James Surowiecki

James Surowiecki is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and the author of The Wisdom of Crowds.

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  1. The New King of Tech

    How Jensen Huang built Nvidia into a nearly $3 trillion business

    illustration of neon-colored collaged photo of Huang wearing glasses, jacket, and jeans with map of San Jose, Nvidia logo, and semiconductor diagrams
    Illustration by Ricardo Santos. Source: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP / Getty; USGS Publications Warehouse; Rawpixel.
  2. Wall Street Blew It

    Investors discounted everything Trump has ever said about trade and tariffs. We’re all going to pay for that mistake.

    An illustration showing Donald Trump walking behind a plunging arrow on a graph
    Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Getty; Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty.
  3. The Strategic Crypto Swindle

    A bitcoin reserve would be a government-backed grift.

    An illustration showing a bank-vault door branded as bitcoin
    Illustration by Jonelle Afurong / The Atlantic. Sources: Tipp Howell / Getty; Francesco Carta Fotografo / Getty.
  4. The Trump-Whim Economy Is Here

    Expectations of who will gain, and who will lose, from the president-elect’s second term are already moving markets.

    An illustration featuring Trump's face divided between up and down arrows to suggest stock-market price changes
    Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Source: Ethan Miller / Getty.
  5. How U.S. Steel Got Rolled

    The move to block a Japanese company from buying the American manufacturer puts political expediency ahead of industrial priorities.

    A steel I-beam suspended from a fraying cable
    Illustration by The Atlantic
  6. What the VW-Rivian Deal Means for Big Auto

    The joint venture between a legacy giant and an EV start-up will be a fascinating test of the industry’s effort to embrace technological change.

    A VW Beetle mounted on a microchip
    Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Sources: Getty; The Enthusiast Network / Getty.