Why your portfolio is less diversified than you might think
What is the best piece of investment advice you could fit into a single, short sentence? “Buy stocks” wins points for brevity...
Can Germany’s economy stage an unexpected recovery?
Michel the German, a national personification such as America’s Uncle Sam or Britain’s John Bull, is a sleepy fellow with a n...
Georgia Meloni has grand banking ambitions
There are various ways to look at the unexpected €13.3bn ($13.9bn) bid that Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) made for Medioban...
Giorgia Meloni has grand banking ambitions
There are various ways to look at the unexpected €13.3bn ($13.9bn) bid that Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) made for Medioban...
Tech tycoons have got the economics of AI wrong
Even as economic growth was just taking off, some economists were already pessimistic. Coal, wrote William Stanley Jevons in ...
Donald Trump’s economic warfare has a new front
“ESPECIALLY INSANE.” “Drastic.” “Noisy and provocative.” These are just a few of the words used by tax experts—normally an ev...
Many governments talk about cutting regulation but few manage to
He brandished a chainsaw at campaign rallies, to signify his eagerness to clear-cut the thickets of bureaucracy and regulatio...
Around the world, an anti-red-tape revolution is taking hold
IN HIS OWN inimitable style, President Donald Trump has identified something he dislikes and approached it with a wrecking-ba...
Milei, Modi, Trump:an anti-red-tape revolution is under way
IN HIS OWN inimitable style, President Donald Trump has identified something he dislikes and approached it with a wrecking-ba...
By cutting off assistance to foreigners, America hurts itself
FOREIGN AID is easy to decry. Money is often wasted or stolen. Its benefits are hard to see. And giving money to foreigners m...