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  • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
    The editorial board
    Nigeria’s economic reforms need to regain momentum

    Bola Tinubu started well but has to follow through on his promises for change

    A pedestrian passes a sign for the central business district in Lagos. Now that the government is $10bn better off after scrapping the fuel subsidy, it needs to explain how it is going to use the money
  • Monday, 2 October, 2023
    The editorial board
    How to lock in support for Ukraine for the long haul

    Aid to Kyiv is becoming a political football in the US and elsewhere

    A wounded Ukrainian soldier is treated by medics
  • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
    The editorial board
    It is right to shed light on opaque private capital markets

    Authorities need to monitor valuation practices to better assess risks in the industry

    Tourists on New York’s Staten Island ferry
  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    The push to mine Earth’s final frontier

    Harvesting the sea floor for critical minerals warrants careful consideration

    A Greenpeace activist off the Mexican coast protests against deep-sea mining. If the seabed can support the green transition, then we need to better understand the potential harms of mining there
  • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    For business, breaking up with China is hard to do

    Companies need more clarity over direction of western policy on Beijing

    A man takes a photo of an iPhone 15 in Beijing. Apple is hedging its bets via the ‘China plus one’ strategy
  • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    A strategy for hard-pressed consultants

    The masters of change management are having to become more agile

    Commuters at a train station in New York. Consulting may need to rethink the opportunity it is offering its usually overworked workforce
  • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    High-speed trains and the crashing of Britain’s credibility

    Dropping a chunk of HS2 would undermine the country as a place to do business

    An artist’s impression of an HS2 train. HS2 is not just a solution on passenger capacity but has become vital to Britain’s net zero goals
  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    The Indian dilemma for America and its allies

    New Delhi’s alleged role in a murder on Canadian soil requires due legal process

    Justin Trudeau shakes hands with Narendra Modi at the G20 in New Delhi. Foreign policy can be a messy affair, but sometimes values have to take precedence
  • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    The wage growth puzzle for central banks

    UK labour market appears an outlier compared with the US and the EU

    A woman holds a sign that reads ‘United for a strong contract’ during a rally to support striking workers outside a car assembly plant in Louisville, Kentucky
  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    The tech IPO window is open, but not wide open

    Investors want companies to be making profits, not just promising future growth

    Arm chief Rene Haas rings the opening bell at the Nasdaq in New York. Public equity markets are the lifeblood of capitalism, and dynamic growth companies should be the lifeblood of public markets
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    Poland’s damaging quarrel with Ukraine

    One of Kyiv’s staunchest supporters is undermining its credibility, and the EU’s

    Farmers inspect unsold grain stores on a farm in Sedziejowo, Poland, in April
  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    Rishi Sunak’s unwise retreat on climate policies

    Prime minister’s backtracking is bad for the planet, and for the UK economy

    A pensive-looking Rishi Sunak stands at a podium between Union Jack flags
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    Libya’s flood disaster was partly man-made

    Western governments should focus on supporting efforts to stabilise the country

    A survivor sits on the rubble of a destroyed building in Libya’s eastern city of Derna on September 18
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    Assertive US unions pose a challenge for Joe Biden

    Auto workers’ strike carries risks for the White House, and for labour leaders

    People in red T-shirts hold up placards with ‘UAW’ and ‘cola and fair pay’ written on them at a strike rally
  • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    The case for retiring Britain’s triple lock on pensions

    Linking payments to earnings growth is fairer and more sustainable

    Older people dancing. The question of how much pensioners ought to be protected is a political one
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    Elon Musk and the privatisation of defence

    Governments have abdicated responsibility as billionaires become geopolitical actors

    A man in a T-shirt that says ‘occupy Mars’ waves to a crowd
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    The EU and China clash on electric vehicles

    Resorting to protectionist measures is not in Brussels’ long-term interests

    Electric vehicles bound for shipment to Europe in Taicang, Jiangsu Province, China, last month
  • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    Putin and Kim’s ominous marriage of convenience

    A North Korea-Russia arms deal is bad news for Ukraine, the US, and even China

    Men in suits stand in a launch site of a rocket
  • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    The ECB’s rate rise dilemma

    With weakening growth and high inflation, Lagarde faces a difficult balancing act

    Christine Lagarde wearing a red dress stands at a podium in front of an EU flag
  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    Britain’s failed offshore wind auction

    The government needs to restore confidence in its renewables pricing regime

  • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    An interventionist SEC risks a courtroom backlash

    With no consensus in Congress, the watchdog is relying on judges to agree with its measures

    Gary Gensler, chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    The G20 has flaws but the world still needs it

    Xi and Putin’s absence and splits on Ukraine raise questions over viability

    A man rides a cycle rickshaw past a billboard featuring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of this week’s summit of the G20 nations in New Delhi
  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    Britain’s crumbling public buildings

    Risks of lightweight concrete in schools are symptomatic of a wider problem

    A worker carries out repairs to a school in Leicester. The National Audit Office warned in June that 700,000 pupils were at schools needing major rebuilding or refurbishment
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    The promise of anti-obesity drugs

    Weight-loss medication can boost global welfare, but should not replace healthy habits

    A scientist uses a culture flask and pipette
  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    The editorial board
    Italy risks wasting its cash windfall

    Rome and Brussels must work together to adapt spending plans

    European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen with then Italian prime minister Mario Draghi in 2021. Absorbing funds amounting to 10% of Italy’s GDP in five years was always going to be a tall order
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