12
Dec
Note: Reputational hazards
Reputational hazards. Back in 2019, when I lived in Hong Kong, the police began ordering financial institutions to freeze the
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12
Dec
Dear customer
Have banks really started closing people’s accounts because of their political views? Victoria Barnes on the dynamics of debanking.
8 min read
12
Dec
Note: ‘New Sun’
111 MHz: ‘New Sun.’ The experimental arm of Andrew PM Hunt’s music making, Dialect, makes great effect of his
11
Dec
Note: Many warships, few words
Have banks really started closing clients’ accounts because of their political views? Victoria Barnes on the dynamics of debanking.
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10
Dec
Note: ‘It’s a series of unfortunate events’
‘It’s a series of unfortunate events.’ Two years ago, all Western countries were hit hard by inflation—topping 10
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10
Dec
Too damn high
Why does everything in the U.S. seem so expensive? Peter Ganong on the pandemic, a broken construction sector, and a steep decline in American social mobility.
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10
Dec
Note: ‘Compassion’
111 MHz: ‘Compassion.’ This is the title track for the jazz pianist Vijay Iyer’s standout new album, with Linda
09
Dec
Note: ‘Assad or We Burn the Country’
5 W Main: Assad or We Burn the Country. Damascus has fallen. Bashar al-Assad has fled Syria. Within the space
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05
Dec
Note: ‘We’re going to be in a new world’
‘We’re going to be in a new world.’ The combined military budget of the United States is now nearly
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05
Dec
Mutually assured
Why is the United States building up so much military capability? Adam Tooze on how America’s great-power rivalries with China and Russia are transforming U.S. priorities.
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