BPR Week in Review
The US Government's Slow Default
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Chiswick, West London The debt ceiling drama is almost behind us. As we expected, there was no default. Congress will vote on the deal tonight. We took advantage of the brief pan…
A change is gonna come
“A much faster rate of change” is maybe my single highest-confidence prediction about what a world with Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) in it will be like. —Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI Le…
Artificial Deliverance (A.D.)
Joel Bowman, checking the stats today from Tivoli, Italy... “When one life is lost, another must grow.” ~ Gepetto, from The Adventures o…
Debt Ceiling Theater
Bill Bonner, reckoning today from Youghal, Ireland... A dropped ceiling. The last report we got tells us that Republicans and Democrats have come to a deal. They’ve both agreed th…
The Burden of Riches
Bill Bonner, reckoning today from Youghal, Ireland... "Fascism is capitalism in decline." ~ Vladimir Lenin We watched an interview, last week, with Robert Kennedy Jr., now a candid…
Public Disservice
Bill Bonner, reckoning today from Youghal, Ireland... “I hope this breaks soon.” Matt, our gardener, was talking about the weather. A heat wave has covered the green island. The s…
Saints and Geniuses
Bill Bonner, reckoning today from Youghal, Ireland... We left you sitting on the edge of your chair yesterday, didn’t we, Dear Reader? You were wondering, as we were: how come th…