What will Kevin Warsh do?
Trump wants his nominee to slash interest rates, but Warsh’s Fed colleagues are likely to balk if the labour market continues to hold up this well, creating the conditions for…
Tiger parenting once children turn into adults could smother their careers
And why would they? Their tickets to return home for festivals are taken care of; if they fall behind on rent payments, a bank transfer from home saves them; and…
How MAD logic may be staging a grand comeback in nuclear strategy
Let’s remind ourselves of the importance of this moment. After the US developed the hydrogen bomb in 1952, the world’s two superpowers—the US and Soviet Union—engaged in a stupefying nuclear…
How AI allows us to end the practice of treating animals as a resource for scarce substances
Ambergris is a waxy substance produced by sperm whales to protect their digestive tract from indigestible debris. Once expelled, it floats to the surface, washing up as flotsam on beaches…
The US dollar has fallen but its dominance is unlikely to end anytime soon
It is true that Xi’s point was made in a closed forum back in 2024, but the Chinese authorities only released it this year. It is also true that Trump…
India-US trade deal brings relief—with strings attached
And there are linkages between the two FTAs. For one, India-European Union (EU) FTA appears to have provided the momentum for the US to announce a deal with a country…