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Monday 14/January/2019 14:34 PM

The left’s choice

The main political beneficiaries of the social and economic fractures wrought by globalization and technological change, it is fair to say, have so far been...

Sunday 13/January/2019 14:43 PM

Why American firms and households need China

China will benefit from a normalization of its trade relationship with the United States, but it is important to realize that the same holds true for the...

Sunday 13/January/2019 14:40 PM

Rewriting the future of work

Much has been written about the “future of work,” and much of it makes for gloomy reading. Study after study predicts that automation will upend entire...

Sunday 13/January/2019 14:36 PM

India’s great wall of equality

Last year was a watershed for gender relations. The #MeToo movement rocked establishments around the world, forcing even powerful men to face public...

Sunday 13/January/2019 14:34 PM

The vital isolation of indigenous groups

The remote, coral-fringed North Sentinel Island made headlines late last year, after an American Christian missionary’s covert expedition to convert its...

Saturday 12/January/2019 14:50 PM

The year of Trump?

Time magazine did not choose Donald Trump as its Person of the Year in 2018, but it may do so this year. Trump ended last year facing criticism for...

Saturday 12/January/2019 14:48 PM

An optimist’s guide to climate change

During a recent commute to work, as my car inched along in rush-hour traffic, I watched a heron stalk the banks of the Potomac River. The majestic bird was...

Saturday 12/January/2019 14:46 PM

Japan first

Even whales have now been affected by US President Donald Trump. This year, Japan will withdraw from the International Whaling Commission and resume...

Saturday 12/January/2019 14:43 PM

Where have all the safe havens gone?

With equities slumping, exchange-rate volatility increasing, and political risks intensifying, financial markets around the world have hit a rough patch....

Wednesday 09/January/2019 14:52 PM

From yellow vests to the green new deal

It’s old news that large segments of society have become deeply unhappy with what they see as “the establishment,” especially the political class. The...