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  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    The editorial board
    The US and Iran look for de-escalation

    Risk of deepening nuclear crisis remains, but any efforts to contain it are welcome

  • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
    The editorial board
    Argentina’s perilous path to economic stability

    The surprise primary elections win of a far-right populist raises the stakes in the October presidential poll

  • Monday, 14 August, 2023
    The editorial board
    India’s economic rise is not guaranteed

    Without reform New Delhi will be unable to capitalise on the country’s potential

  • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
    The editorial board
    Britain’s corporation tax system needs a long-term fix

    The levy hinders business investment and stifles productivity growth

  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    Sport
    The Commonwealth Games are in jeopardy

    Sporting jamboree needs to be made more attractive to hosts and sponsors

  • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
    The editorial board
    China’s troubling drop into deflation

    Beijing should stop tinkering and take bold steps to revive the economy

  • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
    Companies
    Employee share ownership is a perk worth expanding

    Wider access to equity plans can be good for companies, and their workers

  • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
    The editorial board
    Staying out of Horizon would harm British science

    If it wants to be an innovation superpower, the UK needs to rejoin €95bn EU programme

  • Monday, 7 August, 2023
    The editorial board
    Torment of Alexei Navalny is the tip of an iceberg

    As Putin critics are jailed, thousands of anti-war protesters suffer reprisals

  • Sunday, 6 August, 2023
    The editorial board
    It is time to fix Britain’s broken tax system

    Reforms can promote long-term economic growth and deliver higher revenues

  • Friday, 4 August, 2023
    The editorial board
    How to manage the green backlash

    Governments need better strategies to handle the costs of the climate transition

  • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
    The editorial board
    The Bank of England walks a tightrope

    Central bank’s mixed signals leaves path for UK economy uncertain

  • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
    The editorial board
    Let the legal process play out against Donald Trump

    Even more than 2020, next year will herald a battle for the future of US democracy

  • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
    The editorial board
    Niger coup highlights west’s failing policy in the Sahel

    Fall of Mohamed Bazoum risks leaving the stage to jihadist or Russian groups

  • Monday, 31 July, 2023
    The editorial board
    The Bank of Japan’s timely tweak

    Getting closer to the inflation target means getting serious about fiscal policy

  • Sunday, 30 July, 2023
    The editorial board
    The limits of Meloni’s pragmatism

    Italy’s leader has proved a solid Nato ally but is pursuing worrying policies at home

  • Friday, 28 July, 2023
    The editorial board
    Can tech companies police themselves on AI?

    The industry and legislators will have to work together on reducing risks

  • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
    The editorial board
    Time to retire the ‘emerging markets’ label

    Clumping the developing world together obscures economic risks and opportunities

  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
    The editorial board
    NatWest’s mishandling of the Farage farrago

    Errors by the bank and its Coutts subsidiary made CEO’s resignation inevitable

  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
    The editorial board
    Israeli democracy in peril

    Judicial overhaul undermines one of the key pillars of the state

  • Monday, 24 July, 2023
    The editorial board
    Spain goes into political limbo

    Poor result for hard-right Vox is positive for the country’s democracy

  • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
    The editorial board
    An ‘immaculate disinflation’ in the US is not guaranteed

    Investors betting on a soft landing should exercise caution

  • Friday, 21 July, 2023
    The editorial board
    The unravelling of Britain’s Conservatives

    Rishi Sunak should hold out against calls for irresponsible policies

  • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
    The editorial board
    Political views should not be a bar to banking services

    More clarity is needed over rules related to high-profile individuals

  • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
    The editorial board
    Extreme summer heat will become the new normal

    Governments must speed up efforts to adapt to warming as well as avert it

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