TouchStone Reads - March 21st, 2025

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We often set aside articles that are longer, deserve a re-read, are broader in scope…or just for fun - for weekend reading. Below are some from this week - pour yourself a hot cup of coffee & enjoy...

 

  • The Parallel Economy and the New Rules of American Power (Kyla’s Newsletter)

  • AI Boom Reshapes Power Landscape as Data Centers Drive Historic Demand Growth: The power industry was once considered slow-moving and perhaps even boring. (Power)

  • Remembering Daniel Kahneman: A Mosaic of Memories and Lessons. Identifying errors in judgment and choice was something Kahneman seemed called to do, particularly as it applied to his own thinking. (Behavioral Scientist)

  • Blame Canada (Tim Snyder)

  • The Baby Boom in 7 Charts (Our World in Data)

  • A User's Guide to Wrecking the Global Financial System (Niall Fergusson)

  • The Economic Excuse Industry is Booming (Paul Krugman)

  • How a Pro Athlete-Targeting Crime Ring Finally Got Caught (Vanity Fair)

  • Europe becomes a Union (No Mercy/No Malice)

  • How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see (The Conversation)

  • She’s One of Florida’s Most Lethal Python Hunters…but the Invasive Creatures Still Have a Hold on Her (Garden & Gun)

  • Alternative Manager stocks are down 14% YTD, PE funds unchanged. We would like to see more transparency. (Source: Financial Times)

  • U.S. Government-Funded Innovation (Source: No Mercy/No Malice)

What are you reading or listening to?