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What if artificial intelligence is just a “normal” technology?
Its rise might yet follow the path of previous technological revolutions
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Bond vigilantes take aim at France
With any luck, the stand-off might focus politicians’ minds
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The hard right’s plans for Europe’s economy
It has moderated, but offers little hope of growth-boosting reform
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Why supply shocks are a trap for commodity investors
Lessons from lithium’s fake rally
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China turns crypto-curious
But would the country’s leaders really want stablecoins to succeed?
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America is escaping its office crisis
The torment caused by covid-19 and high interest rates appears to be over
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The threat of deflation stalks Asia’s economies
Blame China, slumping commodities and creaky growth
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Gambling or investing? In America, the line is increasingly blurred
Bet on stocks in a prediction market run by a sports-betting firm and a futures exchange
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How Trump’s war on the Federal Reserve could do serious damage
Just consider what happens if inflation starts to rise again
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Assessing the case against Lisa Cook
How strong is the evidence against her, and how bad would it be if the claims were true?
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Why you should buy your employer’s shares
Even though doing so flies in the face of most financial advice
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The Economist’s finance and economics internship
We invite applications for our Marjorie Deane scheme
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Even as China’s economy suffers, stocks soar. What’s going on?
The Shanghai Composite is defying gravity
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Trump “fires” Lisa Cook, escalating his war on the Federal Reserve
There is little precedent: no Fed governor has been dismissed for cause before
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Trump’s interest-rate crusade will be self-defeating
The president’s threats loomed over this year’s Jackson Hole conference
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Trump’s crusade against the Federal Reserve will be self-defeating
The president’s demand for lower interest rates has so far met with stoic resistance
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Fear the deficit-populism doom loop
Politicians, particularly in Europe, are in a terrible bind
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Economists disagree about everything. Don’t they?
Not any more
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The green transition has a surprising new home
Forget about northern Europeans, with their coalition governments and love of cycling
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Can China cope with a deindustrialised future?
Communist Party officials face a difficult ideological turn
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Trump’s trade victims are shrugging off his attacks
And China is gaining in the process
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In praise of complicated investing strategies
To understand markets, forget Occam’s razor
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How America’s AI boom is squeezing the rest of the economy
Beware the data-centre takeover
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Why America can’t shake off inflation
Our measure of entrenchment suggests its problem is the rich world’s worst
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Where has the worst inflation problem?
We update our entrenchment measure
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Growth-loving authoritarians are failing on their own terms
In Asia, East Africa and the Gulf leaders now face an unpleasant choice
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What 630,000 paintings say about the world economy
Artists are the unacknowledged economists of the world
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Who will win from Trump’s tariffs?
New rates mean new “China plus one” locations
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Where will win from Trump’s tariffs?
New rates mean new “China plus one” locations
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To sell Fannie and Freddie, Trump must answer a $7trn question
Investor optimism means the duo are outperforming Nvidia
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Ivy League universities are on a debt binge
The borrowers, which include Harvard, Princeton and Yale, benefit from a “prestige premium”
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Palantir might be the most overvalued firm of all time
What would make it worth buying?
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Palantir might be the most over-valued firm of all time
What would make it worth buying?
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America’s housing market is shuddering
For the country’s homeowners, the good times are coming to an end
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Xi Jinping’s city of the future is coming to life
It is both impressive and worrying
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An economist’s guide to big life decisions
Forget your trip to the dentist. A new check-up is required
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Want better returns? Forget risk. Focus on fear
A recent study suggests a new paradigm for asset pricing
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If America goes after India’s oil trade, China will benefit
A crackdown on Russian crude would have knock-on consequences
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America’s fertility crash reaches a new low
Even once-fecund states are having fewer children
