Vincent Baby
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I share interesting reads about world politics, the news media, and corporate governance.
French scribe based in Hong Kong.
French scribe based in Hong Kong.
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Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
May be a bit awkward for Trump if Zhao needs a second pardon 🤔
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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
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November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
May be a bit awkward for Trump if Zhao needs a second pardon 🤔
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Alan Guarino, a vice-chair at executive search firm Korn Ferry, estimates that two-thirds of the CEOs he encounters have imposter syndrome and “the final third are . . . delusional and are imposters” so shouldn’t be in the job. on.ft.com/4pukb8k
The one-upmanship driving CEOs
The audience that bosses are often most anxious to impress is their peers
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November 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Alan Guarino, a vice-chair at executive search firm Korn Ferry, estimates that two-thirds of the CEOs he encounters have imposter syndrome and “the final third are . . . delusional and are imposters” so shouldn’t be in the job. on.ft.com/4pukb8k
Summers deregulated commodities trading as well as financial derivatives ⬇️
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Larry Summers and the Hunger Games
Who remembers the food shock of 2005-2008? Just another global policy disaster from then Treasury Secretary Summers.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Summers deregulated commodities trading as well as financial derivatives ⬇️
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"There’s not a lot of integrity, honesty and decency. There is a lot of cold-heartedness and mean-spiritedness" www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Two decades later, Cornel West’s critique of Larry Summers hits differently
After his public feud with the former Harvard president, West sees irony in Summers’ downfall.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"There’s not a lot of integrity, honesty and decency. There is a lot of cold-heartedness and mean-spiritedness" www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Respect 🙏 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/r...
New York Lacked an Affordable Housing Portal. So These Teenagers Made One.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Respect 🙏 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/r...
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Amid this sordid mess, an enjoyable farce
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Amid this sordid mess, an enjoyable farce
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
« Il y a trois erreurs à ne pas commettre : ne pas voir le tsunami social et technologique qui vient ; ne pas s’y préparer en devenant expert sur les outils et vigilant sur l’éthique ; dire qu’on est contre ». www.lemonde.fr/culture/arti...
Pour les scénaristes de fiction, le verrou de l’IA a sauté : « Ça t’emmène à des endroits où ton cerveau ne serait pas allé »
En 2023, les menaces de l’intelligence artificielle poussaient Hollywood à la plus longue grève de son histoire. Aujourd’hui, le milieu du cinéma se forme sur des outils vus comme des partenaires et n...
www.lemonde.fr
November 9, 2025 at 5:57 AM
« Il y a trois erreurs à ne pas commettre : ne pas voir le tsunami social et technologique qui vient ; ne pas s’y préparer en devenant expert sur les outils et vigilant sur l’éthique ; dire qu’on est contre ». www.lemonde.fr/culture/arti...
"Blanchflower and Bryson found that for workers under 25, mental health is now so poor that they are generally as unhappy as their unemployed counterparts, which is new in the past several years." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
Opinion | For Gen Z-ers, Work Is Now More Depressing Than Unemployment
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"Blanchflower and Bryson found that for workers under 25, mental health is now so poor that they are generally as unhappy as their unemployed counterparts, which is new in the past several years." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
Framing, New York Times, framing... When you win an absolute majority (50.4%), you are *entitled* to deliver on your mandate, it's got nothing to do with being"emboldened" (like a... radical, right?)
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Framing, New York Times, framing... When you win an absolute majority (50.4%), you are *entitled* to deliver on your mandate, it's got nothing to do with being"emboldened" (like a... radical, right?)
Time to adopt an olive tree? 🫒 🌳
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/d...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/d...
They’re Rescuing Olive Trees, for Much More Than the Oil
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Time to adopt an olive tree? 🫒 🌳
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/d...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/d...
"Her first book signing was held in the sock and underwear section of a department store in Edmonton, where she sold two copies." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/b...
For a Literary Saint, Margaret Atwood Can Sure Hold a Grudge
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
"Her first book signing was held in the sock and underwear section of a department store in Edmonton, where she sold two copies." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/b...
