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<title><![CDATA[Shira Ovide - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/23923.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Shira Ovide]]></description><category domain="23923">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Fed Confronts a Powerful New Economic Force]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/29/federal-reserve-officials-are-debating-ais-effect-economy-jobs/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Shira Ovide</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Officials at the country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s top financial institution regularly debate the effect of artificial intelligence on the U.S. economy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Rich Are Getting Richer in a Whole New Way]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/20/ai-is-increasing-inequality-economists-hedge-fund-leaders-warn/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Shira Ovide</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Evidence is mounting that artificial intelligence is helping the richest people and cities pull further ahead.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[AI Costs and Doubts Are Spreading]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/07/31/tech-giants-burning-cash-ai-create-risks-whole-economy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Shira Ovide</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The fates of the economy and millions of retirement accounts are entangled with a giant bet on artificial intelligence by leading tech firms.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Big Tech Digs a Moat That Rivals and Regulators Can't Cross]]></title>
							<link>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/big-tech-dug-moat-rivals-120012941.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Shira Ovide</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The biggest advantage for Amazon, Google and Facebook comes from physical infrastructure such as computer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' networks'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and logistics machines.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Facebook Just Can't Seem to Learn From Its Mistakes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-12-19/facebook-just-can-t-seem-to-learn-from-its-mistakes?srnd=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Shira Ovide</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The company never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Zuckerberg More Ruthless Than Clueless]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-12-06/mark-zuckerberg-is-more-ruthless-than-clueless?srnd=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Shira Ovide</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Internal emails show Facebook'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s CEO is much different from the image he would like to portray.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Amazon's Wage Hike Small Price to Pay for Its Reputation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/amazons-wage-raise-is-a-small-price-to-pay-for-its-reputation/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Shira Ovide</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The critiques of Amazon as a Dickensian sweatshop for warehouse workers aren't new, but Amazon's growing size and power do make it more exposed to the impression that it's a corporate villain perched atop an army of low-wage workers.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Facebook Went So Wrong So Fast]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-26/how-facebook-fb-went-so-wrong-so-fast</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Shira Ovide</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are four theories, and three of them are alarming.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tech Bubble Quietly Bursting w/Overvalued 'Unicorns']]></title>
							<link>http://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/tech-bubble-is-quietly-bursting-with-overvalued-unicorn-startups/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Shira Ovide</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Cloudera was the first 'unicorn''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? a startup valued at $1 billion or more '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? that went public at significantly less than its earlier private valuation. Most likely it won't be the last, and it's time for the startup world to reckon with the damage done to these fallen...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Campaign Revives Old Debate on Private Equity]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2012/01/11/romneys-campaign-revives-old-debate-about-private-equity/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Shira Ovide</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It has become the question of the moment thanks to the Republican campaign for president: Is the private-equity business a healthy outcrop of capitalism, or a job-sucking parasite on America?Private-equity firms historically have sought to buy companies using borrowed money, revamp their...]]></description>
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