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AI Chatbots Want You Hooked — Maybe Too Hooked

AI companions programmed to forge emotional bonds are no longer confined to movie scripts. They are here, operating in a regulatory Wild West. One...

yesterday 10

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Parmy Olson

Where's Mike Tyson With Advice When You Need Him?

To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . The great boxer Mike Tyson and once said that everyone has a plan...

yesterday 10

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John Authers

UK's China Policy Is Based on Magical Thinking

Britain’s Labour government is rushing headlong to deepen the country’s economic relationship with China, undeterred by President Donald Trump’s...

yesterday 10

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Matthew Brooker

Labour’s Failings Allowed the Right to Win the Gender Wars

Article 29 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that: “In the exercise of his [sic] rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject...

yesterday 10

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Rosa Prince

World’s Finance Ministers Are Dazed and Confused

Financial officials have rarely seemed so bewildered. At this week’s meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, finance...

yesterday 2

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Editorial Board

I Guess Elon Musk Doesn’t Remember Econ 101

In 1854, Abraham Lincoln, who would not be elected president for another six years, mused about the purpose of the government he would one day...

yesterday 2

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Gautam Mukunda

What the Tomato Teaches Us About Free Trade

Most tomatoes from Mexico will face a 21% tariff effective July 14, the US Department of Commerce said last week. Ironically, the “love apple” may...

yesterday 1

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Jonathan Levin

Youth Angst Won’t Go Away If We Stop Talking About Scary Things

yesterday 0

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Justin Fox

The ‘Trump Put’ Makes an Entrance, Up to a Point

To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . Global markets have enjoyed something of a relief rally, as we now...

previous day 20

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John Authers

American Accents (and AI) Could Save India’s Outsourcing

For Tomato.ai and other California-based startups trying to crack the code of real-time accent conversion, the old “you like tomayto, I like...

previous day 8

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Andy Mukherjee

The Climate Cost of America’s Infinite Tariffs

There are few places where inflation is felt as profoundly these days as tariff rates. A few months ago, President Donald Trump’s election campaign...

previous day 7

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David Fickling

India and Pakistan Are at a Dangerous Moment

The treaty parceling out the waters of the Indus River and its five great tributaries between India and Pakistan was signed 65 years ago. Three...

previous day 4

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Mihir Sharma

‘Vladimir, STOP!’ Is No Way to End a War

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a mock draft of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. When President Donald Trump entered office, he called...

previous day 2

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Jessica Karl

Tariffs Won't Bring US Allies On Board Against China

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has cast the White House’s chaotic assault on world trade as a rational strategy — to negotiate fairer trade with...

previous day 1

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Editorial Board

The Stock Market Loves Bitcoin

The basic situation is that US public equity markets will pay about $2 for $1 worth of Bitcoin. I don’t know why this is, and I am not especially...

previous day 3

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Matt Levine

Tesla’s Earnings Guidance Wasn’t Worth Much in the First Place

Tesla Inc.’s suspension of earnings guidance is a bit like me suspending my world-class sports career. Besides reporting abysmal results this week,...

previous day 1

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Liam Denning

A Ukraine Peace ‘Deal’ That's Designed to Fail

The US says Ukraine should accept the settlement it has negotiated with Moscow, so everyone can get on with building “a better Ukraine.” That’s the...

previous day 2

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Marc Champion

Trump Is Facing Six Wars, and He’s Losing All of Them

Donald Trump anointed himself, in his second inaugural, as the world’s “peacemaker.” Just three months later, his presidency is consumed by...

previous day 1

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Hal Brands

Active Fund Management Isn't Dead Just Yet

It’s quite easy to do bad deals in asset management. Option one, overpay for a private capital business in the aggressive dash for growth. Option...

previous day 10

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Chris Hughes

Scott Bessent, What Was That?

