World Economic Forum
These are the world's most digitally advanced countries
10 min · · The latest Digital Evolution Index examines the countries where the digital economy is moving the fastest. · Shared by 122, including blinch, Thomas Power, Gerd Leonhard, Call Me ❝MICKEY❞, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Josep M. Ganyet, David Butler, Andreas Heer, Agustin, Jacob Jarnvall, Martin Kägi, Simone Corsi 💻🚀, Jakub Ferenc, Josh Simons
Ribbonfarm
Markets Are Eating The World
20+ min · · For the last hundred years, individuals have worked for firms, and, by historical standards, large ones. That many of us live in suburbs and drive our cars into the city to go to work at a large of… · Shared by 191, including Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Ha Duong, Jochen Burkhard, Gianluca Diegoli, Dominik Grolimund, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Patrick OShaughnessy, Diogo Mónica, Mark Kaigwa, Tom Howard ✈️ 🇺🇸 NYC BOS DC SF CHI FL, David Nagel, Nir Eyal, Taylor Pearson
Stowe Boyd
10 work skills for the postnormal era
13+ min · · World Economic Forum’s skills list is way out of date · Shared by 137, including Tris Hussey, Fabricio Teixeira, Kris Fannin, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Tauno, Christopher Allen, kp, Sara Tian, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, blinch, Patrick Scheuerer, Jakub Ferenc, Leslie D, Marc Eglon, ̗̀ ̗̀Manuel Marquina, Tom Connor, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Dez S. Papp, Paul Sturrock
Matt Stoller
WeWork and Counterfeit Capitalism
9 min · · Hi, Welcome to BIG, a newsletter about the politics of monopoly. If you’d like to sign up, you can do so here. Or just read on… I’m back! One of the themes of this newsletter has turned out to be the… · Shared by 156, including Thomas Power, Justin Jackson, Vikram Dutt, ɯoɔ ʇop pןɐʍuɐƃɐɹ uo ǝɯ puıɟ, DHH, Tillmann Allmer, Simon Carless
The New York Times
Marc Benioff: We Need a New Capitalism
6 min · · The current system has led to profound inequality. To fix it, we need businesses and executives to value purpose alongside profit. · Shared by 276, including Gerd Leonhard, Mo Koyfman, Scott Galloway, Marc Benioff, Denise Lee Yohn, 💥 Katie Martell, C.C. Chapman, Sarah E. Brown, Vala Afshar, Erik Voorhees, Steve Case, davidabrock, Gideonro, Johan den Haan, Oli Gardner 🇺🇦, Bill George, Jeff Bussgang, Eric Ries, Mike Kunkle, John C. Havens (he/him)
MIT Sloan Management Review
Leadership Mindsets for the New Economy
6 min · · Successful companies are passionate about fostering a community of leaders with new mindsets. · Shared by 139, including Oscar MacDonald, Brian Halligan, Antonio Vieira Santos, Ronald van Loon, Tamara McCleary, ClearAction / Lynn Hunsaker, CCXP, davidabrock, Kelly Hungerford, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Niklaus Gerber, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Jonathan Kogan, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Lee Keyes
The New York Review of Books
Against Economics
20+ min · · There is a growing feeling, among those who have the responsibility of managing large economies, that the discipline of economics is no longer fit for purpose. It is beginning to look like a science… · Shared by 153, including Howard Getson, Larry Balaclava, Paul Kedrosky, John Tasioulas, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Robert Lepenies, Paolo Pedercini 🥶, Carl Morris, Rajesh Kasturirangan, Gisele Navarro, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Kevin Marks 🏠kevinmarks.com xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks, Moritz A. Mihatsch
The New Yorker
The Rich Can’t Get Richer Forever, Can They?
