Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is chair of Rockefeller International. His latest book is ‘What Went Wrong With Capitalism’ For all the worry about how America has become one big bet on AI, a similar but perhaps more…
Earlier this month OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggested that the US government take a 5% ownership stake in the spectacularly unprofitable tech company. Will the former leader in Large Language Model (LLM) generative AI join the other 30 companies that the Trump Regime has invested federal money in? A Bold Proposal From Scam Altman Regular…
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The following is a somewhat expanded version of testimony I presented on June 23 before the New York City Commission on Government Efficiency. My name is Josh Mason. I am an associate professor and chair of the economics department at John Jay College, CUNY, and a senior fellow at the Groundwork Collaborative. It’s a pleasure…
Good morning, happy Friday and welcome to FirstFT. In today’s newsletter: The largest-ever US listing by a foreign company OpenAI and Google sell AI models to blacklisted China groups Apollo buys European low-cost airline easyJet for nearly $8bn A profile of Trump’s ‘enforcer’ Todd Blanche You can listen to today’s top news stories in the…
Two brothers are playing chess. One checks the Queen. The other ponders but does not seem to see the saving move. The father steps in and gives it away. “That’s not fair,” the first brother complains. The other concedes and puts down his King. What the father had done was not simply give an unfair…
Good morning and welcome to FirstFT. In today’s newsletter: Trump says ceasefire with Iran is ‘over’ Burnham weighs deputy UK PM in charge of ‘Number 10 North’ Trump’s surprise Ukraine shift steadies nervous Nato allies The erosion of Britain’s power abroad We begin with the Middle East where hostilities between the US and Iran have…
Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for Senate — whose campaign received record vote totals in the June 9 primary — has suspended his campaign following a Politico article featuring “credible accusations” of sexual assault against him. UPDATED: July 8 5pm EDT: Drop Site has the text Platner’s accuser sent him that Politico left out of…
(I had a long conversation yesterday with Eric Levitz of Vox about the New York City rent freeze and the economics of rent regulation. I have posted the interview below just as it appeared there, for my archives and in case people want to read it without dealing with the paywall.) An economist makes the…
