Structural Shifts Demand New Central Banking Mindset; AI Poaches Academics; Hobbies as Identity; Witkoff's Quiet Diplomacy
This article is a compilation of opinion pieces. Vivekanand Jayakumar argues that post-pandemic economic shifts require central banks to adopt greater flexibility and forward-looking decision-making due to altered inflation dynamics and monetary transmission. Lila Shroff and Rose Horowitch report that AI companies are recruiting star researchers from universities, shifting the center of AI research away from academia. Meehika Barua critiques the trend of turning hobbies into identity markers, causing guilt for those preferring quieter pursuits. Andrea Bernstein profiles Steve Witkoff, Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, who uses a business-oriented, kind approach to diplomacy, including brokering a ceasefire deal with Hamas and Israel.
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