Reasons to be bearish about China’s rise

Yes, its economic engine is remarkable, but there are factors that should temper predictions of global hegemony

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The US right should stop fearing the female

American conservatives don’t seem to recognise that the world will need more of what women bring

04.11.2025 8

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Silicon Valley called — the 1990s are back

How today’s artificial intelligence boom is both different from, and similar to, what came before

28.10.2025 20

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America’s rare earth delusion

China’s critical minerals chokepoint has been hiding in plain sight for decades

20.10.2025 30

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The limits of the ‘Donroe doctrine’

America’s attention is turning to its own backyard, but it is discovering that it still can’t go it alone

14.10.2025 10

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The rise of America’s hard left

Economic populists offer an alternative to the authoritarian right, but they have to balance the righteous with the practical

05.10.2025 70

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The ‘tradwife’ fantasy

Economic stress is one reason traditional gender roles have a political and emotional allure

29.09.2025 3

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Trump’s war on America’s schools

The US president wants to destroy them, but most Americans still support them

23.09.2025 10

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America risks making frenemies of old allies

Neither re-industrialisation nor US security can be achieved with the current White House approach

16.09.2025 5

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Protecting Big Tech, not free speech

Trump and Farage are using censorship as a cloak for disinformation

09.09.2025 3

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Why AI won’t take my job

The technology is no match for felt experience in the real world

02.09.2025 10

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Housing is where the buck stops

Over the next few years, it will be the most politicised business sector in America

04.08.2025 10

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The coming crypto crisis

Bipartisan backing of stablecoins will hurt America’s economy and its politics

28.07.2025 30

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Tech shocks to industry have only just begun

The disruption that is hitting the manufacturing sector could come for healthcare next

21.07.2025 20

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Make America affordable again

That’s the main lesson to take from New York populist Zohran Mamdani

14.07.2025 10

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The global economy is suffering from the Rashomon effect

I’ve never seen as many potentially market moving vectors simultaneously in play

07.07.2025 20

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Early adoption of AI will boost US growth

Artificial intelligence may buoy stocks even as it destroys jobs

02.06.2025 30

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Defence spending is up — but on all the wrong things

The changing nature of military operations will affect both markets and politics

25.05.2025 20

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The markets are declaring tariff victory too soon

A potential supply and demand shock means the US economy may be in for years of volatility

18.05.2025 10

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Why ‘Make Hollywood Great Again’ makes sense

Trump’s new film tariff proposal is bad economics but smart politics

12.05.2025 10

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How does Trump really feel about Big Tech?

The question of whether the president is a populist or a libertarian when it comes to Silicon Valley remains unclear

05.05.2025 10

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The spectre of dollar doomsday still looms

Whatever happens with Trump’s tariffs, investors need to prepare for a new market paradigm

28.04.2025 40

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Tariffs without industrial policy won’t work

It’s a lesson that the White House should learn if it wants to build up manufacturing in America

20.04.2025 10

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Trump’s attack on higher education

His targets are wrong, but reform is sorely needed

07.04.2025 20

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The realpolitik of Trump’s tariffs

The president’s trade policy is about power and security, not economics

31.03.2025 30

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Why ships are the new chips

The Trump administration wants to make America’s maritime capacity great again

23.03.2025 80

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The Democrats must make a choice

If they want to fight Trump, they have to know what they stand for

17.03.2025 10

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What will Trump mean for personal wealth?

Pension funds, retail investors and money managers are worrying about the future of American capital markets

10.03.2025 30

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What Tesla’s tarnish tells us about America Inc

Elon Musk’s company, like the US itself, seems like a sell

03.03.2025 40

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Doge versus business

Fair competition, regulatory certainty, industry subsidies and financial security are all under attack

24.02.2025 10

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Trade isn’t all about Trump

World business and commerce are changing in ways that have nothing to do with the US president’s tariff threats

17.02.2025 10

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The courts stand between Musk and a Treasury takeover

Doge’s efforts to infiltrate the plumbing of the federal government should scare everyone

10.02.2025 10

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Europe’s perfect storm

The continent needs its own industrial strategy to cope with challenges from China and the US

02.02.2025 7

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The blue states vs Donald Trump

Looming legal battles with the new administration will make lawyers rich and business more complicated

27.01.2025 9

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Trump’s trade challenge

Biden’s parting gift throws down the gauntlet to the incoming president on industrial policy

20.01.2025 10

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AI is taking the US in a strange new direction

It will drive the market to new heights and boost growth, but bring with it more political and social disruption

12.01.2025 20

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Maga vs the billionaires

Trump’s fragile coalition is already splintering over immigration

06.01.2025 30

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What luxury is telling us

A softening in the market is a harbinger of things to come — in both equities and the real economy

23.12.2024 30

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What Trump’s industrial policy will look like

New legislation raises questions about whether Maga, or Wall Street, will steer the ship in the incoming administration

16.12.2024 6

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Europeans need to learn some lessons about power — and fast

The world has changed, but the EU’s worldview hasn’t changed with it

09.12.2024 5

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Trump is playing high-stakes poker on tariffs

And the US consumer market is now the world’s richest chip

02.12.2024 5

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The return of the techno-libertarians

Silicon Valley billionaires are selling a dream of unfettered markets — but reality is not so certain

25.11.2024 20

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What to expect from the markets under Trump

We’ll get a short-term high — but many investors are worrying about what comes next

17.11.2024 4

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America Inc and its new CEO

Has the US now become a distressed asset?

11.11.2024 10

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Whoever wins, America will still need to turn itself around

National renewal will require elites to buy into a project of far-reaching reform

03.11.2024 20

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Women will decide America’s future

Where female voters go, the result of the US presidential election follows

28.10.2024 20

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Power, as well as price, matters in a well-run economy

That’s the lesson to take from both the founding of the Bretton Woods system 80 years ago and the Biden administration today

21.10.2024 40

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Why have Americans been moving closer to climate risk?

Pandemic-era migration has doubled the number of people in areas most vulnerable to extreme weather events

14.10.2024 30

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America’s chips effort is at a crossroads

Progress has been made at home, but what comes next abroad will make a big difference

07.10.2024 3

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An unpredictable America looks more and more like an emerging market

Stock markets are roaring but political volatility and social tensions make some investors see the US as a risk to be hedged against

01.10.2024 4

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America risks making frenemies of old allies

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