Linkage: The Economist’s 2019-2020 Core Themes

Julian Hebron | January 1, 2020

My first few 2020 Linkage posts will organize 2019 stories with core themes carrying into 2020. Linkage exists to curate and track core themes with 5-10 links. But these first few posts will be longer as I log this stuff for reference later.

Today’s post is an Economist special edition since they’re the best in the biz. All links below are core themes The Basis Point and its readers care about. If you’re not an Economist subscriber and run out of free clicks, let me know and I’ll share key points with you.

Links below there are in 5 sections so you can scroll right to your favorite core themes:

– Banking & Fintech Stuff

– Market Outlook & Structure Stuff

– Political & Regulatory Stuff

– Media & Marketing Stuff

– Career, Startup & Entrepreneur Stuff

Happy reading…

BANKING & FINTECH STUFF

Big tech enters low-profit banking, not for your money, but for your data(economist.com)
Fintechs will continue reshaping how and who we bank with(worldin.economist.com)
49% of Americans bank on their phones(economist.com)
Fintech more likely to strengthen banks than unseat them(economist.com)
Special Report: Young people and their phones are shaking up banking(economist.com)
America is decade behind on digital money vs. cash.(economist.com)
How fintechs have matured from peer-to-peer lenders into banks(economist.com)
Private equity king Blackstone is not done growing(economist.com)

MARKET OUTLOOK & STRUCTURE STUFF

Will trade war cause consumer inflation-led downturn? (worldin.economist.com)
How long can global expansion last?(economist.com)
Implications of a stock market run by computers (SUMMARY) (economist.com)
Implications of a stock market run by computers (DEEP DIVE) (economist.com)
How SOFR will replace LIBOR by end of 2021(economist.com)
Special Report: America's future will be written California & Texas (economist.com)

POLITICAL & REGULATORY STUFF

The last decade's banking compliance boom is a good thing(economist.com)
Why politicians who push rent control are wrong(economist.com)
How Paul Volcker modernized financial markets and policy(economist.com)
Elizabeth Warren wants to remake American capitalism(economist.com)
How to police political advertising(economist.com)
U.S. banking supervision is unfit for digital age(economist.com)
Special Report: America's future will be written in California & Texas(economist.com)

MEDIA & MARKETING STUFF

Will Disney+ win in the end? It won't breakeven till 2024(economist.com)
No TV or streaming firm has over 20% market share by revenue. Who will win?(economist.com)
The median American is now 38 years old. In 2020, for the first time in history, the median human will be over 30(worldin.economist.com)

CAREER, STARTUP, ENTREPRENEUR STUFF

2020 is the "young old" decade where boomers keep hustling (worldin.economist.com)
Do the benefits of video conferencing outweigh the agonies? (economist.com)