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Month: September 2025

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The shocking part of the TikTok settlement that no one’s talking about

There are many reasons to be concerned about freedom of expression in America these days. But one of them, and perhaps the most insidious, is going under the radar. I am talking about the framework agreement under which TikTok’s US…

Free Speech and the Kirk Assassination

It is a depressing sign of our illiberal times: the assassination of a right-wing youth organizer who embraced public debate and engaged in provocative free speech has provoked sweeping new threats to public debate and freedom of expression – from…

Digital Currency Digitization of money

Networks of Money: Shoring Up Dollar Dominance with Cryptocurrency

The dominance of the US dollar has been increasingly contested in recent times. Rising US debt levels, coordinated de-dollarization efforts among BRICS economies, and the rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) and cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin raise questions about…

General

A conversation with the author of “Apple in China”

On Thursday, September 11, IGP will host a webinar with Patrick McGee, the author of “Apple in China.” This well-researched book tells the story of Apple’s symbiotic relationship with manufacturing companies in China – how it evolved, what it accomplished,…