Archive - Lady Business

Love and loss in Omaha

Warren Buffett’s cult of personality includes matter-of-fact mourning for his late best friend.

May 11 •

April 2025

All that glitters

Contemplating gold, billionaires, and how quickly our money can vanish, at the Brooklyn Museum.

Apr 6 •

March 2025

Please don't make me have to care about the FDIC

The U.S. agency that tries to prevent financial meltdowns is crucially important. But it should be very boring.

Mar 4 •

February 2025

Welcome to the dollhouse

Visiting the cultural past—and trade-war present—at Mexico City’s House of 1000 Dolls.

Feb 2 •

December 2024

The health care murder

The ghoulish reaction to a CEO's cold-blooded killing highlights just how broken our health care system is.

Dec 8, 2024 •

November 2024

It's the money, stupid.

Wealth was always going to win this election—with or without Elon Musk.

Nov 10, 2024 •

October 2024

Is *anyone* happy with our health care system?

It's the most expensive in the world—but even for-profit companies aren't happy. This week, it cost CVS CEO Karen Lynch her job.

Oct 20, 2024 •

September 2024

Taylor Swift and the champagne problems of fandom

On Vienna, presidential endorsements, and the respective power of a superstar and her fans.

Sep 22, 2024 •

July 2024

Morning edition, personal edition

Moving to NPR, and finally feeling excited about change.

Jul 28, 2024 •

May 2024

Soho House and the messy business of quality control

It all comes back to frozen yogurt.

May 5, 2024 •

April 2024

Aflac’s CEO confronts the inevitability of change

It comes for us all. So do you actively seek it, reluctantly embrace it—or try at all costs to avoid it?

Apr 14, 2024 •

March 2024

Under Armour’s CEO mess goes far beyond gender

Founder Kevin Plank has now replaced three CEOs in less than two years. It is and isn't about the glass cliff.

Mar 17, 2024 •

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