Adrian Wooldridge
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From Tesla To Microsoft, Companies Are Going Vertical Again
In the century after 1870, corporations were shaped by vertical integration — the desire to bring as much of the production process as possible under the same umbrella.
- Friday July 25, 2025
- Author: Adrian Wooldridge
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Tariffs Got You Down? Brush Off The 1930s Playbook
The interwar period — marked by the turmoil of the 1920s and the depression of the 1930s — was the last great period of deglobalisation.
- Saturday May 17, 2025
- Author: Adrian Wooldridge
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US CEOs Need To Find Their Missing Backbones
Businesspeople are the only people with the personal heft and institutional power to act as a restraint on Trump.
- Thursday March 13, 2025
- Author: Adrian Wooldridge
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Money Can Buy You Happiness: Studies And Data
The idea that money can only buy so much happiness isn't supported by the data on wealth, personal well-being and overall life satisfaction.
- Tuesday November 5, 2024
- Author: Adrian Wooldridge
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Money Can Buy You Happiness: Studies And Data
The idea that money can only buy so much happiness isn't supported by the data on wealth, personal well-being and overall life satisfaction.
- Tuesday November 5, 2024
- Author: Adrian Wooldridge
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Why It's Very Posh To Love Football These Days
The British elite like to think of themselves as ordinary folk who’ve made good. The truth is more depressing.
- Sunday October 6, 2024
- Author: Adrian Wooldridge
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Sunak’s Call For A July 4 Election Puts The Tories Out Of Their Misery
The past 14 years of Conservative rule have tried almost everybody’s patience.
- Wednesday May 22, 2024
- Author: Adrian Wooldridge
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How 'Shareholder Value' Became A Wall Street Mantra
Harvard Business School’s Michael Jensen was at the heart of the intellectual revolution that transformed capitalism from the 1970s onwards. Was he hero or villain?
- Wednesday April 10, 2024
- Author: Adrian Wooldridge
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How 'Shareholder Value' Became A Wall Street Mantra
Harvard Business School’s Michael Jensen was at the heart of the intellectual revolution that transformed capitalism from the 1970s onwards. Was he hero or villain?
- Wednesday April 10, 2024
- Author: Adrian Wooldridge
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You’re All Paying Attention to the Wrong Davos
There’s no point in going to the World Economic Forum when you could be reading Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain.
- Friday January 19, 2024
- Author: Adrian Wooldridge
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You’re All Paying Attention to the Wrong Davos
There’s no point in going to the World Economic Forum when you could be reading Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain.
- Friday January 19, 2024
- Author: Adrian Wooldridge
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We May Soon Meet The ‘Real Rishi’
The prime minister’s spin doctors aim to define a new persona for the man who’s been in charge for a year.
- Monday October 2, 2023
- Author: Adrian Wooldridge
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We May Soon Meet The ‘Real Rishi’
The prime minister’s spin doctors aim to define a new persona for the man who’s been in charge for a year.
- Monday October 2, 2023
- Author: Adrian Wooldridge
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Rupert Murdoch Was The Last Of The Press Barons
The retirement of a “great bad man” marks the end of an era in print media empires.
- Monday September 25, 2023
- Author: Adrian Wooldridge
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Can Oxford And Cambridge Save Harvard From ChatGPT?
Their time-tested tutorial system offers top U.S. universities a way to blunt AI cheating and revive real learning.
- Wednesday August 23, 2023
- Author: Adrian Wooldridge