Why orphanages are best left in fiction
‘Many of the eight million children currently living in orphanages are not true orphans at all’
Wall Street looks like a winner under Donald Trump
US banks’ resurgence is likely to be magnified if he loosens regulations
What Trump can learn from the US Olympic women’s gymnastics team
‘Nobody gave a damn whether the gymnasts were black, brown, white or blue. This was an America united, not divided by racial slurs or anger’
Prepare for a reversal of monetary rule under President Trump
Historians may come to see 2016 as an economic policy inflection point
Donald Trump ushers in the era of political improvisation
Two parties in New York hint at how this political upset has happened
Will ‘foot-dragging’ trip Clinton up?
‘Faced with a world that seems disempowering, bizarre and hostile, some voters prefer to opt out rather than openly protest’
Markets prepare for a vote that makes Brexit look basic
The choice of Hillary Clinton vs Donald Trump seems binary but the risks are complex
The rise of the silver slotter
‘It is estimated that some four million older adults in the US have a gambling addiction — and the number is rising’
The secret of industrial espionage is that it does not pay
New analysis of East German files shows how western business can beat the spies
Trump uses charity event to step up invective
Republican candidate accuses Clinton of being corrupt and a Catholic hater
The truth about Trumpkins
‘Trump’s behaviour has done more to spark interest in feminism than anything Clinton has done’
The pioneering spirit America would do well to revive
For centuries millions moved to find work, but this mobility has declined
Clinton, Trump and the ‘dirty lens’ problem
‘Periodically, we all need to try to embrace a completely different world view, or at least listen patiently to others’
Investors are ill equipped for our unfathomable future
The danger in finance is that investment groups will be wiped out by price swings from political shock
Trump country shrugs and changes the channel
Rarely has the gulf between elite and non-elite yawned so wide in US politics
Forget the gloom: remember what technology has done for you
‘We do not usually spend much time thinking about how the computers that we carry in our pockets are upending our lives’
The cold war past haunts our electronic future
Russians have always believed that the real value of cyber is psychological warfare and influence
Make slogans great again
‘Watching Trump’s performance, I did not have an iota of doubt about his campaign’s key mantra’
Why Wells Fargo is a watershed moment for clawbacks
The $41m of stock awards taken from the bank’s chief executive is hardly small change
Don’t throw our bins away
‘Bins show that a society has a well-funded and well-organised state, where levels of trust are high’
Energy companies must act to avoid banks’ mistakes
Regulatory probes signal why reforms are needed on reporting standards
How does your GDP grow?
‘Countries plagued by ageing populations might find that the swelling ranks of robots offset those vanishing workers’
The alchemists who turn negative bond yields into profit
Canny investors can make the most of the dollar rise offsetting the yen loss
Smile, you’re on camera
‘In our digital age, the idea of fly-on-the-wall content seems increasingly normal’
Persuading companies to repatriate cash is not easy
Policymakers should acknowledge that tax breaks alone will not work
