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FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 31, 2026

Israel's de facto annexation of the West Bank
New housing tenders could end chance of a contiguous Palestinian state

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 31, 2026

Don't write off Russia's defence industry yet
Moscow's arms manufacturers are adapting and innovating in ways that could threaten Nato in the future

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 31, 2026

Trump's tariff fix leaves US trade policy in permanent flux
America's use of Section 301 means future administrations cannot just leave charges untouched or allow them to lapse

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 31, 2026

Whose fiscal problems would you prefer?
Lenders must choose between countries behaving like a bingeing entrepreneur, an elderly but reputable business owner and an indebted aristocrat

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 31, 2026

Sixty years of Notting Hill Carnival
The event — which began as a form of resistance against racism — draws millions to the streets of west London

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 31, 2026

How climate volatility shakes up companies' earnings too
Supply chains are vulnerable to heatwaves and cyclones

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 31, 2026

The missing piece in the US oil and gas boom: jobs
Production and profits are rising strongly but industry employment has fallen since Trump came to power

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 31, 2026

The missing piece in Trump's oil and gas boom: jobs
Production and profits are rising strongly but industry employment has fallen since Trump came to power

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 31, 2026

UK investment trusts struggle to keep up the liquidity illusion
Boaz Weinstein's activist campaigns expose the strains in a centuries-old model

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 31, 2026

Trump's threats against Canada are self-defeating
His predecessors in the White House understood that a unified North American bloc made the US more secure and prosperous

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 31, 2026

Will financial innovation dethrone the dollar?
The evolution of a truly multi-polar currency market depends on governments' willingness to embrace technology and fortify markets

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 30, 2026

Americans feel they have lost their agency
People increasingly blame large corporations for the sense that they have ever less control over their own lives

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 30, 2026

Meta's settlement is a starting point
Governments can use it as leverage as they mull social media bans for minors

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 30, 2026

Friends with fiscal benefits
Cross-class friendships appear to be one of the strongest predictors of upward mobility for people in low socio-economic groups

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 30, 2026

One fix for UK plc's underperformance: equity for all
A new proposal suggests doubling the pay of board directors using stock options

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 30, 2026

Summer might be ending, but we can hold on to some of its magic
It offers not the opportunity to do nothing but to have the time to do things slowly

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 30, 2026

Women make friends differently from men at work
They build tighter, more genuine connections that may not always be to their advantage

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 30, 2026

Your body is not a machine
Mechanical metaphors are useful, but such reductionism is no guide to life

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 29, 2026

Warsh charts a forward-looking path for the Fed at Jackson Hole
This might be remembered as a moment when the central bank switched approach

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 29, 2026

Is the 60-40 portfolio dead?
Under inflation, bonds are no longer a good diversifier

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 29, 2026

Risk of a new age of financial repression is rising
The idea of pushing US government bonds down the throats of investors is being taken increasingly seriously

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 29, 2026

The end of cheap food has costs far beyond the grocery store
Research estimates that climate-related shocks could add between 0.9 and 3.2 percentage points to the annual rate of food inflation around the globe by 2035

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 29, 2026

Zero-sum thinking will fuel resentment and scarcity
The assumption that one group must lose for another to gain has become worryingly widespread

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 29, 2026

Fancy lattes whip up their own mini investment boom
Premium coffee stores are doing a roaring trade along with the companies that supply the machines and beans

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 29, 2026

How finance redeemed itself
And what tech, the new black sheep, can learn from it

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 29, 2026

‘It takes real flair to come up with something so diverting' — Jay Rayner reviews Saawaros, Elephant and Castle
In a room above The Albert Arms, a former Fallow chef is delivering personal, high-flavour and utterly compelling Thai cooking

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 29, 2026

The battle over British bubbles
Mark Dixon's Silverhand Estate wants to make sparkling wine in England at Prosecco prices. Not everyone in the industry is raising a glass

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 28, 2026

Neoclouds show how to amplify risks in AI ecosystems
Fledgling companies that rent out servers and chips are in big demand but any unravelling will be ugly

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 28, 2026

US manufacturing is booming — but it's no thanks to Trump's tariffs
This is not the nostalgic, protectionism-fuelled return that the president promised

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 28, 2026

Warsh settles some nerves at Jackson Hole
Speech gave a crisper picture of how he reads the economy but leaves open questions over Fed ‘reaction function'

