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Nobel laureate Paul Krugman compares Tesla to bitcoin

Paul Krugman has compared Tesla stock to bitcoin, saying hype and faith underpin both assets’ valuations, and joked he wouldn’t trust Elon Musk to take care of his cat. Tesla stock skyrocketed more than 13-fold between the start of 2020 and its November 2021 peak. It has plunged 73% since then, slashing the electric-vehicle (EV) company’s market capitalization from over […]

The Three Key Ingredients Of Leadership You Need

When even a Stanford University professor like Jeffrey Pfeffer concludes that “the leadership industry has failed,” some critics are tempted to ditch the whole idea of leadership, as so much overblown nonsense. This would be a mistake. In a time of accelerating disruption, the art and science of enabling change is more important than ever. Three sets […]

Anyone Can Learn to Be a Better Leader

When you’re an individual contributor, your ability to use your technical expertise to deliver results is paramount. Once you’ve advanced into a leadership role, however, the toolkit that you relied on to deliver individual results rarely equips you to succeed through others. Beware of falling into the logical trap of “if I can do this […]

Democracy Is “Messy,” Says American Retired 4-Star General

(Miss this week’s The Leadership Brief? This interview below was delivered to the inbox of Leadership Brief subscribers on Sunday morning, Nov. 8; to receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.) You don’t get to be a four-star general, responsible for defending North American airspace from attack, by […]

This Morning Routine Will Save You 20+ Hours Per Week

The traditional 9–5 workday is poorly structured for high productivity. Perhaps when most work was physical labor, but not in the knowledge working world we now live in. Although this may be obvious based on people’s mediocre performance, addiction to stimulants, lack of engagement, and the fact that most people hate their jobs — now there’s loads […]

Stocks decline as trade fears linger: Oil climbs; markets wrap

U.S. stocks fell to the lowest level since May and Treasuries rallied amid renewed concern that the Trump administration will crack down on Chinese investment. Energy producers surged with crude, while the dollar jumped. The S&P 500 Index erased gains that reached 0.9 percent to finish at the worst level since May 29. Comments from Larry Kudlow […]