Honey, let’s shrink the economy

Global markets and the new illiberalism

NEWS, OPINION + ANALYSIS

As expected, the US government shutdown came to an end in the customary way: both parties agreed to keep spending other people’s money. But do our leaders know what they are doing? And how much of wha

With the election of a socialist to the position of mayor, New Yorkers are trying to escape one toxic fantasy by plunging headfirst into another. They jump from the caldarium – a muscled-up fantasy of

“All government leaders know what to do. They just don’t know how to get re-elected if they do it.” Jean-Claude Juncker, the former president of the European Commission, said little of note in his pol

We can’t predict exactly how you’ll be feeling as the year comes to a close, but our best guess is that you’ll be in need of a breather. Because for many of us, 2025 has not been painless. Political t