Tag: Finance & economics
Even the Trumpiest stocks are suffering
What are the Trumpiest firms? One way to answer the question is by looking at companies in the president’s orbit, such as Tesla,...
Beneath investors’ feet, the ground is shifting
More remarkable than slumping share prices are the forces behind them
The Trump administration is playing a dangerous stockmarket game
The Trump administration has been extraordinarily blasé about falling stocks. “I can tell you that corrections are healthy, they are normal,” said Scott...
America’s Democrats should embrace “abundance liberalism”
Two new books contain much to commend them
Can anything get China’s shoppers to spend?
Installing more lifts in multi-storey buildings, extending the hours of children’s clinics during flu season, encouraging foreign direct investment in camping. These are...
Why rents are rising too fast
Across advanced economies the rental market is undergoing a profound change. In the years before covid-19 struck, rents were high but not growing...
More testosterone means higher pay—for some men
A changing appetite for status games could play a role
Why “labour shortages” don’t really exist
Use the term, and you are almost always a bad economist or a special pleader
