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Silver Lake is an Ally to Exceptional Executives
Perhaps the world's most renowned software and technology-focused private equity firm tends to back competent CEOs and founders. Its success relies on…
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The Ministry That Built Japan’s Economy
An effective economic bureaucracy guided Japan from the ruin of war to becoming the world’s second-largest economy within a few decades. Succession…
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Indonesia’s Ambition to Become an Industrial Giant
The populous and resource-rich Southeast Asian country has many of the fundamentals for industrialization, but will face challenges in building state…
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Lenovo is a Functional Dead Player in Computers
The world's top personal computer maker is a Chinese company originally founded by state-employed computer specialists. Although it remains a functional…
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February 2025

Greece Shows the Future of Dead Player Democracies
For decades, the Greek government funded social transfers and subsidies with debt while neglecting industrial competitiveness. The collapse of this…
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Walmart is a Functional Retail Empire
The largest corporation in the world by both revenue and employees is an American family business. It has successfully albeit slowly adapted to the…
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Xiaomi is a Dynamic Live Player in Consumer Hardware
The young Chinese company mainly sells smartphones, but has also rapidly entered new product categories ranging from home appliances to electric…
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Seven Briefs the White House Should Read
As a new presidential administration settles into power in Washington, here are the top Bismarck Briefs most relevant to the next four years of…
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Cocaine is the Most Valuable Industry in Colombia
The Latin American country's most valuable export is illegal. With a weak state and weak economic prospects otherwise, the country's political economy…
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January 2025

The Potential of Humanoid Robots
The hardware of humanoid robots is roughly solved, albeit at great cost. Live players are now attempting to create sufficiently intelligent software…
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How to Hire Bismarck Analysis
Since 2017, our company has advised investors, philanthropists, companies, and governments, who turn to us to help make unique, qualitative, and…
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Canada’s Underutilized Wealth of Natural Resources
Despite sparse populations and a wealth of oil, gas, and minerals, Canada's political economy does not favor resource extraction beyond the immediate…
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