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    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      HS2
      HS2 costs set to jump as inflation undermines rail project’s future

      Price tag set to rise to a figure closer to £91bn, according to calculations by the Financial Times

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      The Big Read
      How British chicken got caught in the country’s economic storm

      The poultry industry is facing an onslaught of different upheavals that have thrust the once fast-growing sector into crisis

    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      FT SeriesThe Return of Big Government
      Big government is back. How will we pay for it?

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    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      The rise of the middle powers
      The à la carte world: our new geopolitical order

      With the US and China at loggerheads, a range of ‘middle powers’ see an opening to pursue their interests

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    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
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      Why productivity is so weak at UK companies

      Longstanding problems of low investment and skills gaps exacerbated by overconfidence and lack of management time

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
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      How Japan got its swagger back

      Helped by an escape from decades of deflation, the stock market is at a 33-year high and the economy rebounding. But can this rally last?

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      How Ghana’s economy became a cautionary tale for Africa

      The decline of a regional champion rings alarm bells for other countries on the continent that overspent when debt was cheap

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    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      The crisis in European equities
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      The first part of a series on the crisis in European equities explores how a rush into safer assets has left the UK listing market moribund and is driving companies overseas

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    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
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      Rebuilding Pakistan: how much should rich nations help?

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    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
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      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
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    • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
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