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 28, 2026

The age of the e-bike
There are ways to make them safer without banning them from city centres

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 28, 2026

Why banks find it so hard to manage reputational risk
It is one thing to assess facts, another to weigh up the public reaction to them

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 28, 2026

Have you got 10 minutes?
The fightback against online ‘life-hacks' starts here

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 28, 2026

The US consumer is showing some strain
Spending is rising, but not on the right stuff

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 28, 2026

A divine garden in a former coal-mining town
Historical spectacle and harmonious drifts of flowers and foliage bring a longstanding project in County Durham to fruition

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 28, 2026

Meta's $18bn settlement shows the wrong way to keep kids safe
Relying on mutual compromise is a flawed way to protect young users

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 28, 2026

Letting tax cheats off the hook is costing America
Politicised enforcement is targeting minnows while allowing the wealthiest scofflaws to escape unscathed

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 28, 2026

Is China's ‘wise camel' the winner from the US-Iran war?
Beijing has threatened to retaliate with ‘all necessary measures' if the US hits it with sanctions

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

De-dollarisation may not be over
Recent pick-up in dollar's share of global foreign exchange reserves does not amount to a trend reversal

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

Warsh goes to Jackson Hole
The Fed chair must reassure markets in his forthcoming speech

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

In asset management, the race for scale is becoming urgent
Even with markets at record highs, the pressure to find new clients is mounting

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

‘Headless software' signals further AI-led shake-up
The SaaS-pocalypse might be easing but industry change is accelerating

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

Why 5% Treasuries aren't crushing emerging markets
Owning EM bonds has not been so terrible in the past year

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

Don't draw the wrong conclusion from Treasury yields
Investors are marking up their expectations for long-run economic growth in the US

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

Humanoid robots will be useful, just not as we imagined
Bipedal robots may look impressive doing tricks on YouTube, but the real value lies with their less flashy, highly functional industrial cousins

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

AI's hacking capabilities are severely underestimated
It is now startlingly easy to put together a cheap and destructive cyber attack

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

Autumn can't come soon enough for home sellers
The housing market is highly seasonal — and understanding that might be the key to getting the best deal

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

Is AI making workers more vulnerable?
A new study could be the missing link between reports that AI is leading employers to rethink roles and the dearth of evidence on job displacement

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

The battle plans in Trump's tariff wars look more witless each time
Canada was right to resist US intimidation

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

The political cost of Thames Water
Privatisation has become associated with failures, such as in the water industry, rather than its successes

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

Thames Water saga undermines case for more market solutions
Privatisation has become associated with failures, such as in the water industry, rather than its successes

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

AI revenue reporting: slop
Plus, more on bad weather

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

Burnham's energy challenge: getting more UK households off gas
The prime minister could make electricity more attractive to incentivise switching

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

Harry and Meghan — are you ready for the sequel?
The Sussexes have landed. The frenzy reignites

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

‘Drill, baby, drill' rings out in Norway
Scandinavian country is looking to double down on oil and gas despite EU green rhetoric

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

Are economists making themselves too useful in the AI boom?
The rush to collaborate with these tech companies comes with risks

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

Price wars come for sneakers today, AI giants tomorrow
A race to the bottom may benefit consumers, but profitability can collapse in the process

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

The US is gambling with its role as the world's investment hub
If being overweight America is not the default option, it will upset the country's economic equilibrium

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

Have you discovered the magic of Merlin?
A free app has propelled birdwatching into the mainstream, offering a portal to a hidden world

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

The price of political fragility in markets
Moves in the risk premiums on sovereign bonds depend on how power is organised

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 27, 2026

How political fragility affects markets
Moves in the risk premiums on sovereign bonds depend on how power is organised

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 26, 2026

Dating, delinquents and the power of second chances
Japanese Netflix show ‘Badly in Love' puts 11 troubled young people in a confined space and waits for Eros to light the touchpaper

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 26, 2026

El Niño's looming threat to the global food system
The world must be better prepared for big recurring shocks to agriculture

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 26, 2026

Dolly Parton's lessons for business
The singer will be remembered mostly for her records, but she was also an entrepreneur

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 26, 2026

What businesses can learn from Dollynomics
Parton will be remembered mostly for her records, but she was also an entrepreneur