12+ min · · Inequality comes in waves. The question is when this one will break. · Shared by 152, including Mayhem, Just Mayhem., John Danaher, Stephanie A Kowalski, Faik Ersoy, Fern, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Matthias Lampe, Jochen Burkhard
Visual Capitalist
The 8 Major Forces Shaping the Future of the Global Economy
11+ min · · This special feature uses powerful charts and infographics to visualize the eight major forces that are shaping our global economy and the business landscape. · Shared by 206, including Dominik Grolimund, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Zain Fathoni, Oliver Ewinger, Ines Bieler, Johannes Lenz, Bernhard Huessy, Katja Evertz, Raphael Bratschi, Ron McIntyre, Andreas Heer, Antonio Vieira Santos, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Quim, Jonathan Kogan, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Björn Ognibeni, Connecticut SEO, Pieter van Diggele, Mark Kaigwa
The New Yorker
The Invention of Money
14+ min · · In three centuries, the heresies of two bankers became the basis of our modern economy. · Shared by 257, including Jon Matonis, Clemens, Erik Voorhees, 瑞拿頭, Taylor Pearson, Simon Lee, Jonathan Kogan, Marius Bleuer, Thomas Power, Mark Kaigwa, Brian T. Edwards, Christian Hartmann, Antonio Vieira Santos, Tauno, Bernhard Huessy, Mark Thoma, Dr. James Canton, Chintan Shah
WIRED
Why Are Rich People So Mean?
4 min · · Call it 'Rich Asshole Syndrome'—the tendency to distance yourself from people with whom you have a large wealth differential. · Shared by 266, including Deborah Blum, Victor Tolosa, Jane, trudy, Nir Eyal, AisleOne, Alexandra Wong, Jennifer Hurst, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Andrei Luca, François-Oli Devaux, Guy Kawasaki, Stever Robbins @stever@newsie.social, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, ExApologist, Jochen Burkhard, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, luis antónio santos, Matthias Lampe, Them
The New York Times
The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You
5 min · · The 400 wealthiest Americans now pay a lower rate than the middle class. · Shared by 318, including Deborah Blum, Rand Fishkin, Brett King #TheFuturists #OptimalHumanity ✈️, Scott Galloway, Paul Irish, DHH, Aral Balkan, Nathan Yau, kate wagner (rilke era), Azeem Azhar, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Carl Zimmer, Carla Gentry 🎶, Scott McLeod, Chris Skinner, AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Scott Santens, Massimo Pigliucci, Jeff Atwood, Jerry Saltz
WIRED UK
This economist has a plan to fix capitalism. It's time we all listened
18+ min · · Mariana Mazzucato has demonstrated that the real driver of innovation isn't lone geniuses but state investment. Now she's working with the UK government, EU and UN to apply her moonshot approach to… · Shared by 473, including Josep M. Ganyet, Kate Nasser, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Prof. Arun Kumar वाघचौरे, Kelly Hoey, Thomas Power, Mark Little, Sherry Coutu CBE, Liliane Ferrari ™, John Koetsier, Daniel Cook (also on mastodon), Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Mariana Mazzucato, Eric Ries, Scott Santens, Justin Jackson, Bruce Lawson, Steve Case, Francesco Corea, Andreas Von Gunten
Visual Capitalist
Chart: Here's How 5 Tech Giants Make Their Billions
6 min · · on May 12, 2017 at 1:03 pm The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays. Last year, we published a chart showing that tech companies have displaced traditional blue chip… · Shared by 372, including Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Dominik Grolimund, Shawn Venasse, Brian Tomlinson ⚡️, Sunnie J. Groeneveld, Dez S. Papp, hiten.eth, Stephen C Sanders, Lorenz König, Dr. Pete Meyers, Zain Fathoni, Chris Messina, Thomas Power, Andreas Von Gunten, Scott Williams, Johannes Lenz, Mark Kaigwa, Marc Gasser, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Klaus Eck
World Economic Forum
A computer was asked to predict which start-ups would be successful. The results were astonishing
4 min · · When a magazine challenged a technology company to use AI to pick 50 unheard of companies that were set to flourish, the experiment yielded dramatic results. · Shared by 479, including Claudia Sommer, Liliane Ferrari ™, Sam Proud, Clemens M. Schuster, Florian Hanke 🍎, Marcus Kuhn, Esther Schindler, Weiting Chen, Stephen C Sanders, Stefan Steiner, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ryan Hoover, David Butler, Herbert Bay, Eghosa Omoigui, Pat Kua, Daniel Bentes, Jonathan Frye, Thomas Power, Edney Souza 🧙♂️
mediaite.com
Bill Gates Goes After Warren on Wealth Tax, Won't Commit to Backing Her Over Trump: Voting for Whoever's 'More Professional'
1 min · · Wall Street has not been shy in expressing reservations over Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) presidential candidacy — given her desire to install a wealth tax. Now, you can add one of the world� · Shared by 36, including Bjorn Larsen, Gui Schmitt, Peter Shankman, Dov