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Monday, 27 June, 2022

FT Swamp Notes
America alone on abortion Premium content
The overturning of Roe vs Wade could be the moment business comes to the fore around reproductive issues
Monday, 27 June, 2022

Agricultural production
The high cost of producing cheap food
Intensive farming in America’s midwest has consequences for our health and the planet with falling returns to farmers
Monday, 20 June, 2022

FT Swamp Notes
Will boomers cause more inflation? Premium content
As they retire, more people will be competing to consume fewer goods and services
Sunday, 19 June, 2022

US Inflation
When trying to predict inflation in the US, remember the wild cards
A long reliance on easy money may give rise to new difficulties as the Fed raises interest rates
Monday, 13 June, 2022

FT Swamp Notes
Do no harm Premium content
Corporations need to abide by the same oath as the medical profession and consider the public good
Monday, 13 June, 2022

US-China trade dispute
America must do more in the trade tug of war
The US still has plenty of room to re-industrialise and increase domestic demand
Wednesday, 8 June, 2022

FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
Ukraine’s president: ‘Stalemate is not an option’
Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells FT conference that western sanctions ‘have not really influenced’ Moscow’s position
Monday, 6 June, 2022

FT Swamp Notes
More dancing, fewer rules Premium content
New York City needs to alter outdated zoning laws which are having a detrimental effect on affordable housing — and fun
Sunday, 5 June, 2022

Supply chains
The cost of complexity in supply chains
Powerful middlemen distort global markets and drain revenues
Monday, 30 May, 2022

FT Swamp Notes
The new geography of work Premium content
‘If you can do it in Tahoe, you can do it in India’
Monday, 30 May, 2022

World Economic Forum in Davos
Talk of doing good rings hollow among global elite
Despite all the chatter at Davos about stakeholder capitalism, the forum has been a sign of lack of progress
Monday, 23 May, 2022

FT Swamp Notes
Escape from Davos Premium content
Why do we keep putting ourselves through this charade?
Sunday, 22 May, 2022

Globalisation
Davos and the new deglobalisation
Technological progress suggests the turn from globalisation can bring benefits as well as challenges
Friday, 20 May, 2022

FT Swamp Notes
Stagflation and our unlearned history lessons Premium content
As a species humanity is remarkably prone to believing its own propaganda
Monday, 16 May, 2022

FT Swamp Notes
A whiny plea to acknowledge Generation X Premium content
Self-serving complaining shouldn’t be the monopoly of other generations
Monday, 16 May, 2022

Federal Reserve
Let the Fed put money where it is really needed
Inflation pressures and asset bubbles are a sign that the central bank has been distracted from its core mission
Friday, 13 May, 2022

FT Swamp Notes
Are we heading for another Occupy Wall Street moment? Premium content
Debt-ridden young people face the prospect of duking it out with the wealthy for a shrinking piece of the pie
Monday, 9 May, 2022

FT Swamp Notes
Can work offset wealth? Premium content
The current situation presents a conundrum for Democrats ahead of November’s midterms
Sunday, 8 May, 2022

Global trade
The world needs a 12-step programme for better trade
We have to start by admitting that there is a problem with the old model of globalisation
Thursday, 5 May, 2022

FT MagazineUS economy
Are soaring US property prices here to stay?
Two analogous periods — 2007 and 1843 — offer big clues to what happens next
Monday, 2 May, 2022

FT Swamp Notes
Global trade without common values Premium content
Poor countries, rich countries, liberal democracies and state autocracies all have different horses in this race
Monday, 2 May, 2022

Capitalism
The failures of stakeholder capitalism
ESG investing is missing the realities of market power in an age of corporate concentration and rising profits
Monday, 25 April, 2022

FT Swamp Notes
The cognitive dissonance of corporate life Premium content
People are not going back to the status quo. Business won’t be able to either
Monday, 25 April, 2022

Global economic growth
The threat of a global ‘buying strike’ rises as cost-of-living hits
History shows that consumers cutting back on discretionary spending pose a serious risk for markets
Thursday, 21 April, 2022

ReviewNon-Fiction
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order — an instant classic
Gary Gerstle’s economic history is essential reading for learning how we arrived at a reckoning with capitalism