What I read this week...

UK economy, tech deals on the horizon, and a perfect AP Calc score

What I read this week…

• TripActions reportedly files to go public at $12B valuation (TechCrunch)

• Stripe’s early stock awards could spur IPO plans (The Information)

• Software firm Workiva draws Thoma Bravo, TPG interest (Bloomberg)

• Bank of England intervenes in bond market after historic sell-off (CNBC)

• Paraguay calls for Taiwan to invest $1B to remain allies (FT)

• Uncle Sam wants to be an oil trader. That’s a bad idea (Bloomberg Opinion)

• What many progressives misunderstand about fighting climate change (The Atlantic)

• This climate tech boom is recession-proof (Bloomberg)

• Short sellers upended a small farm real-estate company. This is what it looked like. (WSJ)

• For China’s auto market, electric isn’t the future. It’s the present. (NYT)

• What Americans don’t understand about teachers and professors (The Atlantic)

• What NASA’s crash into an asteroid looks like (NYT)

• At least 6 injured in shooting at Oakland school (USA Today)

• Indiana teen becomes only student in the world to earn perfect score on AP Calculus Exam (WLWT)

On Twitter…

Melissa Chan @melissakchan

Good news for China, bad news for Taiwan. If China invades, Taiwan will very much be alone in terms of global public sentiment support for any military assistance, according to @gmfus polling. Even in the US, only 7% of Americans would be on board:

Melissa Chan @melissakchan

When it comes to Ukraine, things look different. Am surprised at the percentage of the public across Europe open to sending NATO troops to Ukraine, according to @gmfus:

Vox @voxdotcom

The 2022 midterm elections are fast approaching, and right now, they’re anything but straightforward. But a number of issues are energizing voters across the country — and they could determine whether Democrats or Republicans have the majority in both chambers of Congress.

FiveThirtyEight @FiveThirtyEight

Few issues had a wider partisan split than climate change or immigration in our FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos polling. But we did find more agreement across party lines when it came to legislative action to address climate change. 53eig.ht/3BVN4Dc

Brad Gerstner @altcap

The Fed’s “reconnaissance”, surveys, and forecasts have been shockingly wrong w massive consequences. In the age of AI - with real time data and radically advancing data science we can do better. Its time for a #manhattendataproject to transform how the Fed does data and policy.

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

Except this guy won't be able to create growth because Xi is calling all the shots, and if this guy were to actually suggest policies that boosted growth, Xi would fire him out of fear of being upstaged. RIP this guy

Bloomberg Next China @next_china

As doubts grow over whether Xi Jinping still prioritizes expanding China’s economy over other goals, he’s tipped to appoint a new economic adviser who’s vowed to put growth first https://t.co/RnhPlXesKB

Bloomberg Green @climate

With just 4% of North American car production currently electric, it will be years before every American who wants an EV can get one

trib.alBloomberg - Are you a robot?

Fast Company @FastCompany

Steve Case: Silicon Valley’s brain drain is bringing innovation back to small cities f-st.co/PMEc3xo

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