Commentary

Ideas and insights on pressing issues facing the business world.

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One rare bipartisan AI bill is moving through Congress. Here’s why it deserves to pass

The CREATE AI Act doesn’t pick winners, doesn’t burden industry and already has a proven track record — Capitol Hill’s most actionable AI legislation.

By Neil Björkman and Betsy BrewerJuly 1, 2026

I know how Gen Z can survive the ‘jobpocalypse’ because I built an AI company — in 2015

I know how Gen Z can survive the ‘jobpocalypse’ because I built an AI company — in 2015

By Jeremy FainJuly 1, 2026

America needs 3.8 million manufacturing workers. This CEO has a blueprint to find them

By Mark RayfieldJuly 1, 2026

I grew BDO from $600 million to $3.4 billion. Here’s the 3-part formula that made it possible

By Wayne BersonJune 30, 2026

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America at 250: why the Constitution was built to restrain government, not celebrate majority rule

By Steve H. HankeJuly 1, 2026

Netflix could turn NBC into its biggest bet yet — and this time, the math actually works

By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianJune 30, 2026

Latest Stories

Asia OCBC rolls out its ‘avatar banking’ platform with ‘Wendy’ and ‘Wayne,’ two virtual financial advisors, as banks integrate AI into wealth management

By Angelica AngJuly 1, 2026

Top CD rates today, July 1, 2026: Lock in up to up to 4.40%

Personal Finance Top CD rates today, July 1, 2026: Lock in up to up to 4.40%

By Glen Luke FlanaganJuly 1, 2026

Today’s top high-yield savings rates: Up to 5.00% on July 1, 2026

Personal Finance Today’s top high-yield savings rates: Up to 5.00% on July 1, 2026

By Glen Luke FlanaganJuly 1, 2026

Photo: Rocks balancing on driftwood, sea in background.

AI Leveraged stock bets are ‘very concentrated in the AI ecosystem,’ Goldman Sachs warns

By Jim EdwardsJuly 1, 2026

Sean McClain wears a lab coat

Startups & Venture Eli Lilly just placed a $40 million bet on the next injectable boom

By Lily Mae LazarusJuly 1, 2026

The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling hands the U.S. economy a $7.7 trillion win

Newsletters The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling hands the U.S. economy a $7.7 trillion win

By Diane BradyJuly 1, 2026

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on April 23, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo: George Chan/Getty Images)

Newsletters Microsoft may cut thousands more jobs in a bid to control costs

By Andrew NuscaJuly 1, 2026

Current refi mortgage rates report for July 1, 2026

Personal Finance Current refi mortgage rates report for July 1, 2026

By Glen Luke FlanaganJuly 1, 2026

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Commentary Vinod Khosla: AI’s energy crisis has a fix — and it doesn’t need the grid

By Vinod KhoslaJune 30, 2026

Commentary Saxby Chambliss: America can’t win the AI race without more plumbers and electricians
By Saxby ChamblissJune 22, 2026

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Commentary The U.S. Army is opening military bases to private billions — here’s why that changes everything for the next 250 years

By Marc AndersenJune 30, 2026

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Commentary Boston Dynamics CEO: America’s next 250 years will be built by robots. Here’s what’s standing in the way

By Amanda McMasterJune 30, 2026

Commentary Top climate tech exec: Europe is sweating through a heat crisis America solved decades ago

By Taco EngelaarJune 30, 2026

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Commentary Mozilla President: meet the open source ‘rebel alliance’ that could break Big Tech’s grip on AI

By Mark SurmanJune 29, 2026

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Commentary Wendy Schmidt: Three centuries of science is something to celebrate

By Wendy SchmidtJune 29, 2026

Commentary NASA just named an all-male crew for ‘Artemis III’: what’s a woman to do?
By Savanah F.S. Bray, PhDJune 22, 2026

Commentary Atomic Industries CEO: America spent 60 years retreating from manufacturing. The next 100 are about building it back

By Aaron SlodovJune 29, 2026

Sofia

Commentary This CEO became 3x more productive with AI. Then she read what her daughter wrote about it at Dartmouth

By Maria Colacurcio and Sofia FreiJune 28, 2026

Anthony Scaramucci

Commentary Anthony Scaramucci on America 250: where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?

