Should we hope for trump?

The dots appear to contradict one another, puzzling observers. How to connect them? Inflation over the last five years has been double the Federal Reserve’s target. Why then, does it cut its key lendi

Seniors in the U.S. and across Western developed nations are reaping a social security bonanza funded by younger workers and mountains of debt the old will never have to pay off

The run up to the Budget in November has already been dominated by headlines about a “meltdown” in the bond market and a yawning “£50bn” black hole that will have to be filled by more tax increases. S

“America has progressed from infancy to senility without passing through a period of maturity.” So said a character in one of Ian Fleming’s short stories in 1960. He was wrong then – or, was he, as so

The US government has shut down again. But even as the shutdown approached, stocks rose. How could they go up while the single biggest player in the whole economy withdraws? Because maybe it doesn’t m

France’s wealthy have a “new nemesis”, says Denis Cosnard in Le Monde. Economist Gabriel Zucman’s proposal for a new wealth tax is dominating public discussion about how the country can close its gapi