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FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 19, 2026

France's riots expose the impotence of its political class
Shocking violence highlights deepening social division, fiscal constraints and a crisis of leadership

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 19, 2026

India's democracy once went looking for voters. Not any more
The franchise is being recast as a privilege citizens must repeatedly prove they deserve

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 19, 2026

Data centres need protection from drone warfare
AI infrastructure designs may now need to incorporate blast-resistant concrete, jamming gear and missile-defence systems

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 19, 2026

Indonesia's market is dysfunctional, not uninvestable
Banks are decent investments based on their growth and profitability

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 19, 2026

Is smart farming really smart business?
From eerie driverless tractors to precision spraying and sowing, AI is transforming America's agricultural life

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 19, 2026

The self-destructive wishful thinking about European autos and trade
France and Germany have synthesised their bad ideas about cars into a terrible plan

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 19, 2026

Zelenskyy, Europe and the end of Trump whispering
This new crisis looks different and the bloc's leaders are preparing to talk directly to Putin

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 19, 2026

FTSE as Hedge
Plus, midterms and AI

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 19, 2026

Hollywood recasts tech tycoons as bad billionaires
This new twist may portend a backlash against wealth creation in America

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 19, 2026

Which is worse for the planet, your kitchen extension or your 4x4?
The carbon footprint of the building work can be the same as driving 50,000 miles in Land Rover Defender. To avoid this, just ask the right questions?.?.?.

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 18, 2026

Burnham always wants to look like he's listening, especially when he isn't
A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 18, 2026

US rate rises are being amplified in global markets
The Iran war and shifts by China are tightening the supply of dollars in international markets

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 18, 2026

Trump's bid to make America cheap again has failed
Voters are increasingly linking rising energy prices to the administration's policies

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 18, 2026

Not every billionaire is a policy failure
Indiscriminately targeting those with 10-digit fortunes is arbitrary, misguided and costly

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 18, 2026

Trump's losing battle with green energy
The Iran war and AI boom are strengthening the case for clean power, despite the president's efforts to curb it

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 18, 2026

Why we just can't quit the site formerly known as Twitter
By some measures Elon Musk's $44bn purchase of the platform now called X has already paid for itself

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 18, 2026

The Trump administration has entered its utter shambles era
A disastrous five-day stint for the president's new press secretary is just the latest sign of chaos in the White House

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 18, 2026

Europe must liberate Belgium from its huge Russian assets risk
What happens if the US tries to take control of the hundreds of billions blocked in Euroclear?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 18, 2026

The US needs a social compact on data centres
Building them at home would allow policymakers to advance the interests of American companies and workers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 18, 2026

Why London looks better than ever for a business shindig
In fragile times, it pays to view your own city through the eyes of strangers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 17, 2026

Chart of the Week: The chip stock split
Losses across semi stocks have been unequal

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 17, 2026

This earnings season, what CEOs say matters more than what they've done
Bosses who start shaping their narrative now will have a head start on a bumpy year

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 17, 2026

Activists highlight a Big Yellow warning sign for the London market
A trickle of sales to foreign buyers risks becoming a flood

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 17, 2026

The financial double life of barristers
It is wrong to assume that legal professionals have no money worries

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 17, 2026

The dress rehearsal for an AI reckoning
Ructions point to what a true bursting of the bubble might do to financial markets

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 17, 2026

The National Trust is breaking Rules
The only thing the restaurant has in common with the kind of houses in which they shoot ‘Antiques Roadshow' is that it's full of old stuff

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 17, 2026

The Man City theory of politics
The tribalism of football fans parallels modern politics like nothing else

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 17, 2026

Why have screens replaced socialising?
The economics of why we increasingly avoid the company of both other humans and books

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 17, 2026

The former Prince Andrew's Bentley? No thanks
How we feel about second-hand possessions is shaped by what we know about their previous owners

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 17, 2026

Hong Kong's wine boom, uncorked
Paulo Pong built Altaya Wines just as HK became Asia's great wine entrepôt. Now the heyday has faded, tastes are broader and Bordeaux may be a bargain again

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 17, 2026

Stocks are risky right now — but so are all the alternatives
The value of stocks can fall suddenly in a way that cash can't. But introduce inflation and it's a different equation

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 17, 2026

Help — four letters that require attention
The way we respond to the needs of others is more complex than we care to admit

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 16, 2026

Can consultants reinvent themselves once again?
As AI becomes more capable, human advisers must find new ways to prove their worth

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 16, 2026

Welfare reform is possible: we did it before, we can do it again
All sides agree that the costs are unsustainable and we can't continue to write people off

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 16, 2026

Trump has failed to listen to voters on inflation
People elect presidents to fix problems, not to diagnose their causes

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 16, 2026

How to value anything with one simple question
Find two numbers and ask yourself: ‘Which is probably right and which is probably wrong?'

