Archive - 7 THINGS

The 90-day clock is ticking

Also trade wars, fake offices, and Europe’s quiet wins

Aug 14 •

Why Corruption Exports Better Than Communism

Russia finally found a model it could sell the world

Aug 12 •

The Trillion-Dollar Trap

How Europe Was Engineered to Lose the Tech Wars

Aug 7 •

The Fertility Brain Drain

From medieval monasteries to Silicon Valley — why societies keep converting their brightest people into childless institutional servants

Aug 5 •

July 2025

See you in two weeks

7 Things is taking a brief pause

Jul 24 •

Empire by Extortion: Why Adam Tooze Gets Dollar Dominance Wrong

Deploying America’s financial superweapon against Russia may have signed the dollar’s death warrant

Jul 22 •

The Weight of Dependency: How Denmark Became a Pharmaceutical Petro-State

Novo Nordisk’s obesity drugs have transformed a diverse Nordic economy into Europe’s first single-molecule nation

Jul 17 •

The Investor Confidence Paradox: Why Markets Bet on Aging Japan Over Dynamic China

Chinese 30-year bonds now yield less than Japanese ones for the first time in decades – how institutional reform trumps GDP growth

Jul 15 •

Shell Game: How Democracies Lose Production Wars

Europe promised Ukraine a million artillery shells this year. Russia makes that every three months.

Jul 10 •

The Catastrophe Machine: How Finance Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Disaster

Why Wall Street and Beijing Made Peace With Climate Change

Jul 6 •

For What Shall It Profit a Nation?

Israeli research on how occupation and control have cost the country its soul

Jul 3 •

Follow the Corpses: China’s EV Revolution Devours Its Own Children

Inside the trillion-yuan graveyard.

Jul 1 •

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