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Like every other econ reporter, I've spent much of the past couple years trying to understand what A.I. will mean for the economy and for workers. But it's been frustratingly hard to reach any firm conclusions, because so much is uncertain -- how the technology will evolve, how quickly it will be adopted, how policymakers will respond.
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Morning Money today: Banks vs. crypto? Not at the ballot box
w/ @AidenReiter
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Democrats gear up for offensive against Trump’s Treasury politi.co/3VZvKuX
Scoop from me in today's Decoded: @Replit is ramping up efforts to sell its vibe coding software to the U.S. government. politico.com/newsletters/dec…
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New: I got a tip a little while ago about a shadowy Pentagon entity called "TSO" with a lot of money and a desire for offensive hacking tools.
Turns out TSO is a new DoD agency. And it does a lot more than hacking.
w/@JackDetsch and @paulmcleary
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Who's paying for all these data centers?
Err, you are:
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NEWS: I obtained a recording of Peter Thiel's latest Nashville Antichrist lectures. In his third talk delivered on Oct. 12, he breaks with the Trump admin on the U.S. war with Iran. “I think we should not have done it,” he said. “There were a lot of mistakes that were made.”
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NEW in Decoded today: What Trump's crypto policy means for the original true believers of the tech, with @samjsutton. Feat. @valkenburgh and @btschiller, who wrote a whole play about the subject: politico.com/newsletters/dec…
Today in Decoded: @calder_mchugh and I unpack what the Trumpification and corporatization of crypto has meant for the technology's true believers. It was fascinating to hear @valkenburgh's thoughts on how movement evolves in an AI-driven future. politico.com/newsletters/dec…
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Elon Musk is in Democrats’ oversight crosshairs politi.co/4zAlIim
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Investment Company Institute CEO Eric Pan is stepping down subscriber.politicopro.com/a…
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Voters are fed up, but there is no quick fix to the affordability crisis.
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Affordability is the #1 issue in politics.
In a new special issue of @POLITICOMag, we report on 26 ideas — from the smart to the silly — for fixing it:
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“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?”
Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.
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When the cost of eggs spiked in 2022, economists said bird flu alone was to blame. Anyone who suspected corporate price-fixing was dismissed as a crank.
Inside the alleged egg cartel the experts said couldn’t exist.
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