This is a special edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today: a digestif of the Bloomberg editorial board’s most-read articles of 2024. To read more from the board, which publishes the views of the editors across a range of national and global affairs, click here.

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• A Bitcoin Reserve Could Be the Biggest Crypto Scam Yet
• $8 Billion for Intel Won’t Fix America’s Chip Problem
• AI Will Transform Medicine. There’s Just One Catch

• Trump’s Conviction Is a Grim Sign for US Politics
• Trump’s ‘Epic’ Deregulation Must Preserve Financial Stability
• Vance Seals the Arrival of Big-Government Conservatism

• AI Is a Humongous Electricity Hog. That’s Great.
• The Great Lithium Race Could Go Horribly Wrong
• Microsoft’s Three Mile Island Deal Is Great News

• The H-1B Lottery Is Too Easily Gamed. Here’s How to Fix It.
• Gavin Newsom’s Minimum-Wage Law Is Half-Baked
• America Needs More China Experts
• Federal Workers Should Be Back in the Office
• We Need to Talk About Taxes

• A Hospital Bankruptcy Offers a Cautionary Tale on Private Equity
• Simple Economics Can Help Cut Health-Care Costs
• ‘Digital Twins’ Are No Longer Science Fiction

• Don’t Buy Putin’s Bluff. The West Can Outspend Him.
• A Ukraine Cease-Fire Might Do More Harm Than Good
• The Death of the WTO Now Looks Inevitable
• US Shouldn’t Pour More Money Into Missile Silos

• Legal Marijuana Is Making Roads Deadlier
• NYCB Woes Offer Lessons Beyond Real Estate
• New York Clears the Way for 80,000 Homes. It’s a Start.
• Payment Scams Are Surging. Banks Need Help.

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