DONALD TRUMP’S critics have often accused him of buffoonery and isolationism. Yet even before taking office on January 20th he has shown how much those words fall short of what his second term is likely to bring.
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“As the rest of the world ages, Africa will become a crucial source of labour: more than half the young people entering the global workforce in 2030 will be African.”
The fight over America’s economy Already things have turned nasty. Donald Trump has not even got to the White House, and his raucous court of advisers…
This week’s Economist asks: Is America dictator-proof? The many vulnerabilities, and enduring strengths, of America’s Republic.
Russia is becoming more dangerous, America is less reliable and Europe remains unprepared. The problem is simply put, but the scale of its solution is hard to comprehend.
Surge in pension fund buying drives revival in UK corporate bond market Pension funds are piling into UK corporate bonds, encouraging some French and German…
Today Donald Trump, Viktor Orban and a motley crew of Western politicians have demolished that orthodoxy, constructing in its place a statist, “anti-woke” conservatism that puts national sovereignty before the individual.
About 1m American manufacturing workers lost their jobs to Chinese competition in 1997-2011, as the country integrated into the global trading system and began shipping cheap goods overseas.
The Economist – Made in ’42. Roadworthy in ’24? The man supposed to stop Donald Trump is an unpopular 81-year-old The Economist says American politics…