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How to share the AI windfall
Are taxes enough?
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The jobs apocalypse: a (very) short history
Mass unemployment induced by AI would be unprecedented
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Is AI putting graduates out of work already?
If you are studying coding, we might have some bad news
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America and China are shielding the world from an oil catastrophe
Will they lose their nerve before Hormuz reopens?
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How the world has avoided an oil catastrophe so far
The great commodity-market mystery is deepening
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Index rebalancing is now the biggest event in markets
But profiting from it is another matter
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China wants more robots but not fewer workers
A human-first approach to automation
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American productivity is going gangbusters
AI hasn’t—yet—got much to do with it
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America is experiencing a productivity miracle
AI hasn’t—yet—got much to do with it
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7
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The myth of the petrodollar
The dominance of America’s currency runs deeper than oil
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7
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DeepSeek and Alibaba rescue China’s office landlords
Technology firms are reviving (a few) Chinese commercial-property markets
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7
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Unicredit’s lowball bid for Commerzbank causes consternation
A bad-tempered battle for a big German bank
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UniCredit’s lowball bid for Commerzbank causes consternation
A bad-tempered battle for a big German bank
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7
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Donald Trump’s foreign policy gets a muscular finance arm
The Development Finance Corporation’s loan book may soon rival the World Bank’s
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Can Bill Ackman save the closed-end fund?
An outspoken financier wants to build a modern-day Berkshire Hathaway
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9
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The EU wants to unshackle its economy. For real this time
Eurocrats are belatedly developing a healthy distaste for red tape
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Bad government statistics can cost the economy billions
A new study tries to put a number on the value of reliable numbers
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Can countries grow richer by exporting people, not goods?
That depends where those people end up
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India’s weak currency reflects deeper problems than the Iran war
It highlight a persistent inability to draw in foreign investors
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How Kalshi can help the Federal Reserve
Prediction markets may be a win for central banking
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15
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A global fight over banking rules is just getting started
Co-operation on the financial system will be the casualty
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17
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San Francisco, AI capital of the world, is an economic laggard
Artificial intelligence is booming. Its heartland is not
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17
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Will Kevin Warsh Trumpify the Federal Reserve?
The incoming Fed chair says he wants regime change. But a revolution is unlikely
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21
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Has the World Bank performed a U-turn on industrial policy?
Interventionists who think so should read its new report more closely
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21
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Renewables are shining. The Iran war amplifies their appeal
Two new reports are a must-read of energy-starved governments
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21
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Xi Jinping wants a powerful currency. America’s war has helped
More countries are starting to use China’s payment infrastructure
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21
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Chinamaxxing is starting to catch on, in China
It’s a boon for the tourist trade
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22
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Global energy markets are on the verge of a disaster
Scenarios now range from bad to awful
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22
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The stablecoin market has got too stable
Rapid growth in dollar-backed cryto has stalled
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American corporate profits keep shrugging off global tumult
Earnings expectations are through the roof
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Hormuz is (apparently) unblocked. Energy markets remain a mess
Mines, mistrust and missing ships will keep markets tight for months
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28
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Global imbalances are back. Who’s to blame?
The suspects look familiar
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Pakistan’s deft diplomacy is an economic blessing. And a curse.
It allows the country’s rulers to put off necessary reforms
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Pakistan’s deft diplomacy is an economic blessing. And a curse
It allows the country’s rulers to put off necessary reforms
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War will drain the Gulf’s $6trn treasure chest
The conflict complicates life for the custodians of Middle Eastern oil fortunes
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How to build a portfolio when bonds fail to buffer stocks
The classic hedge has fallen apart, but don’t dump it just yet