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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      Why the breakdown of the 9-to-5 job is making us lonelier

      Desynchronised working makes sense, as long as you don’t think too hard about real people

    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      The Top LineAnne-Sylvaine Chassany
      The lessons of the OpenAI soap opera for Europe

      Crisis at US start-up demonstrates hyper-reliance on Big Tech

      Xavier Niel
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Ben Ansell
      Parallel US and UK elections could bring dangers

      Cyber manipulation and contagious polarisation are higher risks if both polls are held next autumn

      Montage of images of a big ballot box in the foreground with a person posting in their ballot paper, against a background of the UK and US flags in red and white
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      Tell Sid all you like — but he might not buy NatWest

      Next generation of investors can buy into the sentiment even if they don’t want to own shares in UK banks

      A “Tell Sid” magazine ad from the 1980s
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Markets InsightTakashi Miwa
      The Bank of Japan is subtly shifting approach

      The central bank is nearing the end of its yield curve control policy

      A pedestrian walks past the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      LexVirgin Money PLC
      Virgin Money: challenger valuation due to its challenging outlook Premium content

      Bank’s conservative stance on the economy is well founded, as is the market’s caution with the shares

      A woman walks past a Virgin Money cash machine
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      LexOil & Gas industry
      Oil and gas and renewables: virtue is starting to look like its own reward Premium content

      Investments are starting to yield a reasonable return — with a lot less price volatility

      Only 1 per cent of the investments that go into the energy transition come from the oil and gas industry, according to the IEA
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Gillian Tett
      Crypto power struggle enters new stage with Binance settlement

      Central authorities struck a blow against libertarian entrepreneurs this week

      Illustration of an American bald eagle holding a Binance logo in its beak
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      A much-needed truce between Israel and Hamas

      Pause in hostilities to release hostages should lead to a humanitarian ceasefire

      People walk past a mural calling for the return of the hostages kidnapped during the October 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel,
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Helen Barnard
      Jeremy Hunt has not done nearly enough to alleviate hunger and hardship

      Some of the UK chancellor’s measures are very welcome — but much more needs to be done

      A sign painted on the side of a house directs people to a local food bank in Leeds
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      LexIPOs
      IPOs: start-ups that missed their moment risk alienating employees Premium content

      Dearth of listings has meant a lack of exits for staff with stock options

      The Instacart logo showing on the digital billboards of the Nasdaq stock exchange
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      LexChinese economy
      China property: running out of options as fallout spreads to shadow banking Premium content

      Systemic risks are mounting among non-banking financial bodies that lend to struggling house developers

      Unfinished apartment buildings
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      John Thornhill
      OpenAI has just fused its corporate ‘kill switch’

      Abandoning attempts to hold the company to account for the impact of its technology would be a tragic mistake

      Sam Altman
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      LexSemiconductors
      Resonac: fertilising growth for the chip industry   Premium content

      The Japanese chemical company’s US expansion is timely

      A worker handles silicon chips at a semi-conductor plant in Lenzburg, Switzerland
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Free LunchMartin Sandbu
      Autumn Statement: a very British (tax) affair Premium content

      The problems with letting the fiscal rule tail wag the budget dog

      The Treasury building in London
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      FT MagazineSimon Kuper
      How to tackle your inner climate denier

      Like many others, my instinctive response is to change the subject, but collectively that has to change

    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Instant InsightTony Barber
      Far-right Dutch victory puts European liberal democracy on defensive

      Geert Wilders’ success will make it harder for EU to forge common stances on migration, Ukraine and enlargement

      Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right Freedom party (PVV)
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Elisabeth Braw
      Chinese-made wind farms could become a new sabotage risk

      These turbines cost less than half the average price of those manufactured elsewhere

      Offshore wind turbines silhouetted against a dramatic sunset
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      OutlookJosh Noble
      Why the race to host world sporting events has slowed to a halt

      As costs have soared, there is less appetite to build sporting complexes which are destined for white elephant status

      Photo of the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
      A faint chance of success for Javier Milei

      The new Argentine president’s ‘anarcho-capitalism’ undermines the idea of a unified “Global South”

      President of Argentina Alberto Fernández and president-elect Javier Milei pose for a picture
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Leo Lewis
      Japan’s clash of titans could be the boldest trade of the year

      The confrontation between Kitao and Murakami shows how much the country has changed

      Montage image of Yoshiaki Murakami, left, and Yoshitaka Kitao
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Martin Wolf
      Hunt may be lucky but he has not solved the UK growth challenge

      The real problem the chancellor faces is the poor performance of the economy in the long run

      Illustration of Jeremy Hunt using a leaf blower to blow a flurry of £5 notes around
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      LexTelecoms
      US telcos: distant cash flows from fibre are uncertain Premium content

      Groups needing to spend tens of billions of dollars on broadband lines are in an awkward position

      Fibre optic cables
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Robert Shrimsley
      A Tory chancellor walks into a bar . . . 

      Hunt has given the Conservatives a story to tell the voters but no one should assume it has a happy ending

      Jeremy Hunt after delivering the Autumn Statement
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Jeremy Hunt’s fiscal fudge

      Britain’s Autumn Statement is good, bad and ugly all at the same time

      Jeremy Hunt departs Downing Street to deliver his Autumn Statement to UK parliament
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