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James Surowiecki

former New Yorker columnist and author of "The Wisdom of Crowds"

James Surowiecki is the author of “The Wisdom of Crowds.” His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Wired and Fortune, among others.

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Biden’s missed opportunity to go all in on renewable energy

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How Biden’s latest student loan extension will impact inflation in 2022

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How Covid became the unlikely hero of our inflation crisis

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Pfizer and Moderna protecting their patents leaves much of the world at risk

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The Senate’s infrastructure cryptocurrency fight was just the beginning

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AMC and other meme stocks flipped the way markets usually work

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Why taxing Jeff Bezos more won’t narrow the wealth gap

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Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes mimicked Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. The difference is she failed.

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Why Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce is literally your business

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Republicans’ ‘woke capitalism’ has sent Marco Rubio and co. into panic mode