People want to believe a powerful and charismatic leader is on their side in an unjust world

If treachery becomes part of the debate, there can only be total victory or total defeat

What counts is implementation not innovation, and here the Chinese have big advantages

President’s ambitions rely on avoiding ‘middle-income trap’ and placating a more demanding populace

The withdrawal agreement does not command the needed support in parliament or country

But significant doubts linger about President Xi Jinping’s commitment to private enterprise

The UK is a large minnow, but still a minnow, in a very big lake

A bolder and more flexible leader would have stuck to the idea of a long extension

As time passes, regulation degrades and risks rise

It has made secular stagnation worse. Fiscal alternatives look a safer bet

A ‘destination-based’ corporate taxation system has a great deal going for it

Central bank should act to prevent the eurozone from slipping into another recession

If democracy means anything, it means a country’s right to change its mind

British farm policy should not prioritise protecting agriculture over cheap food

Two different plans to attack the problem could be combined in a workable compromise

Digital money needs tough regulation rather than bleating in favour of ‘innovation’

Promoting a small Asian city-state as a model for Britain is magical thinking

There is a relatively stable consensus over the value of market-oriented reforms

Unbridled strategic competition between China and the west would be a disaster

Another vote will be divisive — but what is happening is already splitting the country

Elites must consider their responsibility for the worldwide resurgence of strongmen