New financial technologies are making it faster and cheaper to move money across borders, seemingly reducing the world's reliance on the dollar . - But new research presented at the Jackson Hole symposium suggests financial innovation may instead tighten the dollar's grip on global finance. - Financial innovation is the theme for the annual gathering of central bankers, where they're grappling with how these technologies reshape the financial system. Why it matters: Dollar dominance gives the U.S. enormous financial clout and helps keep demand for its debt strong. - If the paper is right, stablecoins and other forms of tokenized money could strengthen that position, even as concerns grow about America's fiscal health. What they're…
President Trump is escalating tensions with Canada amid his trade war after he renamed Lake Ontario to "Lake America." Premier of Nova Scotia Tim Houston joins Peter Alexander to share his criticism of the tariffs.
Today marks six months since President Trump launched the war in Iran. The President announced the start of the war back in late February, with the main goal of ensuring Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon—a goal that has still not been achieved. Trump then repeatedly insisted to Americans that this was simply an “excursion” set to last just a matter of weeks. Now, six months later, the Strait of Hormuz—which was fully open before the war—has been the focus of the fighting. MS NOW’s Inzamam Rashid joins Morning Joe live from Dubai to explain why Tehran feels like they have the upper hand.
This week on “Clock It with Symone and Eugene,” Democratic donor Rufus Gifford joins to discuss why donors are not giving to the DNC like they used to. Gifford says some “feel let down by the machine” after Democrats lost to Trump in 2024. Eugene shares why he disagrees with their thinking. “For a party to flagellate themselves the way that the Democrats are, as if the world has ended, is a waste of time,” he says. The hosts and Gifford also debate whether Trump is a “generational talent” for translating his celebrity to the political arena. Visit ms.now/clockit to watch the full episodes of Clock It.
This sentiment from Zuby is actually pretty common these days.
You hear variations on this same theme all the time: I think this meme that was put up in response to that speaks to how a lot of people would answer that question: Read moreOpen
Everyone reading this has heard someone say, “Fake it until you make it.” That concept stems from the work of brilliant psychologists such as William James and Alfred Adler. The idea is that if you act AS IF you have traits like confidence or bravery long enough, you will start actually to embody them. This can be true. In fact, I’ve told people struggling to handle a situation to try to envision themselves acting like someone they admire in that situation. For example, if you’re a young conservative woman who admires Sydney Sweeney or Sophie Cunningham and you’re struggling to talk to people at a conference, try to behave like you imagine they would in the same situation. Suddenly you may find yourself chatting easily with…Open
He was an NCAA Division I champ, went to the Olympics, was a champion in both Bellator and ONE, competed in the UFC at the end of his career, and capped off all of that by losing BOTH OF HIS LUNGS, getting a DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT, and coming back for one more wrestling match after that: Does this mean Askren won every fight? Not at all. In fact, later in his career, he had a couple of particularly humiliating defeats. He lost to Jake Paul in a boxing match early in his career, back when pretty much nobody realized Paul had at least SOME SKILLS as a boxer: Worse yet, Askren was on the receiving end of one of the most iconic knockouts in UFC history. A brutal flying knee from Jorge Masvidal right at the beginning of the fight. It set a…Open
A lot of times, if you’re watching a well-done movie, you subconsciously identify with the lead characters. As the movie unfolds, your brain is going, “What would it be like if I had superpowers, if I was a badass, or if I were engaged in that torrid romance”? While it’s true that not all movies are like that, have you ever thought about zombie movies through that lens? Granted, you might think about what you might do in that situation, but what would be APPEALING about it? Believe it or not, there certainly are some things about that situation. The scoreboard would be reset, and you wouldn’t be feeling like you could never catch up to George Soros or Michael Jordan. Hell, the only thing you’d have to do to be a standout in…Open
The biggest scandal of the blogger era in the media was “Rathergate.”
It featured CBS’s iconic news anchor, Dan Rather, running a story that made it look like George Bush got preferential treatment in the U.S. National Guard. The problem was that the whole story was based on an “unimpeachable” anonymous source providing documents that bloggers later proved were fraudulent. Later, the source was revealed to be Bill Burkett, a guy with a history of making accusations against George Bush, who lied about where he got the documents and never really gave a good explanation of how he got them. The fallout of that story was enormous. It destroyed Dan Rather’s career and did significant damage to CBS News’s reputation for years. This was an enormous story at the time that helped legitimize bloggers and…Open
