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Ideas and insights on pressing issues facing the business world.

Miriam Vogel, president and CEO of EqualAI

EqualAI CEO: Your AI assistant is acting in your name. Who signed off?

AI agents need permission rules before they act.

By Miriam VogelOctober 31, 2026

Ben & Jerry’s CEO: democracy is on the ballot, and business must show up

By Jochanan SenfOctober 31, 2026

Joe Mohen, chairman of Neocortex Robotics, and Robert B. Cohen, chief executive of AI Economics.

Our AI agent experience: we scrapped the multiple $60,000 salary marketing jobs and hired one person at a far higher salary

By Joe Mohen and Robert B. CohenOctober 31, 2026

How Southeast Asia can realize its commercial promise amid geopolitical rivalry

How Southeast Asia can realize its commercial promise amid geopolitical rivalry

By Lynn KuokOctober 31, 2026

Ellen Zentner, chief economic strategist at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.

Morgan Stanley’s Ellen Zentner: Women are reshaping the economy. Markets haven’t caught up

By Ellen ZentnerOctober 31, 2026

Chart ranking 99 countries by their 2026 spike in food, housing and transport prices; 10 cross the IMF spike line and the U.S. sits just under it.

We’re not in a cost-of-living crisis — yet

By Anthony FoxOctober 31, 2026

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Your next manager may have three employees and 19 agents. Who’s accountable?

Your next manager may have three employees and 19 agents. Who’s accountable?

By Keith Ferrazzi and Wendy SmithOctober 8, 2026

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IBM cyber response chief: After 26 years in incident response, I’m more concerned about burnout than AI

By Tony KirtleyOctober 8, 2026

Reynald Fasciaux is the CEO of Studocu.

Want to fix the broken university model in the age of AI? Look to tradition

By Reynald FasciauxOctober 8, 2026

Derya Matras serves as VP EMEA at Meta.

Meta VP: AI in advertising and the rise of single-person billion-dollar company

By Derya MatrasOctober 8, 2026

China’s AI startups can match the U.S.’s models. They can’t yet match the U.S.’s money

China’s AI startups can match the U.S.’s models. They can’t yet match the U.S.’s money

By Alvin YapOctober 7, 2026

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AI is consuming human knowledge. It should learn how to pay for it
By Shlomit WagmanOctober 1, 2026

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I led the Big 10’s $2.4 billion public-capital venture. Here’s what college sports needs next

By Chris ParkOctober 7, 2026

How drone warfare is rewriting the economics of infrastructure

How drone warfare is rewriting the economics of infrastructure

By Todd J. SteinOctober 7, 2026

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AI is a power tool. People are essential for using it

By Mary MorelandOctober 7, 2026

The 1,000-hour test: a better way to decide what’s actually worth your money

By Ben MeerOctober 6, 2026

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I’ve spent a decade teaching AI to write. Here’s why your slop posts are ruining your LinkedIn

By Jasper PyeOctober 6, 2026

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McKinsey senior partner: Why AI’s easiest wins are misleading CEOs
By David PralongOctober 1, 2026

I wrote The Future of Truth and then found to my alarm it contained AI-hallucinated quotes. I’ve chosen to fight back

By Steven RosenbaumOctober 6, 2026

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NVIDIA Head of Sustainability: how to accelerate America’s nuclear energy renaissance

By Josh ParkerOctober 5, 2026

Gary Shapiro: why trade shows matter and how to get them right

By Gary ShapiroOctober 4, 2026

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‘A Republic, if you can keep it’: We served presidents from both parties and have never been so concerned about election security

By Richard A. Gephardt, Timothy E. Wirth, Leon Panetta, Theodore Roosevelt V, Reid J. Ribble, Stephanie A. Grisham and Miles TaylorOctober 4, 2026

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FDR’s lesson for AI regulation

By William R. GruverOctober 4, 2026

America’s budget, the bond market and the national debt at 250: Gradually, then suddenly

By Robert OrdwayOctober 4, 2026

I place the world’s top software engineers and interviewed over 10,000 job seekers. The difference on paper and in person is wider than ever

By Paddy LambrosOctober 4, 2026

I’m an obesity expert and can’t wait for the compounding craze to stop

I’m an obesity expert and can’t wait for the compounding craze to stop

By Adonis SaremiOctober 3, 2026

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Nitin Nohria: Why it’s so hard for CEOs to stay grounded

By Nitin NohriaOctober 3, 2026

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What the bond market reveals about Congress, the national debt and the middle class—and where America goes from here

By Alexander William SalterOctober 3, 2026

Tony Elumelu: Africa’s young entrepreneurs have great ideas. What they need is capital and business support

Tony Elumelu: Africa’s young entrepreneurs have great ideas. What they need is capital and business support

By Tony O. ElumeluOctober 3, 2026

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How to be tough, not a jerk — and why most people get toughness wrong

By John Baird and Matt HunterOctober 3, 2026

We need a Department of AI, or we risk pushing the U.S. economy over the brink

We need a Department of AI, or we risk pushing the U.S. economy over the brink

By Yerbol OrynbayevOctober 3, 2026

Bessent said ‘I am the house.’ The bond market disagreed

By Steve H. Hanke and David M. WalkerOctober 2, 2026

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By Dax DasilvaOctober 2, 2026

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Capitalism may be reinventing socialism — and probably not how you think

By Joao GomesOctober 2, 2026

I’m a humanitarian leader who’s all in on AI. Here’s why

I’m a humanitarian leader who’s all in on AI. Here’s why

By Jeannie AnnanOctober 2, 2026

The Fed has one interest rate. America has two economies

The Fed has one interest rate. America has two economies

By Katica RoyOctober 2, 2026

I study tribal psychology and build AI agents for my business students—the rogue OpenAI ‘swarm’ alarmed me

I study tribal psychology and build AI agents for my business students—the rogue OpenAI ‘swarm’ alarmed me

By Michael MorrisOctober 2, 2026

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