Monday 19 January 2026
- The dangerous triumph of neo-mercantilism (Financial Times).❤
- The tech world thinks the American dream is dying because of AI (Wall Street Journal).
- From Adophe Thiers to Edouard Balladur, who benefited from the big public borrowings? (The Conversation).
- The morality of a mafia boss (Persuasion).❤
- Drinks makers are left with a lake of unsold alcohol as demand slumps (Financial Times).
- Has Terry Smith lost his competitive edge? (Behind the Balance Sheet).❤
- AI’s takeover of all media is imminent (Project Syndicate).
Tuesday 20 January 2026
- Could Europe really make use of its $12.6 trillion in US assets? (FT Alphaville) or How Europe could weaponise its $10 trillion in US assets (Bloomberg).
- Why America’s bond market just keeps winning (The Economist).
- History marches past Davos (Project Syndicate).
- Why some “revolutionary” technologies don’t work (MIT Technology Review).❤
- The race to build a European DeepSeek is on (Wired).
- OpenAI plans to launch its first connected device in 2026 (Axios).
Wednesday 21 January 2026
- When people talk about a bubble, it’s not ready to burst (Klement on Investing).
- Why does China have so many robotics IPOs? (Financial Times).
- 23 signs you already live in China’s century (Wired).❤
- The return of smart dressing and the end of sneaker-and-sweats? (Bloomberg).❤
- The Supreme Court is not expected to rule on tariffs for several weeks (Bloomberg).
- When AI and the human world collide (Noéma).
- Vance will be the first vice president to have a child while in office since the 1870s (Axios).
Thursday 22 January 2026
- Inside Trump’s thinking on the Greenland pivot (Wall Street Journal).
- Lutnick heckled at a Davos dinner, Lagarde leaves the room (Financial Times).
- The real danger posed by Donald Trump (The Economist, with a very successful cover image).❤
- 12 stupid moments from Trump’s Davos speech (Intelligencer).
- President Trump will get a third term even without defying the Constitution (Politico).❤
Friday 23 January 2026
- Will there be inflation in 2026? (FT Unhedged).
- Scott Bessent is in denial, and the bond market is watching (Project Syndicate).
- The AI-powered web is eating itself (Noéma).❤
- AI’s productivity paradox (Platformer).❤
- Intel is now pricier than TSMC: it makes no sense (The Information).
- Postcard from Davos: big egos, heat and cold plunges (MIT Technology Review).
