Argentina elects a radical

Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, is one of the few bright stars in the vast, dead, black, cold and empty universe of politics. Whatever else can be said about him, that star is rising. Milei led h

Global markets and the new illiberalism

What’s going on? The nation has a newish leader, elected on a wave of muted enthusiasm – or at least a sense that he couldn’t be as bad as the last lot – but who has quickly proved a disappointment in

“I will have everyone work like a horse,” declared Sanae Takaichi shortly before taking over as Japanese prime minister in October. Takaichi’s vow to “work, work, work, work, work” has been selected a

Companies in the news ...and how they were assessed

“Markets appear to have their mojo back,” says The New York Times Dealbook. Shares on Wall Street wobbled at the end of last week, with even strong results from AI chip champion Nvidia failing to calm