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View MoreChristopher Altman saw it in the same way that most small business owners do: in the quiet of an inbox that used to fill up on its own, rather than all at once. His Oakland tree-trimming crew scheduled three weeks off for years without his involvement. Then, the reservations simply…
The atmosphere changed somewhere between a half-empty diesel station outside Hamburg and the screens of a London trading floor. Like these things often do, it happened quietly. In January, Brent crude was trading at about sixty dollars. It was close to 120 by the second week of March. Ten weeks.…
It begins softly. A little weariness that lasts longer than it should. Perhaps a change in bowel habits that is bothersome but not concerning. A 32-year-old is half-listening to a nurse calling names while scrolling through their phone in a packed clinic waiting area. They are not thinking about cancer.…
The lithium pools in Chile’s Atacama Desert glow an artificial turquoise at sunrise. They appear almost tranquil from a distance, with geometric shapes spanning an endless, arid plain. The air feels brittle up close. Underfoot, the ground cracks. Other than the faint hum of pumps extracting brine from deep underground,…
From the outside, the Federal Reserve building in Washington doesn’t appear particularly striking. Quiet lawns, symmetry, marble. However, decisions are being purposefully postponed behind closed doors and carefully crafted statements. Policymakers characterize the approach as straightforward: wait, observe, then take action. It makes sense. It frequently is. However, there is…