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 16, 2026

The new unequivocal Zelenskyy
Ukraine's president is standing up to Trump, but it's unclear if this will help Kyiv or hinder it

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 16, 2026

Starlink spectrum deal piles Elon Musk's plate ever higher
Move may be part of a bigger plan but it spells even more capital expenditure at a company already spending beyond its means

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 16, 2026

Shareholders should have a say on making AI safe
SEC decision to rescind key rule on voting could not have come at a worse time

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 16, 2026

Should I be stockpiling for an emergency?
The apocalypse may be coming, but first there's the question of where to store all the tinned tomatoes and bog roll

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 16, 2026

No, Sally Rooney's books are not ‘banned' from the UK
Author's decision to halt sales puts spotlight on proscription of Palestine Action and perceived shortcomings of Terrorism Act

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 16, 2026

Hiding from the everything trade
Unhedged readers on how to hedge AI risk

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 16, 2026

Why law firms should resist the lure of the AI spin-off
A carve-out could raise capital, but it's a crowded sector and valuations don't accord with the sector's lack of profitability

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 16, 2026

Airlines should give up their fuel-hedging dogfight
Even for battle-hardened CEOs, this latest crisis is a chance for some helpful new thinking

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 16, 2026

US business leaders are waking up to the perils of plutopopulism
Companies wanted a president who would cut taxes and rules, they got one who has blown holes in free trade and global alliances

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 16, 2026

The secret fight around financial flows
Quicker responses to trade challenges mean companies can free up capital

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 16, 2026

Why is the fintech boom failing to improve fin-lit?
What good is $1tn of investment if financial literacy levels are falling?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

Risk of an AI crunch for stock markets is rising
The tremor seen this week could be a foretaste of things to come

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

Europe cannot rely on trade barriers to counter China
The EU's hybrid car deal with Beijing eases tensions but only offers a brief respite

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

What happens when AI can read our minds?
Brain-computer interfaces are already being used to treat Parkinson's disease and allow paralysed patients to operate computers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

In AI-dominated markets, LatAm debt is a diversifier
A series of ostensibly market-friendly electoral victories across the region has boosted local currency bonds

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

Hold philanthropists accountable when their projects fail
Despite disappointing results, an African agricultural initiative funded by prominent foundations is being recapitalised

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

Monte dei Paschi should try the ‘just say maybe' bid defence
Even a much-weakened MPS could try to argue that it deserves a better deal

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

The housing plan for London is no plan at all
Without radical changes, the GLA's building targets are a fantasy — with dire consequences

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

How the Greens lost their party to the hard left
The drift from climate politics towards becoming a portmanteau party of the left heralds a nastier, less consensual era

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

Macroeconomic policy must now do many things at once
Is it possible to contain debt and inflation without damaging the investment needed to restructure the economy?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

CPI comes in hot, AI goes cold
Plus: the EM index is just an AI bet now

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

London's gold market enjoys the Trump effect
The City's dominance of physical trading in the metal is being reinforced by global instability

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

Investor appetite for data centre IPOs is reaching its limit
The blend of property, infrastructure and fast-changing technology might be better suited to other kinds of funding.

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

Inheritance tax toll is mounting on UK family companies
Changes by Rachel Reeves in 2024 risk cramping expansion and employment plans, driving firms into the hands of private equity

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

Is the K-shaped economy really more of an E?
America remains a very unequal place, but on many metrics inequality is not increasing

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

How AI mega-rounds make life harder for VC firms
Fewer-but-bigger deals mean investors are having to put more eggs in a single basket

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

Why the people matter more than the pitch for growth companies
Great ideas in exciting markets are all well and good, but it is the management teams that really make the difference

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 15, 2026

Want to guide your fortune from beyond the grave? Try a letter of wishes
Letters of wishes can guide executors, but careful drafting and open communication are essential

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 14, 2026

Tata battle has potential to reshape India Inc
If ties between key charitable trusts and the conglomerate's holding company are loosened, will the group lose its distinctive ethos?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 14, 2026

Healey's Budget is a moment he must not miss
Avoiding bold choices this time would just mean postponing political and economic pain

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 14, 2026

The aesthetics of quantum computing
Data centres show that tech is not usually this clever about design

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 14, 2026

Unshackle workers from non-compete clauses
The restrictions on labour mobility hold back Britain's growth and innovation

