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We are in a real-life game of Risk. In 2019, Fiona Hill, an official at the US National Security Council during Donald Trump’s first term, said the Russians had informally proposed a plan whereby they

“The failure of economists to forecast recessions is virtually unblemished,” notes Prakash Loungani, assistant director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This includes the economists at the IM

In May 2008, I was in Ireland on a holiday I eventually had to cut short because the property and credit bubble had made everything absurdly expensive and blown my budget. One day, I fell into convers

For someone who always trumpets his business credentials, Donald Trump doesn’t seem to mind a command economy – provided he is in command. In the past few days, he has proposed that credit-card intere

The Russian threat Controversy of the week “The ...

Issue of the week: Venezuela and the markets ...