The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Social Security’s trust fund is nearing insolvency, and the borrowing binge that may follow will rip through debt markets, economist warns [7d]
• Southeast Asia’s fast-growing hospitality industry has a people problem. Here’s what leading brands are doing to get the staff they need [7d]
• Confronting Asia’s growing rate of chronic conditions means tackling cultural issues as much as medical ones [7d]
• One of Stanford’s original AI gurus says productivity liftoff has begun after doubling in 2025 amid transition to ‘harvest phase’ along J-curve [7d]
• Gasoline-starved California is turning to fuel from the Bahamas [7d]
• Trump’s border czar says ‘small’ security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown. ‘We’ll get back to the original footprint’ [7d]
• U.S. literally can’t afford to lose superpower status as debt looms—so we’re stuck in an ‘increasingly loveless’ marriage with Europe, analyst says [7d]