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Obituary. Edmund Phelps, Nobel-winning economist, 1933-2026

Obituary. Edmund Phelps, Nobel-winning economist, 1933-2026

His seminal contributions to macroeconomics transformed the way we understand inflation

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Edmund phelps

The Big Read. How AI has changed M&A

The Big Read. How AI has changed M&A

The size of deals is hitting new peaks, unloved companies are becoming sexy and PE has found a new gold mine

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Time to ‘do the splits’ on your mortgage?

Time to ‘do the splits’ on your mortgage?

Overstretched borrowers are finding ways to alleviate the pain of higher interest rates

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Uk property

US crime and mortality is declining fast — what can the rest of us learn?

US crime and mortality is declining fast — what can the rest of us learn?

America is making progress in driving down violent deaths and those from some dangerous diseases

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Us society

The new Luddite movement

The new Luddite movement

If governments don’t slow AI down, voters — like their predecessors — might take matters into their own hands

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Artificial Intelligence

America’s ‘simultaneity’ nightmare

America’s ‘simultaneity’ nightmare

Trump’s pre-emptive attacks are a traumatic break with the ideals of a globalised world but the playbook is not new

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Us Foreign Policy

The FT View. To infinity and beyond, with the SpaceX IPO

The FT View. To infinity and beyond, with the SpaceX IPO

Ordinary investors can at last bet directly on AI’s potential — with caveats

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Ipos

Jonathan Andic, the Mango heir turned homicide suspect

Jonathan Andic, the Mango heir turned homicide suspect

The son of the fashion brand’s founder is now being investigated for foul play in connection with his father’s death

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Person In The News

What is Labour’s ‘soft left’ anyway?

What is Labour’s ‘soft left’ anyway?

The UK governing party’s hard-to-define faction is newly powerful

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Uk Politics

The Big Read. The European cars made in China

The Big Read. The European cars made in China

Western automakers are taking advantage of Chinese overcapacity to export lower-cost vehicles to their home markets

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Electric vehicles

Beijing’s unlikely bet on Russia may yet pay off

Beijing’s unlikely bet on Russia may yet pay off

Putin’s mis-steps have locked it into a relationship with China that is increasingly one-sided

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Geopolitics

Investing in the era of scarcity

Investing in the era of scarcity

Markets have yet to register the new fashion among governments for hoarding and huddling

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Global Economy

The FT View. Trump’s egregious deal with his own justice department

The FT View. Trump’s egregious deal with his own justice department

Anti-lawfare fund could offer payouts to president’s allies and Capitol rioters

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Us politics & policy

The Supreme Court turns its back on 60 years of Black enfranchisement

The Supreme Court turns its back on 60 years of Black enfranchisement

Its decision in Louisiana vs Callais ignores the law and overturns precedent

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Race in the us

Musk, SpaceX and Muscovite fever dreams

Musk, SpaceX and Muscovite fever dreams

Tech titans are in many ways the intellectual heirs of the Soviet space programme

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Spacex

Europe’s trade weaponry is useless without political will

Europe’s trade weaponry is useless without political will

To stand up to China, the EU needs courageous governments, not another Commission regulation

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Eu-china relations

Burnham’s not the messiah. He’s old Labour’s last throw

Burnham’s not the messiah. He’s old Labour’s last throw

Being a new face gets you a hearing but doesn’t change the economic picture

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Uk Politics

The Big Read. Is Chris Hohn Britain’s answer to Warren Buffett?

The Big Read. Is Chris Hohn Britain’s answer to Warren Buffett?

The billionaire hedge fund manager has deep convictions on finance, philanthropy — and, increasingly, faith

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Financial Services

Employers must listen to young people if they want to help

Employers must listen to young people if they want to help

The vast majority of those not in education or employment are desperate to work but stuck in the ‘rejection economy’

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Youth unemployment

The new art of war is just as bloody as the old

The new art of war is just as bloody as the old

Armed drones and AI have transformed the frontline into treacherous kill zones comparable to the first world war

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Military technology

Americans beware: markets can be out of sync with reality

Americans beware: markets can be out of sync with reality

We should avoid being lulled into complacency by economic conditions that are still reasonably solid

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Us Economy

The crisis in Japan’s love affair with plastic

The crisis in Japan’s love affair with plastic

Knock-on effects of the Strait of Hormuz’s closure are becoming a source of economic consternation

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Japanese economy

The FT View. Farage, crypto and the £5mn gift

The FT View. Farage, crypto and the £5mn gift

His rightwing populist Reform UK is uniquely reliant on a crypto billionaire

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Currencies

The Arctic’s vanishing caribou

The Arctic’s vanishing caribou

While Canadians argue about who is to blame, herd numbers continue to fall

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Canada

Labour has all too clear a vision

Labour has all too clear a vision

The accusation of vagueness does not fit this straightforwardly leftwing government

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Uk Politics

The oil shock is coming for America

The oil shock is coming for America

Tools that worked to lower prices in the last crisis have already been spent

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Oil

The Big Read. London loses its lustre

The Big Read. London loses its lustre

The city has been hit by successive shocks and diminishing growth. But the rest of the UK needs it

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Uk Economy

Can geoengineering avert a climate catastrophe?

