Ryan Lancaster

Europe faces a staggering €1.2 trillion annual investment challenge to meet its strategic ambitions and remain globally competitive. Europe has the necessary capital butlacks effective mechanisms to channel it towards the long-term infrastructure needed. The Leveraging European Financial Markets pillar of the Forum’s Leaders for European Growth and Competitive initiative, in collaboration with Oliver Wyman, seeks to reduce these frictions. Europe faces a staggering investment challenge.

Ohio voted to grow weed in peace. Now, lawmakers are trying to burn it down. I started growing back in college. My first two plants were bunk, stretched thin under what felt like a hundred CFL bulbs in an unfinished attic. Still, I loved it. I spent hours reading, learning, and tweaking my setup. My friends didn’t share the obsession, but they definitely enjoyed the flower once I swapped groceries and beer money for a high-pressure sodium light. One night, our party got busted.

“When Republican megadonor Harlan Crow isn’t lavishing Justice Clarence Thomas with free trips on his private plane and yacht, he lives a quiet life in Dallas among his historical collections. These collections include Hitler artifacts, plus a garden full of statues of the 20th century’s worst despots.” — The Washingtonian - - - Welcome to my home. Did you have much trouble finding it? I realized that “take a left once you pass the skull on a spike” was sort of vague.