The brief, contentious engagement of Amazon and New York City ended abruptly this week, with Amazon deciding that its choice of New York as a site for a new headquarters was not right after all, and that what the company had wanted wasn’t in the cards.
Read moreThe Green New Deal is Just the Vague, Audacious Goal We Need
The unveiling of a Green New Deal last week provoked a mix of enthusiasm and derision. For each voice embracing the radical vision to decarbonize the American economy within a decade, there was another voice decrying the plan as economically unrealistic, technologically impossible, and politically untenable.
Read moreOn Howard Schultz 2020 and 'Free' Healthcare
Zachary weighs in on healthcare and Howard Schultz on FOX Business Bulls & Bears.
Read moreWhy Taxing the Rich May Not Save Democracy
The government shutdown dominated the news these past weeks, but far more consequential were proposals floated by newly minted presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren and freshman representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to significantly raise taxes on the very rich.
Read moreStocks Higher on Trade Optimism
Zachary thinks that the markets’ focus on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is unnecessary: “She’s a junior representative on a committee of a House that can’t pass any laws because the Senate’s controlled by Republicans.”
Read moreNetflix Delivers a Mixed Bag of Earnings
Zachary weighs in on Netflix's mixed-bag earnings report, and whether it even matters for the streaming behemoth.
Read moreStop Freaking Out About Trump’s State of Emergency Threats
The president’s proposed reallocation of federal spending to build his wall is hardly an existential crisis for American democracy.
Read moreStocks Rally on Renewed Optimism over US-China Trade Talks
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Read moreWhy Are We So Surprised by Facebook's Data Scandals?
Surveying the reactions to the latest revelation that Facebook played fast and loose with user data, it was hard not to harken back to what Scott McNally, the founding CEO of Sun Microsystems, told a group of reporters, including one from WIRED, in 1999: “You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it.”
Read moreGoogle CEO Rebuts Bias, Privacy Criticisms
Independent tech expert Lance Ulanoff and Envestnet's Zachary Karabell discuss Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s testimony to lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Read moreProsecuting the Chinese Huawei Executive is an Idiotic Way to Hold China in Check
The U.S.-China relationship seemed to improve last week at the G-20 summit in Argentina. Then, an ominous development: American authorities asked Canada to arrest the chief financial officer of one of China’s largest technologies companies.
Read moreWhat the Stock Selloff Tells us About the Future of Tech
The past three months have not been kind to large public technology companies. Amid crescendos of criticism about monopolistic power, these companies saw their market value plummet. The rampant selling has leveled off, at least for the moment, so it’s an opportune time to ask: What comes next?
The Trouble With Hitler Analogies
It is often said that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. But identifying the history that we might be foolishly repeating is no easy task. The past is littered with people drawing superficial or incomplete parallels and making bad decisions as a result. Trying to prevent something that isn’t really happening can lead down a rabbit hole of misunderstandings and mistakes.
Read moreDr. Kai-Fu Lee
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has grown exponentially, but we are now locked into a polarizing debate with dystopian fear on one end and utopian hopes on the other. Dr, Kai-Fu Lee, author of the new bestselling AI Superpowers, joins my podcast to discuss whether we’re truly prepared for the potential promise and peril AI brings.
Read moreWhat is America’s Role in the World? Three Authors Offer Very Different Views
Zachary reviews three new books, each with a different perspective on America’s role in global politics — and the nation’s future as a world leader.
Read moreWednesday Martin
Throughout history, women’s sexuality has been understood through the eyes of men. Now, with a growing presence of female sex researchers, we are finally gaining a clearer picture of the female libido. Listen in as Wednesday Martin, author of Untrue, joins me to discuss this, and more, only on What Could Go Right?
Apple is Ditching the Mass Market and Focusing on Rich People
A Cold War Is Coming, and It Isn’t China’s Fault
Relations between the United States and China, which had been slowly deteriorating for several years, have taken a decisive turn for the worse. With all indications pointing to things getting substantially more strained before they get better, talk of a new Cold War has become common. And if that happens, it will be because the United States.
Read moreJim and Deb Fallows
We obsess over reports of chaos and dysfunction while stories of hope and revival quietly unfold in small towns and cities across the U.S. Jim & Deb Fallows, authors of Our Towns, join me on What Could Go Right? to explain what we can gain from their momentum.
Read moreTariffs Are Like a Knife in a Gunfight
Though Donald Trump defends his deployment of tariffs as a radical shake-up of world trade, he is using a dusty playbook. While the president certainly has the legal authority to impose duties, the statutes on which his administration relies are based an economic order that no longer exists.
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