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Robin Harding

Robin Harding

Financial Times

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China is making trade impossible

Europe has nothing to offer and difficult decisions to make

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Robin Harding

Indonesia counts the cost of idiosyncratic leadership

Prabowo Subianto’s response to national unrest will be to ditch the austerity and keep the populism

11.09.2025 10

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How training the brain could boost economic growth

In a world where solutions are harder to come by, we must maximise the power of the human mind

06.08.2025 10

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Should we be alarmed or optimistic about Japan’s debt?

The return of inflation has brought the public finances back under control

30.07.2025 8

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Hong Kong rate slump is a warning light for global markets

The desire to hold Asian currencies reflects a growing nervousness about Trump’s America

09.06.2025 10

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The rise of the trophy SWF

Everybody wants sovereignty. Everybody wants wealth. Yet a fund is not, sadly, a reliable route to their creation

03.04.2025 9

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Who will now stabilise the world economy?

Neither the US nor China is willing to assume the responsibility

19.02.2025 5

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AI does not mean the robots are coming

The technology will transform existing machines, such as cars, long before it allows the creation of androids

30.12.2024 30

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The path to ‘Made in India’

Industrialisation is within the country’s reach, but government has got to get out of the way first

28.11.2024 10

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Chinese EVs leave other carmakers with only bad options

If you believe the auto transition must happen at some point, delaying simply puts you further behind

31.10.2024 40

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China’s debt divide is hurting its economy

Beijing’s refusal to surrender control to local government or take on more responsibility is key to the country’s challenges

28.08.2024 7

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China’s bond market is sending a signal policymakers can’t ignore

The country’s central bank is concerned about anaemic domestic demand

13.08.2024 20

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