People’s budget

Gabriel Zucman has been dubbed that rarest of things: a “rock-star economist”. Having trained under the last Frenchman to receive this label—Thomas Piketty—the 39-year-old has become a global expert o

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” Antonio Gramsci’s words, written in prison near Bari almost 100 years ago, ring out to us now. The politi

Issue of the week: currency gyrations The “debasement ...

Goldbugs are not ideal dinner guests. They are rarely in a particularly cheery mood: one pro-gold article I recall from the optimistic 2000s was entitled We’re freaking doomed, dude. That conjures up

Want a better military? Gotta raise taxes Henry ...

“Perhaps he’ll do an Elvis and have a fatal heart attack on the loo,” a friend muttered this week. Like most investors, she is having trouble getting used to the idea that the US president has become