Don’t let Donald Trump see our Big Mac index
President Donald Trump likes fast food almost as much as he loves tariffs. During a government shutdown in his first term, he...
Do tariffs raise inflation?
Mountain-naming turned out to be a curiously high priority for Donald Trump. Mere hours after his inauguration, the president...
European governments struggle to stop rich people from fleeing
When a government falls apart, pay attention to the laws ministers still manage to pass. Germany’s collapsing “traffic-light”...
Saba Capital wages war on underperforming British investment trusts
“Have you no shame?” cried Boaz Weinstein during a presentation to investors on January 14th. The boss of Saba Capital, an Am...
How American bankers dodged the MAGA carnage
Wall Street was poorly represented in the expensive seats behind Donald Trump at his inauguration. That honour fell instead t...
Will Elon Musk dominate President Trump’s economic policy?
To get a full sense of the disruptive potential of Donald Trump’s economic agenda, look beyond the limelight hogged by Elon M...
Our Big Mac index shows how burger prices differ across borders
The big mac index was invented by The Economist in 1986 as a lighthearted guide to whether currencies are at their “correct” ...