What I read this week...

TikTok does retail, new college admissions data, survey on America's gender divide

All-In E139 (Italy edition!): bit.ly/alline139 America’s Electric Power Transmission Crisis (Kleinman Center for Energy Policy) TikTok Wants to Sell Made-in-China Goods to Americans (WSJ) The Ron DeSantis campaign’s rocky reboot continues (Semafor) Star Founder Broke Down in Tears as Crises Engulfed Byju’s (Bloomberg) China Appoints New Central Bank Governor In Latest Bid To Revive Slumping Economy (ZeroHedge) Study of Elite College Admissions Data Suggests Being Very Rich Is Its Own Qualification (NYT Upshot) America’s Most Popular Drug Has a Puzzling Side Effect. We Finally Know…

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