Hall and Woodford win the Nobel for managing expectations
Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel Prize in economics for creating models that let central banks stabilize economies by managing human expectations.
By Daniel Okafor ·
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Judge Wise rules Department of State used visas to censor Gaza critics
The fundamental premise of modern liberal democracy rests on the assumption that rules apply equally to all citizens and noncitizens alike.
By Klaus Berger ·
ICE force-feeding Gabar Choli: torture at Port Isabel, Texas
You think you know what medical care looks like when you’ve spent enough time in an ER, seeing people bleed out from preventable failures—the kind of system failure that makes you…
By Josie Calloway ·
Gen-Alpha’s Warren Buffett, Leopold Aschenbrenner, just learned Wall Street’s oldest lesson: Chart of the Day
The spectacle of Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund, Situational Awareness, has provided a perfect, if rather painful, demonstration of how quickly even the most meticulously…
By Elena Rossi ·
Why Situational Awareness hedge fund imploded, even in a tame stock market
There is a certain kind of breathless narrative that permeates the financial press these days, one suggesting that technological breakthroughs are immune to history.
By Elena Rossi ·
Citadel’s swoop on Situational Awareness helped stem a $3tn AI rout
The latest chapter in tech finance reads like a cautionary fairy tale—except that the stakes are measured in trillions.
By Maya Ellison ·
What to know about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, take two
One must approach any annual gathering involving high-ranking political figures and the press corps with a healthy dose of skepticism—a suspicion that procedure itself has been compromised.
By Adele Rutherford ·