Any statistician will remind us that correlation does not imply causation. However, it is difficult to believe that a board with such short tenure, albeit with strong capabilities, has not contributed ...

By reducing institutions that have been involved in fostering social capital — for example Medicare, social security, unemployment insurance and welfare — Trump’s supporters in Project 2025 (see ...

The US has attempted economic punishment in the past. The result, time and time again, has been a collapsed economy, mass displacement and growing regional instability. If the goal is democratic ...

Nollywood’s distinct narratives resonate far beyond Africa, offering universal themes wrapped in rich, cultural detail. By bolstering financial models and fostering international partnerships, Nigeria ...

Sanctions must moreover align with the political influence of the state or states imposing sanctions. For example the EU excluded Russian banks in 2022 from Swift, the world’s leading financial ...

Littering and property theft are not left to the selfishness of the citizen, nor should climate be. In our own flying, driving, heating and consumption and in our governments’ lawmaking we should ...

I so admire the way the Financial Times wholeheartedly acknowledges and celebrates its own. I did not know Gwen Robinson (“FT journalist with generous nature who punctured egos”, Obituaries, April 1), ...

A back-of-the-envelope calculation using our predictability results estimates that the rebalancing costs borne by institutional investors can exceed 8 bps per year. For a market potentially exceeding ...

The gold rally is not about inflation or real rates, at least not directly. Gold is a terrible inflation hedge and its usual relationship to real rates has broken down.

Soft data is about sentiment — what people say, how they say they feel, what they express. Hard data is about what people do — what they are buying or not buying, what they are selling or not selling.

Firms like Paul Weiss have hired star lawyers to expand in dealmaking. Fear of losing business has made them less willing to ...

Le Pen was sentenced on Monday to an immediate ban on standing for election for five years, which would make it impossible ...