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Acquisition Adds Revenue. Integration Unlocks Value.

Acquisition Adds Revenue. Integration Unlocks Value.

Home > Firm Management Firm Management | September 3, 2026 Acquisition Adds Revenue. Integration Unlocks Value. Real growth means building a combined firm worth more than the sum of the practice...

September 03, 2026
Numbers, numbers, numbers

Numbers, numbers, numbers

“The global cyber insurance market was worth nearly $15 billion last year and is expected to reach roughly $28 billion by 2030, Munich Re estimated in its latest report. Aon said earlier this year tha...

September 03, 2026
Brazil Hands Government Control Over Mining Deals

Brazil Hands Government Control Over Mining Deals

High Oil Prices Speed Up China’s Shift Away From Crude What I Cover My focus spans the global energy landscape and the technologies reshaping it, specifically focusing on oil and gas, renewables, and ...

September 03, 2026
My excellent Conversation with Michael Moritz

My excellent Conversation with Michael Moritz

Here is the audio, video, and transcript.  Here is the episode summary: Michael Moritz has written books through every phase of his life: the first history of Apple and an account of Chrysler’s near-d...

September 03, 2026
The College Wage Premium in the Generative AI Era

The College Wage Premium in the Generative AI Era

After expanding for four decades, the U.S. college wage premium is experiencing a sustained contraction, dropping sharply from 0.626 in 2022 to 0.575 in 2026. Using Current Population Survey Outgoing ...

September 02, 2026
The Hugging Face hack

The Hugging Face hack

That is the topic of my latest Free Press column.  Some people are taking this in very dramatic fashion: One commentator is worried about a “full-blown AI takeover within months,” and another wrote th...

September 01, 2026
Saturday assorted links

Saturday assorted links

1. Roger Myerson now has a Substack. 2. The future of higher education? 3. Another look at data centers in space. 4. “The Global Economics Lab is a non-partisan organization located at Harvard and dra...

August 29, 2026
Interviewing Yiyang Zhuge (Zhong Shu)

Interviewing Yiyang Zhuge (Zhong Shu)

Many people are writing to me, upset that I am interviewing Ziyang Zhuge, a well-known Chinese internet intellectual, who recently was accused of plagiarism.  I am keen to proceed with the interview, ...

August 29, 2026
Solar Has Crossed a Critical Economic Tipping Point

Solar Has Crossed a Critical Economic Tipping Point

Venezuela Helped Build OPEC. Now It May Help Break It Apart Leon Stille has a background in energy sciences (MSc and BSc) and is pursuing a PhD in energy policy. He currently runs his own company,… Fo...

August 29, 2026
Scholar Data

Scholar Data

In our paper, A Skeptical View of the National Science Foundation’s Role in Economic Research, Tyler and I point out that if the NSF is doing what it should, it ought to be doing very different things...

August 29, 2026
Fed Chair Says Inflation Isn’t Slowing

Fed Chair Says Inflation Isn’t Slowing

Home > Economy Economy | August 28, 2026 Fed Chair Says Inflation Isn’t Slowing Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh reiterated that policymakers will return inflation to their 2% goal, which he...

August 28, 2026
Europe’s Russia Sanctions Have a Major Blind Spot

Europe’s Russia Sanctions Have a Major Blind Spot

Venezuela Helped Build OPEC. Now It May Help Break It Apart Cyril Widdershoven is a senior maritime, energy, and geopolitical analyst and Senior Advisor at Blue Water Strategy, specialising in the str...

August 28, 2026
The SEC Changed Focus, FINRA Has Not

The SEC Changed Focus, FINRA Has Not

Home > Accounting Accounting | August 28, 2026 The SEC Changed Focus, FINRA Has Not A weakness in any part of the process can undermine the effectiveness of the wider supervisory program. Sean S...

August 28, 2026
Luke Burgis interviews Patrick Collison on aesthetics

Luke Burgis interviews Patrick Collison on aesthetics

It was very fun talking to @patrickc  about New Aesthetics at the @ClunyInstitute ‘s conference last month. We talked about: —The origin story of the New Aesthetics grants — and why he and Tyler Cowen...

August 28, 2026