By Anthony ScaramucciJune 28, 2026

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Commentary More than 3 million college students are raising kids. Most won’t graduate

By Enyi OkebugwuJune 28, 2026

Commentary The uncertainty paradox: believe it or not, today’s massive uncertainty creates the best conditions for disruptive growth

By James G. Naples, Wendy K. Smith and Scott D. AnthonyJune 27, 2026

Commentary Ezekiel Emanuel: My father lived into his 90s. He understood something many successful men miss
By Ezekiel J. EmanuelJune 21, 2026

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Commentary This rural Maine factory made 100 million COVID swabs a month. Its CEO says manufacturing’s best days are ahead

By Timothy Templet and Virginia TempletJune 27, 2026

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Commentary Shell Foundation CEO: climate tech works. Getting it to a billion people who need it is the hard part

By Jonathan BermanJune 26, 2026

Commentary Morgan Stanley on life after selling your business: a roadmap for entrepreneurs

By Mark JansenJune 26, 2026

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Commentary As an immigrant turned entrepreneur and college president, here is why I celebrate our nation as it turns 250

By Nido R. QubeinJune 25, 2026

Asia’s defense boom is rewiring the global arms supply chain

Commentary Asia’s defense boom is rewiring the global arms supply chain

By Chris OberoiJune 24, 2026

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Commentary Steve Case: America was built by entrepreneurs. Here’s how we keep that edge for the next 250 years

By Steve CaseJune 24, 2026

Commentary Trump mistakes the bully pulpit for bullying leadership — history’s villains were never heroes

By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianJune 24, 2026

Commentary The ‘tech neck’ time bomb: why 43 million young Americans could cripple U.S. health care within a generation

By Michael GerlingJune 24, 2026

Commentary The climate policy triangle: why leaders can no longer choose between growth, security and sustainability

By Sebastian BuckupJune 23, 2026

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Commentary Middle managers aren’t going extinct—they’re evolving into something more powerful

By Brett HurtJune 23, 2026

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Commentary Yale School of Management: surveillance pricing is just the beginning. AI agents will be the real test of corporate trust

By Ravi Dhar and Jon IwataJune 23, 2026

elon

Commentary Elon Musk’s trillion dollars aren’t real — and that’s the point

By Douglas P. McCormickJune 23, 2026

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Commentary Gen Z: if you want to succeed at work, you need to start friction-maxxing

By Michelle SobelJune 23, 2026

Commentary Cooley CEO: Big Law won’t survive if it treats AI as just an efficiency tool

By Rachel ProffittJune 23, 2026

Commentary CPJ: press freedom must endure the American World Cup

By Gypsy Guillén KaiserJune 23, 2026

Sanda Ojiambo is CEO and Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact.

Commentary United Nations: business can’t build economic resilience from the sidelines

By Sanda OjiamboJune 23, 2026

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Commentary Technology Innovation Institute: AI agents need proof, not promises

By Najwa AarajJune 23, 2026

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Commentary What leaders can learn from the Knicks ending their 53-year championship drought

By Melissa Dawn SimkinsJune 22, 2026

David Risher

Commentary Lyft CEO: we’re setting a multi-sensor safety standard for autonomous rides

By David RisherJune 22, 2026

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MacKenzie Scott alone accounted for one-third of America's $19.2 billion in megagifts last year

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By Sydney LakeJune 25, 2026

Philanthropy leader at Warren Buffett and Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge says children of billionaires are pushing them to give their wealth away faster

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By Preston ForeJune 27, 2026

Elon Musk on MacKenzie Scott giving away $26 billion of her fortune: 'Sadly,' it makes the world a worse place

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By Sydney LakeJune 29, 2026