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AI Is "Juicing Up" Inflation, Says Moody's Mark Zandi
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Moody's chief economist on CNBC explaining how the AI buildout's demand for chips and electricity is feeding inflation right now — while the promised productivity payoff lags behind. Essential context before anyone proposes adding stimulus checks on top. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @CNBCtelevision
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An economist's warning about the squeeze coming for policymakers: AI-driven job losses on one side, AI-driven inflation on the other — and central banks with tools that can only fight one at a time. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @RichardJMurphy
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Economist Daniel Susskind on the world after work — why the outcome of the AI transition is a choice we make rather than a fate we accept, and what a meaningful human life looks like when labor is no longer at the center of it. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @futureoflifeinstitute
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Bloomberg traces exactly how AI data center demand flows through the grid and onto household electric bills — the reporting behind this post's central claim. Part of our Ratepayers Subsidizing Tech's Power Boom series. @business
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CBS News covers the same Bloomberg reporting, connecting AI data center growth directly to rising household electricity costs. Part of our Ratepayers Subsidizing Tech's Power Boom series. @CBSNews
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MotorTrend's documentary on the U.S. EV transition, including the charging-infrastructure and electric-grid chapters behind this post's EV fast-charging section. Part of our Ratepayers Subsidizing Tech's Power Boom series. @MotorTrendWatch
See the full series on RatepayersSubsidizingTechPowerBoomThe Grid Doesn't Need More Power Plants (It Needs This)
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Matt Ferrell makes the case for decentralized generation and storage — the technical backbone of the "Bring Your Own Clean Power" argument in this post. Part of our Ratepayers Subsidizing Tech's Power Boom series. @UndecidedTechnology
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A British perspective on whether the grid can handle accelerating EV adoption — a reminder that the oil-shock-driven EV surge is straining grids on both sides of the Atlantic. Part of our Ratepayers Subsidizing Tech's Power Boom series. @theelectrictransition
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Astrum Earth's clear-eyed look at where the world actually stands on the 1.5°C target — the climate stakes behind requiring growth to bring its own clean power. Part of our Ratepayers Subsidizing Tech's Power Boom series. @AstrumEarth
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TangSaying revisits the original Chinese philosophy behind the yin-yang symbol — arguing it was never about static balance, but about one force continuously transforming into its opposite. A closer fit for this series' "engine" metaphor than a simple scale. Part of our Global Economic Engine series. @TangSaying
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Jacob Clifford and Adriene Hill lay out planned economies, market economies, and communism, then land on the point this series builds on: most countries end up choosing a mixed economy in practice. Part of our Global Economic Engine series. @crashcourse
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A structured debate — from the organization formerly known as Intelligence Squared U.S. — on whether China's state-directed model actually out-executes America's market-driven one. Part of our Global Economic Engine series. @OpentoDebate
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