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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicBloomberg Opinion

Topic: Bloomberg Opinion

Why we may be exactly wrong about technology and inequality

It’s easy for this kind of apprehension to lead to a sort of neo-Luddism in which technology is viewed as the enemy. The new technology could actually help reduce inequality.

Iraq troop withdrawal was Austin’s failure — and Biden’s

What’s puzzling is why Biden would select General Lloyd Austin to be his secretary of defense because of – not in spite of – his role in the US retreat from Iraq in 2011.

Putin has weathered Russia’s Covid toll by shifting blame

The Kremlin & Russian PM's govt have played a cynical game, shoving off responsibility for handling Covid crisis onto regional governors but holding on tightly to the financial reins.

Why Netanyahu and Saudi’s MBS have good reason to meet

Reports about a meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel & Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman come amid talks of a historic treaty taking shape in West Asia.

Vaccines can fight Covid but we still don’t know if they can stop transmission of virus

If a vaccine does not meaningfully reduce viral transmission, it leaves the unimmunized relatively vulnerable and has a better chance to keep mutating and evade our defenses.

Vaccines prove US is still capable of big accomplishments

Researchers at Moderna Inc. and Pfizer Inc. both announced preliminary results showing that their Covid-19 vaccines are more than 90% effective against the virus.

Biden needs to keep an eye on jobs — in China

While a fraying relationship and a Trumpian stance on China will persist, there’s now more to consider. China’s labor market could become a key lever.

Joe Biden needs a smooth transition for a strong start

President-elect Joe Biden now has work to do in dealing with a likely divided Congress and bringing together the American people as a whole.

Why Donald Trump’s election lawsuits are legally vacuous

It could be that the lawsuits to fight Biden’s apparently impending Electoral College victory are intended as preliminary efforts in what will be a strategy to delegitimise the outcome.

How lockdowns and working from home can make us less creative

Not only does virtual and distanced working risk loneliness, it is also bound to reduce on-the-job learning, creativity and innovation.

On Camera

India’s think tanks double up as lobbyists, give no disclosures. Hurt policymaking

Many 'independent' reports, intended to shape policies, are sponsored by industry groups or entities with deep pockets and vested interests. This process must become transparent.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.