Friday, July 31, 2026

HAVE A HAPPY THOUGHT >> Time will tell, . . .sooner or later

 


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Zitron: "Everyone Has Been Sold a Lie" on AI | Bloomberg Podcasts

Jul 31, 2026
Following earnings this week that saw tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon report aggressive AI spending plans, EZ Primary Research CEO Ed Zitron gives his more skeptical take on the industry. In speaking about OpenAI and Anthropic


 Zitron argues "everyone is buying into these stocks because they believe all of that CapEx is going towards diverse and spread out AI demand, when in fact, what it's actually doing is helping create infrastructure for two unprofitable, unsustainable companies." -------- Watch Bloomberg Radio LIVE on YouTube Weekdays 7am-6pm ET Saturday & Sunday 7am-10am ET WATCH HERE: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF Follow us on X:   / bloombergradio  

Mapped: Where Innovation Is Thriving Across America | Visual Capitalist

ARIZONA RANKED 18.4 ---- Most Innovative score = 100

🔥 August starts with a blast—dangerous desert heat Saturday. Extreme Heat Warnings! Be safe | Matt Brode


 

The World Trade Organization: A Path to Renewal

 Collective stewardship offers a different path. It does not promise a return to the WTO of the 1990s. What it does offer is a way to slow the drift from rules-based outcomes to power-based ones. In that sense, MC14 did not show that the WTO has no future. It showed that the future of the WTO will depend less on grand multilateral bargains than on whether members can make this more pragmatic model work—open plurilateral cooperation on disciplined, positive-sum terms within the WTO framework, with broader multilateralization where that becomes possible.

The World Trade Organization: A Path to Renewal

Its economic logic endures. But keeping the benefits of a global economy also calls for new models of cooperation.

Friday, July 31, 2026


The World Trade Organization is widely described as a system in terminal decline. The evidence seems easy to assemble. The Doha Round failed years ago. The dispute-settlement system no longer functions as originally intended. The United States has turned sharply toward unilateral tariffs and more openly transactional trade policy. China has combined deep integration into the world economy with extensive state intervention. Europe has projected climate and other regulatory goals outward through measures with significant cross-border effects. And the fastest-moving parts of the global economy—digital trade, data flows, and artificial intelligence—remain only partially covered by the WTO rulebook.

So, is this the moment for a requiem?

Not yet.

the commons dispatch

A vision of how America and other free societies can respond to global transformation.

The Commons Dispatch is a channel produced in partnership with the Hoover Institution's Economic and Security Commons initiative, which draws on America’s constitutional principles and reflects the Hoover Institution’s founding commitments: to advance freedom and to address the world’s shared challenges.

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The Mesa Chamber Welcomes Josh Flake and Scott Morris of Gateway Bank - YouTube

On this episode of the Inside Business Podcast, Mesa Chamber President & CEO Sally Harrison sits down with Scott Morris and Josh Flake of Gateway Bank to discuss why they love serving the Mesa community, what sets Gateway Bank apart, the relationships they build with local businesses, and the passion and purpose that drive their work every day.


They also share what it means for Gateway Bank to be recognized as the 2026 Small Business of the Year at the Mesa Has Heart Awards. Learn more about Gateway Bank: https://gcbaz.com/