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 26, 2026

‘Cool Britannia' is back — but it needs patrons
Targeted investment in culture would help the UK keep up with US and Asian philanthropy in the arts

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 26, 2026

Life inside an American coal mine
Operators are trying to make familiar an industry that seems consigned to another era

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 26, 2026

What I learnt 800ft underground in an American coal mine
Operators are trying to make familiar an industry that seems consigned to another era

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 26, 2026

The end of Trumpsplaining
The pretence that America's leader is a grand strategist will not survive the Iran fiasco

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 26, 2026

Prediction markets revisited
Plus: salt caverns

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 26, 2026

Ignore Jane Austen, income investing has big drawbacks
Living on investment income alone no longer constitutes a financial strategy for most better-off Britons

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 26, 2026

Random is as random does
Just don't ask a human what it means

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 26, 2026

Saga's over-fifties holidays are finally turning silver into gold
Swapping insurance underwriting for selling other companies' policies and refocusing on its brand and customer base was a good decision

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 26, 2026

Why today's markets are not as contradictory as they seem
What looks like a breakdown in historical correlations may simply reflect a different macroeconomic regime

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 26, 2026

Note to the prime minister: you won't find the future in the past
Forward-looking ideas are being crowded out on all sides by myths about a better yesterday

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 26, 2026

Britain can't afford to fail on social care reform
Lack of support for family carers holds back the economy by reducing earnings and high costs distort consumer spending

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 26, 2026

It is time to think about updating your trust
Geopolitics and evolving family relationships militate towards reconsidering how and even where a trust is run

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

America's economic war on Iran has a China problem
The US cannot fully isolate Tehran unless other trade partners co-operate

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

Will Iceland join the EU?
A consultative vote next week could rekindle membership talks and pave the way for a new axis of expansion

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

How First Brands' billion-dollar rescue hit the skids
Hedge funds that funded the bankruptcy have been left with a ‘clunker' as this was no ordinary debt-induced collapse

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

Could nuclear fusion become economically viable?
Some scientists have come up with a way of measuring its commercial value

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

Trade disruptions give container shipping a temporary reprieve
Disruptions at sea and bottlenecks on land are pushing rates up and ensuring the industry remains buoyant

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

The drip-drip US debt crisis
Rising deficits and debt-servicing costs no longer seem to have the power to restore prudence

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

The problem with buying the dip in bonds
Plus, shelter cats

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

Skipton tries to show that building societies still matter
The mutual financial group based in the Yorkshire Dales wants to emphasise the personal touch

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

Socialists and Maga are both wrong about economic liberalism
People are not puppets responding to the string pulls of market forces — free enterprise gives us agency

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

China could rescue the oil market again — if it wanted to
People's Republic has ample spare capacity

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

Austerity denial and the mystery of Britain's shrunken state
There is a ready supply of explanations on offer at Westminster

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

Britain needs to pay more attention to its crumbling churches
Our places of worship face soaring repair costs, dwindling congregations and volunteer burnout

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

Shein's IPO pitch should be more Meta than H&M
Its rivals are not just clothes retailers but any business that provides screen-addicted users with a dopamine hit

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

Treasury market interventions are only a band-aid
Bessent's moves on the yen and long-dated bonds do little to assuage markets long-term

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

Meloni wants a snap election to hide her economic failures
Her proposed electoral reform could shore up the governing coalition despite its poor record in power

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

As dieters slim down, protein prices bulk up
A lot of people are finding an appetite for whey

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

High asset prices, not low interest rates, are driving inflation
Wealth distribution in the US has rendered the Federal Reserve's usual tools less effective

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

Revisiting the Lockerbie bombing, 37 years later
For the first time, a US court will try one of those alleged to be responsible for the attack

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

An offer Canada could only refuse
Saint Mark Carney's canonisation owes much to Donald Trump's inept bullying

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

The new world order? Every man for himself
Now that America has hung up its hat when it comes to championing democracy, it is springtime for tyrants

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

The great re-equitisation and the dollar
Plus, weathernomics

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

A ‘democratised' financial crisis is still a crisis
Private credit's insurance boom could have hidden costs

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

Climate is driving new geostrategy
Environmental changes are reshaping trade, commerce, logistics and geopolitics

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