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As a counterpoint to today's many calls for rapid, revolutionary change as the solution to our many problems, a reminder of the virtues of the strategy based on slow, steady, incremental improvement.

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