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    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      High-speed trains and the crashing of Britain’s credibility

      Dropping a chunk of HS2 would undermine the country as a place to do business

      An artist’s impression of an HS2 train. HS2 is not just a solution on passenger capacity but has become vital to Britain’s net zero goals
    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      The Indian dilemma for America and its allies

      New Delhi’s alleged role in a murder on Canadian soil requires due legal process

      Justin Trudeau shakes hands with Narendra Modi at the G20 in New Delhi. Foreign policy can be a messy affair, but sometimes values have to take precedence
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      The wage growth puzzle for central banks

      UK labour market appears an outlier compared with the US and the EU

      A woman holds a sign that reads ‘United for a strong contract’ during a rally to support striking workers outside a car assembly plant in Louisville, Kentucky
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      The tech IPO window is open, but not wide open

      Investors want companies to be making profits, not just promising future growth

      Arm chief Rene Haas rings the opening bell at the Nasdaq in New York. Public equity markets are the lifeblood of capitalism, and dynamic growth companies should be the lifeblood of public markets
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      Poland’s damaging quarrel with Ukraine

      One of Kyiv’s staunchest supporters is undermining its credibility, and the EU’s

      Farmers inspect unsold grain stores on a farm in Sedziejowo, Poland, in April
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      Rishi Sunak’s unwise retreat on climate policies

      Prime minister’s backtracking is bad for the planet, and for the UK economy

      A pensive-looking Rishi Sunak stands at a podium between Union Jack flags
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      Libya’s flood disaster was partly man-made

      Western governments should focus on supporting efforts to stabilise the country

      A survivor sits on the rubble of a destroyed building in Libya’s eastern city of Derna on September 18
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      Assertive US unions pose a challenge for Joe Biden

      Auto workers’ strike carries risks for the White House, and for labour leaders

      People in red T-shirts hold up placards with ‘UAW’ and ‘cola and fair pay’ written on them at a strike rally
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      The case for retiring Britain’s triple lock on pensions

      Linking payments to earnings growth is fairer and more sustainable

      Older people dancing. The question of how much pensioners ought to be protected is a political one
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      Elon Musk and the privatisation of defence

      Governments have abdicated responsibility as billionaires become geopolitical actors

      A man in a T-shirt that says ‘occupy Mars’ waves to a crowd
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      The EU and China clash on electric vehicles

      Resorting to protectionist measures is not in Brussels’ long-term interests

      Electric vehicles bound for shipment to Europe in Taicang, Jiangsu Province, China, last month
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      Putin and Kim’s ominous marriage of convenience

      A North Korea-Russia arms deal is bad news for Ukraine, the US, and even China

      Men in suits stand in a launch site of a rocket
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      The ECB’s rate rise dilemma

      With weakening growth and high inflation, Lagarde faces a difficult balancing act

      Christine Lagarde wearing a red dress stands at a podium in front of an EU flag
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      Britain’s failed offshore wind auction

      The government needs to restore confidence in its renewables pricing regime

    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      An interventionist SEC risks a courtroom backlash

      With no consensus in Congress, the watchdog is relying on judges to agree with its measures

      Gary Gensler, chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      The G20 has flaws but the world still needs it

      Xi and Putin’s absence and splits on Ukraine raise questions over viability

      A man rides a cycle rickshaw past a billboard featuring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of this week’s summit of the G20 nations in New Delhi
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      Britain’s crumbling public buildings

      Risks of lightweight concrete in schools are symptomatic of a wider problem

      A worker carries out repairs to a school in Leicester. The National Audit Office warned in June that 700,000 pupils were at schools needing major rebuilding or refurbishment
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      The promise of anti-obesity drugs

      Weight-loss medication can boost global welfare, but should not replace healthy habits

      A scientist uses a culture flask and pipette
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      Italy risks wasting its cash windfall

      Rome and Brussels must work together to adapt spending plans

      European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen with then Italian prime minister Mario Draghi in 2021. Absorbing funds amounting to 10% of Italy’s GDP in five years was always going to be a tall order
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      Ukraine’s internal battle against graft

      Zelenskyy aims to signal at home and abroad that he is serious about tackling corruption

      Igor Kolomoisky
    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      Time is up for the House of Lords

      Careful reform is needed to end the practice of unelected legislators

      The House of Lords during the 2019 state opening of parliament
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      The editorial board
      A new blow for Generation Rent

      The young and lower-paid are being priced out of housing lets as well as purchases

      FT montage of a home being cut in half by a rising red line to indicate increasing housing costs
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      The editorial board
      Africa’s contagious coups

      The continent’s democrats must be a bulwark against spreading military rule

      People in Akanda, Gabon, celebrate the military coup that toppled Ali Bongo. The best thing African democrats can do to prevent coups is to get their own houses in order
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      The editorial board
      In search of a British China strategy

      UK needs to balance commerce, security and human rights

      Caroline Wilson, James Cleverly and Han Zheng sit next to each other in white armchairs
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      The editorial board
      Lessons from a reflective Jackson Hole

      Central bankers need to adapt to an era of global economic upheaval

      ECB president Christine Lagarde, the Bank of Japan’s Kazuo Ueda and the Fed’s Jay Powell at Jackson Hole. A problem for central bankers is that interest rates are a blunt tool to wield in a time of rapid change
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