"For today’s Republican Party, blocking green energy is more important than keeping 40 million Americans from going hungry." open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
The Hunger Games Begin
40 million Americans are about to lose food stamps
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October 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"For today’s Republican Party, blocking green energy is more important than keeping 40 million Americans from going hungry." open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
"We step into circles of energy which are negative and we play a role because it’s easy to say, well, it’s not meant for me. There’s a truth in it, but at the same time you have to say: 'Wake up and live! Act as if it is impossible to fail.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/m...
Anthony Hopkins on Quitting Drinking and Finding God
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"We step into circles of energy which are negative and we play a role because it’s easy to say, well, it’s not meant for me. There’s a truth in it, but at the same time you have to say: 'Wake up and live! Act as if it is impossible to fail.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/m...
Reagan exposes imposter from the grave. Imposter lashes out, proving the case.
This is silly. Tariffs should be used to protect strategically important industries or to retaliate against beggar-thy-neighbor trade policies. They should not be used to punish countries like Canada, who share part of the burden of absorbing global saving imbalances.
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Trump to raise tariffs on Canada by 10% over Ontario’s Reagan ad
US president was angered by a television advertisement quoting former president’s disdain for import levies
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October 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Reagan exposes imposter from the grave. Imposter lashes out, proving the case.
Externalities... "Amazon’s automation team expects the company can avoid hiring more than 160,000 people in the United States it would otherwise need by 2027. That would save about *30 cents* on each item that Amazon picks, packs and delivers to customers." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Externalities... "Amazon’s automation team expects the company can avoid hiring more than 160,000 people in the United States it would otherwise need by 2027. That would save about *30 cents* on each item that Amazon picks, packs and delivers to customers." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
A remarkable investigation, though it probably ensures that Tenkawa will draw a different breed of pilgrims from now on
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
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Inside Luigi Mangione’s Missing Months
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A remarkable investigation, though it probably ensures that Tenkawa will draw a different breed of pilgrims from now on
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
"A colleague at Morgan Stanley put on 12 kilos and stopped menstruating for six months. A leaked Goldman Sachs survey from 2021 found that recruits rated their mental health at 8.8 out of 10 before starting, and 2.8 once inside." on.ft.com/3WfBrlo (gift link)
How our brightest minds get trapped in the City
Money is just one reason why graduates are drawn to finance, management consulting and corporate law
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October 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"A colleague at Morgan Stanley put on 12 kilos and stopped menstruating for six months. A leaked Goldman Sachs survey from 2021 found that recruits rated their mental health at 8.8 out of 10 before starting, and 2.8 once inside." on.ft.com/3WfBrlo (gift link)
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Stand-out para from Misha Glenny this morning
October 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Stand-out para from Misha Glenny this morning
Fascism-as-a-service
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost Trump’s Immigration Force
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Fascism-as-a-service
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
He only wanted the National Guard to protect his private 50,000 people private conference #broligarchy
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
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Benioff Apologizes for Saying Trump Should Send Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
He only wanted the National Guard to protect his private 50,000 people private conference #broligarchy
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
"MP Materials, for example, America’s only rare earths processor, in which the Trump administration took a 15 percent stake earlier this year, can only produce in a year roughly as many rare earths magnets as China can produce in a day." open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
War of the Worlds
Thoughts on how China weaponised rare earths, why Trump bailed out Argentina, how France's political crisis endangers Europe, can Germany save its car industry and are autocracies winning
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October 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"MP Materials, for example, America’s only rare earths processor, in which the Trump administration took a 15 percent stake earlier this year, can only produce in a year roughly as many rare earths magnets as China can produce in a day." open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
"A University of Chicago analysis of satellite data, released in August, found that air pollution in China had plunged 41 percent since 2014. That added almost two years to the country’s average life expectancy." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/b...
How China Powers Its Electric Cars and High-Speed Trains
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"A University of Chicago analysis of satellite data, released in August, found that air pollution in China had plunged 41 percent since 2014. That added almost two years to the country’s average life expectancy." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/b...
Maria Corina Machado is incredibly courageous and charismatic. But her Nobel could prove a hindrance in the short term. It won't unseat Maduro, but it will miff Trump in a big way, and this is whom she had been counting on to push regime change. She's been very effusive in her praise of Trump.
October 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Maria Corina Machado is incredibly courageous and charismatic. But her Nobel could prove a hindrance in the short term. It won't unseat Maduro, but it will miff Trump in a big way, and this is whom she had been counting on to push regime change. She's been very effusive in her praise of Trump.