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Opinion

Small Is the New Big Thing

By Ruchir Sharma | Dec 27th 2019

Economic forecasters got the 2010s wrong. What will the next decade bring?

The opening paragraph is wrong.
The collapse of the Dot Coms started things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pets.com
Prices stopped rising in August 2006
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_bubble
Debt crisis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_debt-ceiling_crisis_of_2011
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt_crisis
Obama  was not allowed to practice Keynesian economics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recessions_in_the_United_States#Great_Depression_onward
Economies of scale are real.
Small companies get bought out
unless they serve small markets.

2

Business

Carlos Ghosn, Fallen Nissan Boss, Flees Japan to Escape ‘Political Persecution’

By Emily Flitter, Amy Chozick and Ben Dooley | Dec 30th 2019

Mr. Ghosn, who was facing charges of financial wrongdoing, said from Lebanon that he would “no longer be held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system.”

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/01/01/business/01reuters-renault-nissan-ghosn-lebanon.html

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World

Mexican Police Chief Arrested in Massacre of Mormon Family

By Elisabeth Malkin | Dec 27th 2019

The killings of three women and six children, members of a binational community that farms land in northern Mexico, reverberated worldwide.

Looking busy.

No new information.

4

U.S.

2nd Senate Republican Questions Impartiality of Impeachment Trial

By Emily Cochrane | Dec 31st 2019

Senator Susan Collins of Maine joined Lisa Murkowski in raising concerns over her leaders’ approach, and said she would be “open” to calling witnesses.

A badly written headline.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United_States#Senate_trial

5

Magazine

Living as Myself, at Last

By Alexandria Holder | Dec 26th 2019

This airman could not be Alexandria Holder and still serve. Then came a change in regulations — and in Technical Sergeant Holder’s life.

Another reason to halt this administration.
Sex is what people do.

6

New York

Suspect in Monsey Stabbings Searched Online for ‘Hitler,’ Charges Say

By Michael Gold and Benjamin Weiser | Dec 30th 2019

Officials said the suspect, who is charged with hate crimes, also expressed anti-Semitic views in his journal.

Separation of church and state is required.

Reading is not a crime.
Swinging a machete at people is a crime.

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Opinion

The Bloody Fourth Day of Christmas

By Esau McCaulley | Dec 27th 2019

According to the Christian calendar, the birth of Jesus is followed by the state-mandated murder of children. But somehow, hope breaks through.

Keep working on Purto Rico if you can.

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World

Norwegian Spy Jailed by Russia Is Free. He’s Angry, Too, but Not at Moscow.

By Anton Troianovski | Dec 28th 2019

Frode Berg, a trusting pensioner, willingly worked for Norwegian intelligence. Then, he says, they hung him out to dry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_le_Carr%C3%A9

John Le Carrre writes about this world.
Russians are properly paranoid.

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Opinion

What Will the World Look Like in 2030?

By The Editors | Dec 27th 2019

Lab meat. Cyberterror. Influencer I.P.O.s. The Times asked 13 public figures for their predictions on the best and worst to come.

Populations will grow.
Climates will heat.
There will be more electric cars and trains.
Food will be less animal.

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New York

Her Job Requires 7 Apps. She Works Retail.

By Andy Newman | Dec 26th 2019

Responding to the customer’s demand for instant gratification in the middle of the retail apocalypse.

Part of the machine.
Keeping cheerful is the project.

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