Can geoengineering avert a climate catastrophe?

The construction of a dam could prevent the weakening of an important conveyor belt of ocean currents

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Climate Change

The Gulf crisis may just be starting

The Gulf crisis may just be starting

Oil futures markets are sanguine, but history shows expectations have often been disappointed

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Middle east war

The FT View. Ebola raises questions over pandemic preparedness

The FT View. Ebola raises questions over pandemic preparedness

Aid cuts and US hostility to concept of global public health endanger us all

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Ebola

America’s ailing one-trick pony

America’s ailing one-trick pony

Trump’s excessive faith in military power is squarely within the US tradition

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Us Foreign Policy

The Big Read. JD Vance stakes his claim

The Big Read. JD Vance stakes his claim

In the 2028 battle for the White House, the vice-president may face off against secretary of state Marco Rubio

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Us politics & policy

Why politicians struggle to read the public on immigration

Why politicians struggle to read the public on immigration

The government overreacts to popular opinion, which prompts a pendulum swing the other way

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Uk immigration

The US and China crave hegemony without responsibility

The US and China crave hegemony without responsibility

Beijing has yet to step forward to fill the leadership vacuum left by Washington

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Us-china relations

Labour’s lack of intellectual rigour has returned to bite it

Labour’s lack of intellectual rigour has returned to bite it

Starmer and his party failed to do any hard thinking in opposition and they are now paying the price

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Uk Politics

The FT View. The cracks in the Putin edifice

The FT View. The cracks in the Putin edifice

Russian leader’s conviction that he could outlast the west is being tested

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War In Ukraine

How Trump became political kryptonite

How Trump became political kryptonite

The president’s ‘populist war’ in Iran is dooming his allies and leaders who sought his favour

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Populism

Baseball is learning to live with shorter attention spans

Baseball is learning to live with shorter attention spans

New rules have made games faster and more exciting

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Major league baseball

The UK must embrace its libraries in the age of AI

The UK must embrace its libraries in the age of AI

As stewards of vast quantities of data, the sector could play a critical role in fuelling the digital economy

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Uk society

Trump and Xi will not determine Taiwan’s fate

Trump and Xi will not determine Taiwan’s fate

China assumes that the island would be helpless without American support — that is a dangerous mistake

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Taiwan

The Big Read. UBS: the bank that outgrew a country

The Big Read. UBS: the bank that outgrew a country

Switzerland says tougher capital rules are needed to guard against disaster. Executives disagree. Shareholders suggest relocation

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Financial & markets regulation

How China enables American domination

How China enables American domination

It is a stunted financial power, leaving the US free to rule global markets

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Us-china relations

The FT View. The looming energy crunch

The FT View. The looming energy crunch

Supply squeeze due to the Iran war will get worse before it gets better

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Oil

In America, wealth taxes mean wealth flight

In America, wealth taxes mean wealth flight

California’s intended targets, whether individuals or companies, are leaving for friendlier regimes

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Us politics & policy

Britain gets the politics it deserves

Britain gets the politics it deserves

Cakeism, impatience and low-quality public discourse contribute to the UK’s instability

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Uk Economy

The future of America’s military industrial complex

The future of America’s military industrial complex

In an age of disruption, defence is undergoing seismic and lucrative change

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Military technology

The disintegration of British democracy

The disintegration of British democracy

We are witnessing the fracturing of the traditional party system that glues our society together

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Uk Politics

Europe’s leaders must stop self-censoring

Europe’s leaders must stop self-censoring

White House pressure is being met with political flattery and strategic ambiguity that citizens find confusing

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Us politics & policy

The Big Read. Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once

The Big Read. Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once

Homes and phones are part of the reason for the demographic shift changing our world

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Demographics and population

How can Trump turn things around on inflation?

How can Trump turn things around on inflation?

Most of the culpability rests with the Fed and the Biden government but voters will hold the president accountable

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Federal reserve