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 14, 2026

This is an era of Davids, not Goliaths
Why smaller powers are thwarting bigger ones

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 14, 2026

Europe's defence stocks send a geopolitical distress signal
Even when governments do sign big cheques, it takes a while for defence contractors to ramp up production

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 14, 2026

Who should we leave our pensions to?
Inheritance tax rules are changing next year — but you need to balance tax efficiency with fairness

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 14, 2026

The rollout of 24-hour* trading
*It's actually 23 hours

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 14, 2026

The art of living dangerously
It would be nice to think that the world will become less shock-prone, but it probably won't

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 14, 2026

The global economy and the art of living dangerously
It would be nice to think that the world will become less shock-prone, but it probably won't

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 14, 2026

By going private, Bumble may finally make a good match
Sharpening the AI tools at its disposal could improve outcomes and potentially enable the dating app to get people to pay

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 14, 2026

Nostalgia puts Harley-Davidson back in the fast lane
The motorcycle maker is reissuing classic models to lure a new generation to head out on the highway

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 14, 2026

The battle over the AI-led future of banking has begun
An initiative is needed to bring banks, regulators and companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic to the table to develop the technology

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 14, 2026

The Nobel Prize is not an exact science
Winners are only human. The committee could do more to highlight that

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 14, 2026

How I used AI to become a chess grandmaster at 16
Ignore the doomsayers, this technology has transformed the game for the better and it can do the same for education

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 13, 2026

Modi cannot silence India's disaffected youth
The BJP must address young people's political and economic frustrations

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 13, 2026

Will bank earnings growth become a thing of the past?
It would be foolish to think the Wall Street giants can't outrun the threat of AI

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 13, 2026

How not to revive Europe's auto industry
The electric vehicle market shows how legacy EU companies continue to fail when it comes to countering Chinese competition

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 13, 2026

Why we need a proper conversation about death
Philanthropy needs to step up to meet the needs that a National Care Service never will

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 13, 2026

China gets spiky on currencies
Plus: your ideas, please, on investing ex-AI

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 13, 2026

Who's really hiring you — HR or cyber security?
Fraudulent use of AI in the jobs process is forcing the warm and fuzzy realms of the former to work with the suspicious minds of the latter

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 13, 2026

Why Trump is going for Zelenskyy's jugular
No matter how much America's allies urge the president to back Ukraine, he cannot forgive its leader for showing up his dealmaking impotence

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 13, 2026

Trump's loan to a US defence start-up adds to Apollo's war chest too
The question is why, if Wolfspeed's prospects are so enticing, other private sector capital providers weren't racing to provide funding too

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 13, 2026

Informa's trade show bet has a vulnerability — geopolitics
The FTSE 100 company has grown rapidly after focusing on live events under Stephen Carter but is being affected by the Iran war

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 13, 2026

Trump's loan to a US defence start-up adds to Wall Street's war chest too
The question is why, if Wolfspeed's prospects are so enticing, other private sector capital providers weren't racing to provide funding too

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 13, 2026

HR doesn't need to be the CIA
Fraudulent use of AI in the jobs process is forcing the warm and fuzzy realms of the former to work with the suspicious minds of the latter

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 13, 2026

Landowners should look to regenerative agriculture for their future
As traditional subsidies recede, large estates are turning to diversification and more sustainable farming

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 13, 2026

Selling a home? Think documents before decor
A lick of paint can seduce a buyer, but having planning consents to hand will take the deal over the line

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 12, 2026

Watch out luxury: mid-market fashion brands are staging a comeback
While LVMH's sales slid more than the market expected in recent months, Uniqlo's are going gangbusters

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 12, 2026

The diesel crisis is testing the limits of globalisation
Seemingly rational choices by individual states will weaken collective energy security and accelerate fragmentation

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 12, 2026

Trump's Russian diesel gambit is cynical and won't work
The US president risks harming Ukraine to curb prices driven up by his own war

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 12, 2026

It's time for the UK to reward whistleblowers financially
Incentivising insiders to come forward will transform how we tackle fraud

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 12, 2026

Can a financier really revive LIV Golf?
BC Partners' Ted Goldthorpe is hoping to prove the doubters wrong in pulling the circuit out of bankruptcy and making global team golf viable

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 12, 2026

Why AI won't kill the creative class
Used right, the technology can unleash human creativity rather than destroy it

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 12, 2026

A tale of two possums
In Australia the marsupials are treated with reverence, while in New Zealand they are being turned into ponchos

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 12, 2026

Britain, Brexit and the cat-flap option
The political, strategic and economic momentum for a reversal of Brexit is growing

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