The law of heavyweights, a demographic shadow, a call for guardrails — Each Thursday, The Next Zeitgeist highlights reader articles on Medium, comments, and updates. The U.S.-Chinese showdown: Last week, Mathew Burrows and Julian Mueller-Kaler, both of the Atlantic Council, wrote that if the U.S. and China go to war, as seems more and more possible, subsequent trends could drive them into…

Four scenarios that portend normal competition after the current tension — Look at any Western newspaper or think tank report these days: China is in the headlines and not with favor. Very few have good words to say about the Middle Kingdom. Even Europeans appear to be moving in the bellicose U.S. …

‘The case for the $40-an-hour wage’ — The Next Zeitgeist highlights reader articles on Medium, comments, and updates. The future $40-an-hour wage This blog launched last week with the unifying principle of identifying the next-next big idea of the moment — the next zeitgeist. Thanks to readers who have hit the follow link above, and those who took the time to…

Polarization and tribalism are stirred when the aim is sub-middle class pay — One of the most surprising recent additions to the American political bedrock is the $15-an-hour federal minimum wage. …