David J. Lynch
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Global economics correspondent for The Washington Post
The 92-Year-Old Judge in the Maduro Case Must Step Aside
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
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Opinion | The 92-Year-Old Judge in the Maduro Case Must Step Aside
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/opinion/maduro-judge-hellerstein-age.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 12 hours ago
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On Wall Street, investors ignore Trump’s talk of war
President Donald Trump’s rejection of the postwar global system has sparked concerns about the future of international relations and the U.S. economy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/08/us-economy-geopolitics-uncertainty/
about 18 hours ago
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I have a reason: because someday, in a peer war with China, we may need allies, or at least countries that don't want to see us lose.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Unleashing Forces Beyond His Control
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/opinion/trump-venezuela-maduro-clausewitz-aquinas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CFA.x14O.kky4fpTI03wN&smid=bs-share
4 days ago
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5 days ago
(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops ..
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The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership
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The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership
As President Trump sought a peace deal and Vladimir V. Putin sought victory, factions in the White House and Pentagon bled the Ukrainian war effort.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
7 days ago
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9 days ago
Was able to catch up on some reading over the holidays & picked up “The World’s Worst Bet” by
@davidjlynch.bsky.social
. I'm sure I'll be returning to this regularly. A thorough account of globalization's rise, replete with timely lessons for the incoming AI labor shock (& a reflective Bill Clinton)
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“If our leaders fail to prepare, the silence that once followed the closing of factory doors will spread through office parks and home offices — and the grief long borne by the working class may soon be borne by us all.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...
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Opinion | When A.I. Took My Job, I Bought a Chain Saw
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/opinion/artificial-intelligence-jobs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
9 days ago
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Opinion | Every family has a history. Here’s how to make sure it’s handed down.
What happens when the children are the historians.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/28/preserving-family-history-holidays-children/
11 days ago
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11 days ago
Trump in 2024: "I will end the Ukraine-Russia war on day one." Trump now: "This is not a one day process deal."
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He Was a Supreme Court Lawyer. Then His Double Life Caught Up With Him.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/m...
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He Was a Supreme Court Lawyer. Then His Double Life Caught Up With Him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/magazine/thomas-goldstein-supreme-court-gambling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
11 days ago
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A 1 Percent Solution to the Looming A.I. Job Apocalypse
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...
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Opinion | A 1 Percent Solution to the Looming A.I. Job Apocalypse
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/opinion/artificial-intelligence-jobs-worker-training.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
12 days ago
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The Quiet, Fateful Shift in Who’s Buying America’s Debt
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
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Opinion | The Quiet, Fateful Shift in Who’s Buying America’s Debt
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/opinion/national-debt-owners-lenders-crisis.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
14 days ago
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16 days ago
I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
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U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
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U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/technology/trump-rubio-european-tech-disinformation-digital-services-act.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
16 days ago
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18 days ago
This kind of rhetoric on race may play well to the extremists in that audience, but normies voting in presidential elections are going to see clips like this as very weird.
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The Washington Post
19 days ago
The Post examined the bright skyline around Reagan National Airport and whether it may have been a factor in the January plane crash, which killed 67 people. To see the full reconstruction, watch the video on this page:
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In deadly D.C. plane crash, city lights may have played a role. See how.
The Post examined the bright skyline around Reagan National Airport and whether it may have been a factor in the January accident, which killed 67 people.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2025/dca-crash-cause-lights/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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18 days ago
“.. based on the data we have to date; it looks like manufacturing is experiencing more of a slump than is generally recognized ..”
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19 days ago
It’s irritating regardless. All US citizens are equally American. There is no place for classes of citizenship or belonging in our country.
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Market-savvy Treasury chief Scott Bessent emerges as unlikely MAGA warrior
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s partisan comments are causing concern among investors and lawmakers, as he breaks with tradition and engages in combative rhetoric.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/21/treasury-bessent-trump-politics/
19 days ago
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The World Bank’s Paschal Donohoe calls “The World’s Worst Bet” one of the best non-fiction books of 2025. He says Lynch’s “style and expertise is really evident in this book. It’s so clearly written about what actually is the really big question of our time” 09:58
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Spotify – Web Player
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5hdYaMBYSj3fHEUkUvJGL1?si=tj0x8mSHRbKUAlBQc-_dww&t=598
19 days ago
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20 days ago
Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be.
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Rubio Meets (and Meets, and Meets … ) the Press
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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Rubio Meets (and Meets, and Meets … ) the Press
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/us/politics/marco-rubio-briefing-reporters.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
20 days ago
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Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/opinion/democrats-liberals-oil-gas-industry.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
22 days ago
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More cowbell
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22 days ago
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22 days ago
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit.
