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“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

“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

Since emerging broken from communism, Poland has transformed itself into an economic powerhouse – with a GDP per capita set to overtake Britain’s in the next decade or so. But can its success continue indefinitely?

Throughout history, the “workings of money have rarely been understood”, says Stephen Pimentel. The Medici of Florence, the family that ruled the city and, later, Tuscany for most of the period from 1

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