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AI is killing the magic

Not knowing whether art originated in someone’s heart or a data centre is a major enjoyment-killer

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Jemima Kelly

Why are parents behaving so badly on the sidelines?

Behaviour by those watching their children in junior sports events is getting out of control

yesterday 20

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Emma Jacobs

Free the government’s hands by taking back its fiscal brain

The conservatism of the Office for Budget Responsibility means the current framework is a hindrance to growth

yesterday 6

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Andy Haldane

AI has a cargo cult problem

Spending vast sums and inflating an investment bubble is no guarantee of unleashing technological magic

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Gillian Tett

America’s gravity-defying economy

The AI boom is helping to sustain growth but demand is coming from the richest consumers who own stocks while poorer Americans are being squeezed

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The Big Read

The kaleidoscopic global economy: resilient, lucky and fragile

The contradictions in economic signals can still hold lessons for investors

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The Editorial Board

Europe is the biggest loser in US-China rare earth wars

Its dual dependence on America’s digital services and Beijing’s critical mineral processing industry leaves it highly vulnerable

previous day 10

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Misha Glenny

Could central banks ease too much?

Financial crises and their consequences may be harder to arrest today than in the past

previous day 3

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Raghuram Rajan

How dozens of Trump’s donors have benefited from his second term

While previous presidents have introduced policies that have helped supporters, such incidents are now more common and overt

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The Big Read

China spy case has an aroma of appeasement

Delay and darkness suggest the UK government is scared of making decisions

previous day 9

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Charles Parton

Andry Rajoelina, the Madagascar president ousted by Gen Z

The rise and fall of the DJ-turned-politician is dizzying even by the standards of this African island country

previous day 10

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Person In The News

Trump’s gamble on Argentina

The US administration is backing an ally’s misguided exchange rate policy

thursday 20

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The Editorial Board

Why the US could not shake off the Middle East

Lessons from a pivot to Asia that never comes

thursday 10

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Janan Ganesh

No need for a moral panic about the welfare system

It’s far from perfect, but the UK’s spending is broadly controlled and employment is high

thursday 30

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Chris Giles

The AI bubble is a bigger global economic threat than US tariffs

America’s use of import duties has been constrained by financial markets and economic reality

thursday 30

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Alan Beattie

How the battle over leaf blowers became a front in US culture wars

Advances in battery technology could make complaints about noisy devices a thing of the past

thursday 40

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Gregory Meyer

AI’s double bubble trouble

There is a distinction between good investment and bad speculation — the likelihood is we are experiencing both

thursday 20

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John Thornhill

Trump’s compact threatens to quash US academic freedom

Universities should stand united against the White House’s demands

thursday 10

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The Editorial Board

How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto

The president and his family have built a rapidly growing digital assets empire which has been fuelled by the administration’s industry-friendly...

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Cryptocurrencies

What Nobel economics prize winners teach us about growth

A cauldron of new ideas and technologies is more important than ‘build, build, build’

thursday 10

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Daniel Susskind

We should seek local solutions to our global problems

Worn-out top-down approaches won’t help us build lasting shared prosperity

thursday 7

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Dani Rodrik

Britain is inviting its companies to emigrate

The UK’s rules for secondary listings on the London Stock Exchange could drive British business abroad

thursday 2

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John Gapper

Trump’s war on the enemy within may reward the enemy without

By focusing on internal threats, the US is giving soldiers all the best weapons and none of the training they need

thursday 3

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Jacquelyn Schneider

Time to say ‘enough’ to extreme, unregulated online pornography

The internet cannot remain a vast, lawless realm: the harm across society is becoming too obvious not to act

thursday 2

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Gabby Bertin

COP must take environmental crime seriously

The costs of inaction are stark, but prevention is a bargain

thursday 3

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Robert Muggah

Starmer must not repeat the Democrats’ mistakes

The American left’s failure to defeat Maga Republicans offers valuable lessons to Labour as it confronts Farage

thursday 20

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Josh Freed

How long can Mexico’s president straddle populism and pragmatism?

In her first year in office, Claudia Sheinbaum has deftly managed tensions with the US and at home. But the pressure is starting to mount

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The Big Read

Europe needs a better chip strategy

The Dutch seizure of Nexperia shows how ensnared the EU is in the US-China tech war

15.10.2025 4

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The Editorial Board

Can molecular Lego save the planet?

The Nobel Prize-winning MOFs could be used to mop up pollutants, turn toxic substances benign and make water from desert air

15.10.2025 2

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Anjana Ahuja

We can restructure debt for humanitarian ends

Poor and middle-income countries are spending money on interest payments that could go towards essential public goods

15.10.2025 4

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David Miliband

The world economy in an age of disorder

It is dangerous to have confidence in what lies ahead

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Martin Wolf