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    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
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      Turkey’s economic fate is still in the president’s hands

      After a promising rejig, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan must loosen his grip on economic policy

    • Monday, 5 June, 2023
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      Ukraine needs long-term security guarantees

      Nato should put Kyiv on the road towards membership at a summit next month

    • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
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      How to make Britain’s pensions assets work harder

      MPs should make the case for funds to invest in the UK, rather than forcing them

    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
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      The world’s public debt problem

      Governments around the globe can no longer duck the hard choices needed to tame borrowing

    • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
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      Joe Biden averts a disastrous default

      The sooner America scraps its nonsensical debt ceiling the better

    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
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      China’s faltering outlook for growth

      Local government debt restructuring is needed to avoid a lost decade

    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
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      Fixing Britain’s broken housing market

      To raise home ownership, blockages in the planning and tax system need to be removed

    • Monday, 29 May, 2023
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      An anxious future for Turkey’s economy and democracy

      Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has little time to bask in his electoral triumph

    • Sunday, 28 May, 2023
      The editorial board
      Food price inflation is proving stubbornly persistent

      Falls in commodity and energy costs have not all fed through to grocery baskets

    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
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      Meta’s fine has repercussions for EU-US data flows

      Brussels and Washington need to find a route to a workable legal framework

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
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      Investors can play their part in the war on superbugs

      As McDonald’s is targeted, governments also need to tighten and enforce rules

    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
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      The government must win trust on legal migration

      Rishi Sunak has to make the case for foreign workers where they are needed

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
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      Taking stock of the G7 Hiroshima summit

      Show of unity on Russia and China needs to be followed up with concrete actions

    • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
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      The UK and European electric vehicle trade

      Hoping for delays to post-Brexit rules is not a strategy, particularly for British automakers

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
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      Will the bubble in private markets hiss or pop?

      Higher interest rates put alternative investments to the test

    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
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      Clamping down on Russia’s sanctions evasion

      Western leaders need to get tougher on offshore secrecy jurisdictions

    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
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      The misguided re-engagement with Syria’s Bashar al-Assad

      Readmission to the Arab League sends a chilling message to regime’s victims

    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
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      Greece’s economic revival is still a work in progress

      Athens’ rise from the debt crisis is impressive but the next government must build on it

    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
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      The scandal of South Africa’s alleged arms to Russia

      Pretoria’s choices undercut its supposedly neutral stance on the Ukraine conflict

    • Sunday, 14 May, 2023
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      The perils of economic forecasting in uncertain times

      Economists need to be clearer about the limits of their predictions

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
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      Come fly first class with me

      On life support during Covid-19, airlines are experiencing a boom in premium travel

    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
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      The lurking danger of a Trump return

      Sexual abuse verdict may not stall the former president’s momentum

    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
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      Protecting deposits in the era of digital bank runs

      Insurance has a role — but lenders must be more robust in the first place

    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
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      China’s raids on foreign firms hurt its own interests

      Western multinationals have been leading advocates for engagement with Beijing

    • Monday, 8 May, 2023
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      A defining election for Turkey

      President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faces the most united opposition in years

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