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Donald Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Rob Reiner Are Next-Level Degradation
On a weekend of terrible violent events, you would not expect a President of the United States to make matters even worse. But, of course, he did.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/donald-trumps-remarks-on-the-death-of-rob-reiner-are-next-level-degradation
22 days ago
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Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/trump-immigration-citizenship-denaturalization.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
22 days ago
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Sorry to hear his. Bob was always a great colleague and journalist. I learned a lot by reading him.
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25 days ago
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What Happens if You Refuse to Recognize That We Are in a Death Spiral
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Opinion | What Happens if You Refuse to Recognize That We Are in a Death Spiral
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/opinion/maga-right-wing-young-voters.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
26 days ago
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Nice surprise: “The World’s Worst Bet” makes the Stanford Law School faculty’s recommended reading list!
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Stanford Law School’s 2025 End-of-Year Faculty Reading List | Stanford Law School
Looking for a good book or two to dig into during the holidays? The Stanford Law School End-of-Year Faculty Reading List offers up some of our
https://law.stanford.edu/stanford-lawyer/articles/stanford-law-schools-2025-end-of-year-faculty-reading-list/
28 days ago
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Wait til they see what hotels cost in places like Philadelphia
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29 days ago
You know Boston really is a small city because you could be doing errands on the way to work and just randomly pass by America’s Most Beloved Ballpark
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Trump’s redistricting effort fails in Indiana as GOP lawmakers deliver rare rebuke
Republicans hold a 40-10 advantage in the state senate but still rejected Trump’s pressure. ‘Hoosiers are very independent.’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/11/why-these-red-state-republicans-are-resisting-trumps-efforts-expand-gop-power/
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Inside the Trump trade strategy with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer
Greer joined the Atlantic Council to discuss the US approach to trade and tariffs in the next year.
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/news/transcripts/inside-the-trump-trade-strategy-with-us-trade-representative-jamieson-greer/
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This one gadget could give China a back door into the U.S. power grid
Energy companies, cybersecurity experts and lawmakers warn U.S. dependence on Chinese inverters that can be manipulated remotely is a mounting security threat.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/10/us-energy-grid-china-threat-blackouts/
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Looking forward to my talk tonight about “The World’s Worst Bet” at the Houston World Affairs Council
wachouston.org/event/the-wo...
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The World's Worst Bet: How the Globalization Gamble Went Wrong - World Affairs Council of Greater Houston
About The Event Wine Reception – 6:00 PM Program Begins – 6:30 PM Once seen as a force for peace and prosperity, globalization promised to make nations more connected, economies […]
https://wachouston.org/event/the-worlds-worst-bet-how-the-globalization-gamble-went-wrong/
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Danish Spy Agency Now Views US as a Possible Security Concern
A Danish intelligence agency has for the first time described the US as a potential security risk, signaling a shift in the Nordic country’s view of its close ally amid geopolitical frictions over Gre...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-10/danish-spy-agency-now-views-us-as-a-possible-security-concern
30 days ago
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Trump Says Americans Are Doing Great, Even as Views on the Economy Sour
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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Trump Says Americans Are Doing Great, Even as Views on the Economy Sour
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/trump-affordability-economy-pennsylvania.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
30 days ago
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Overmatched: Why the U.S. Military Must Reinvent Itself
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Opinion | Overmatched: Why the U.S. Military Must Reinvent Itself
Investing in the old ways of war leaves America at risk.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/08/opinion/us-china-taiwan-military.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
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Appreciate
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making The World’s Worst Bet its recommended reading this week. Just in time for holiday gift giving ;)
about 1 month ago
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China’s Weak Currency Is Powering Its Exports and Drawing Criticism
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
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China’s Weak Currency Is Powering Its Exports and Drawing Criticism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/business/china-rmb-currency.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
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How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
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How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/us/politics/biden-immigration-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
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Companies jockey for tariff refunds as Supreme Court decision looms
The Supreme Court could rule as soon as this month on the validity of Trump’s emergency tariffs, which could lead to big refunds for companies like Costco and Busy Baby.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/06/tariff-refund-supreme-court/
about 1 month ago
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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
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Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks
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Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/politics/trump-boat-attacks-killings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities.
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ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/ice-arrested-separated-chinese-father-6-year-old-son/
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South Floridians from Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela expecting to become U.S. citizens this week learned instead that their naturalization ceremonies had been canceled after the Trump administration issued a sweeping directive aimed at halting immigration from so-called high-risk countries.
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South Florida immigrants on cusp of citizenship told to wait as DHS changes policy
The cancellations, confirmed by multiple immigration attorneys, came after the Trump administration paused immigration from 19 nations and froze all asylum claims.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article313361247.html#storylink=cpy
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19-year-old College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
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College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/us/politics/college-student-deported-thanksgiving-texas.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
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