The archives

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

Age brings wisdom – or at least experience. MoneyWeek is approaching its 25th birthday (the first edition appeared on 3 November 2000), and is therefore in a better position than many publications to

“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

Women’s happiness has declined over the last 20 years while men’s has increased, says the economist Corinne Low. Claire Cohen meets her

Pick of the week’s correspondence

A few years ago we kept hearing that the average human attention span had dwindled from around 12 seconds to eight, less than the average goldfish’s nine. The statistic rang true to me, given our endl