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From lintheads to high tech: the Sun Belt, and why America continues to head south

From lintheads to high tech: the Sun Belt, and why America continues to head south

The United States of America is often divided into different belts. The heavily religious South East holds th…

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Flash and burn: high frequency traders menace financial markets

Flash and burn: high frequency traders menace financial markets

On May 6, 2010, $1trn was wiped from the US stock market in a matter of seconds. Traders and other observers …

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Uber: the illusion of growth

Uber: the illusion of growth

Instead of Uber's pockets being lined by the hard toil of its drivers, the company is eating through investme…

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The politics of Utopia

The politics of Utopia

Thomas More (1478-1535) is a famously complex, often contradictory figure. He was granted sainthood by the Ca…

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University medical-centres cushion America's vulnerable cities

University medical-centres cushion America's vulnerable cities

The cities of America's North East and Midwest have been hit hard by the decline of industry. University medi…

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How Singapore married dictatorship with a market economy

How Singapore married dictatorship with a market economy

In an emotional televised press conference in August 1965, Lee Kuan Yew explained to the Singapore public tha…

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Phantom Data Centers Didn’t Break the Power Grid—They Proved it Was Already Broken Original

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By Tom Bailey
| POWER Magazine Verified
America’s power grid was built for a world that no longer exists. For more than two decades, U.S. electricity demand grew at well below 1% annually, and utilities knew to expect one or two large-load interconnection requests a year. Today, demand is projected to grow by 5.7% annually through 2030, and utilities are fielding 40 to 50 large-load proposals. In Houston, Texas, CenterPoint Energy’s data center interconnection requests surged from 1 GW to 25 GW within 12 months.
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The new age of the foreign mercenary Original

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By Tom Bailey
| Spiked Verified
Ageing societies are increasingly turning to non-native soldiers to fight their wars. Share Topics Politics World Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. The world is rearming. In 2024, global military expenditure grew by its fastest rate since the end of the Cold War, reaching $2.7 trillion. That marked a 37 per cent increase since 2015. Against the background of Russian aggression in Ukraine, European countries have increased defence expenditure by 17 per cent since 2017.
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America is enjoying an industrial renaissance Original

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By Tom Bailey
| Spiked Verified
Share Topics Science & Tech USA Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. At the tail end of the Biden years, the US Navy released a YouTube advert promoting manufacturing jobs over those in the so-called gig economy. The now-deleted advert showed a young woman cycling through the low-pay and precarity of various gig economy roles, from rideshare driver to food delivery, before finding meaning in a new job building submarines.
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