19 2026 May
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: China’s 90% Model by Dr. Ram Charan
The long-awaited US-China summit is finally happening after weeks of delay and so it’s a perfect time to bring this book up for you, which is an...
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The Future of Markups and Margins Will Be Harder to Justify
Inside a new retail concept store called The Markup Marche, the “exotic thirst-defying hydration vessel” is the flowery marketing language used to sell a humble coconut....
Read Now15 2026 April
The Tragedy of American Taxes Isn’t Actually the Taxes
People hate taxes and filing their taxes, yet the tax refund check is the biggest single payment most Americans get all year. It is tax season in...
Read Now03 2026 March
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: Another World Is Possible by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
What if you could study the best programs and ideas from around the world and offer an argument for how to replicate them elsewhere? That’s...
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The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: CAPS LOCK by Ruben Pater
This isn’t like any other book on your bookshelf. That’s perhaps the greatest compliment I can offer this stealthy 552-page paperback exploration of the intersection...
Read Now06 2025 June
The Doing and Undoing and Redoing and Undoing of American Policy
Being outraged used to be easier. You could look at a policy or an announcement or something happening in the world and if you disagreed...
Read Now31 2025 March
The Wild Theory of the “Mar-a-Lago Accord” That Aims to Explain Everything Trump Is Doing
There is a theory circulating Wall Street and other circles that aims to take all the chaos of the first several months of the new...
Read Now07 2025 March
The Inside Story of Elon Musk’s Takeover of the US Government and Why It Matters
Here’s the TLDR version of this story: Elon Musk is a visionary who believes he alone knows what humanity needs to thrive in the future and...
Read Now28 2025 February
The Truth About the Penny
No one wants one. People will walk past a penny lying on the street, a real-life demonstration of just how worthless it is for most...
Read Now27 2022 September
The Inevitable Death of the “Golden Passport”
For years the European island nation of Malta has offered what many call the "Golden Passport" - an exclusive citizenship to Malta for wealthy donors who can afford the nearly $1M fee.
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