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a drastic policy shift of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. Tuesday afternoon, Lorde told fans to meet...

previous day 2

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Jessica Karl

Here’s Why the President Keeps Ignoring the Law

Donald Trump’s disregard for the rule of law is as clear as it could be. Consider that the three justices he appointed to the Supreme Court all...

wednesday 2

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Noah Feldman

White House Is Right to Back Off the Fed

The White House has recently been ratcheting up the pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, causing further rounds of...

wednesday 1

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Editorial Board

London Rents Surge. Why Are Landlords Miserable?

Something weird is happening to the London property market. House prices have risen by just 1.7% over the past year, but rents have climbed by...

wednesday 2

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Marcus Ashworth & Stuart Trow

We Need to Talk About Kevin (and Jerome)

To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . President Donald Trump’s statement last Thursday that Jerome...

wednesday 4

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John Authers

Kashmir Attack Exposes Modi’s Challenges

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised that he would bring peace to Kashmir. Tuesday’s terror attack that killed at least 26 people at a...

wednesday 10

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Karishma Vaswani

In This New World Disorder, You Need Vietnam's Bamboo Diplomacy

I observe international affairs from Washington, capital of a superpower which used to be the world’s more-or-less benevolent hegemon, but which is...

wednesday 10

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Andreas Kluth

At Least the Market Isn't Boring

One model of capital markets is that volatility is bad and stable policy is good. Investors are more likely to commit capital to socially...

wednesday 4

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Matt Levine

Tesla’s Cure for Musk’s Missteps Is More Musk

Tesla Inc. reported abysmal numbers for the first quarter on Tuesday evening. Naturally, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk kicked off the call with...

wednesday 5

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Liam Denning

An Inflation Pioneer Is Under Siege

Paul Volcker, the legendary former Federal Reserve chair, recognized there was more going on in New Zealand than his beloved trout fishing. When...

wednesday 4

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Daniel Moss

US Foreign Policy Confronts Reality in Ukraine and Iran

Donald Trump likes to speak of himself in superlatives, and this much is well-deserved: No US president in modern history has launched as many...

22.04.2025 9

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Marc Champion

US Chaos Is an Opportunity Europe Should Seize

There’s a spring in the step of European Union officialdom these days — at least compared to the funereal mood a few months ago — as Donald Trump’s...

22.04.2025 3

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Lionel Laurent

Goldman’s CEO Wants to Get Paid

I sometimes talk to students at colleges or business schools, and a question that one often gets asked in that circumstance is “what should I do...

22.04.2025 1

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Matt Levine

How Clean Energy Escaped the Boom-and-Bust Cycle

If you had been scanning the headlines about the fight between clean energy and fossil power, you’d think that the energy transition went through a...

22.04.2025 2

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David Fickling

Cat-Sized Rats Aren’t Mother Nature’s Fault

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, the incredibly diverse lethality of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. You can blame Mother Nature for a...

22.04.2025 2

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Jessica Karl

Chinese AI’s Secret to Withstanding the Trade War

While the world has been caught up in a whirlwind of tariff news out of Washington, it has been easy to miss a separate barrage of artificial...

22.04.2025 2

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Catherine Thorbecke

Exceptionalism, Until the Landslide Brings It Down

To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . After another huge selloff, it’s best to say that what’s going...

22.04.2025 1

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John Authers

US Bonds Have Never Been Risk-Free, and Never Will Be

Practically every financial meltdown or crisis can be traced back to a misunderstanding of which assets are “risk-free.” Investors think they have...

22.04.2025 1

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Allison Schrager

Farewell to Pope Francis, Exemplar of a Humble Faith

Across 12 eventful years, the reign of Pope Francis saw no shortage of resonant images. One thinks of him standing all alone in St. Peter’s Square,...

22.04.2025 10

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Editorial Board

Singapore Property May Be a Good Place to Hide

A global trade war can’t possibly be good news for a city-state whose exports and imports add up to more than 300% of its gross domestic product....

21.04.2025 40

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Andy Mukherjee

Crypto Might Get Some Banks

21.04.2025 6

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Matt Levine

This Conclave Will Be Different

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, the self-evident truths within Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. If you have yet to watch Conclave,...

21.04.2025 10

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Jessica Karl