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    Soumaya Keynes became economics columnist for the Financial Times after eight years at The Economist where she covered economics, trade and globalisation. Soumaya won an award for comment from the Society for American Business Editors and Writers. She also co-hosted The Economist's Money Talks podcast and co-founded the Trade Talks podcast.
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    • Friday, 22 March, 2024
      Social Media
      Would a subscription model make social media better?

      These platforms aren’t free, and regulators are trying to manage the price

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      A dig into the data offers some clues

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    • Friday, 1 March, 2024
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      If you have to call a tax cut ‘smart’, it probably isn’t

      What a clever option would really look like

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    • Friday, 23 February, 2024
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      Expect more emphasis on global trade deficits, more dramatic intervention and bigger problems for Europe

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    • Friday, 16 February, 2024
      Employment
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      Policies that force companies to reveal the pay of peers have unintended consequences

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    • Friday, 9 February, 2024
      Emerging markets
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      Rising central bank credibility deserves some credit, but the recent shock differs from earlier ones in important ways

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    • Friday, 2 February, 2024
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      I watched it so you don’t have to — and I spotted three broader parallels with the real world

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    • Friday, 26 January, 2024
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      We all hate them, but ditching them is more complicated than you might think

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      They have seen some success, but not everyone is happy

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    • Friday, 5 January, 2024
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