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Ruchir Sharma

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A writer and investor, he is the author of four books, including most recently “The 10 Rules of Successful Nations”. He is chair of Rockefeller International. The views expressed in his column are strictly his own.

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  • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
    Luxury goods
    Europe’s new success stories are built on high luxury, not high tech

    This raises hard questions for the continent in an age of vast wealth inequality and slow growth 

  • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
    Chinese economy
    ‘Boomy’ talk about the Chinese economy is a charade

    Wall Street forecasts are now even more optimistic than Beijing’s unreachable growth target

  • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
    Indian politics & policy
    An economic miracle in India

    The state of Karnataka shows that capitalism and democracy still have a future

  • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
    Global Economy
    What strong gold says about the weak dollar

    The US has been weaponising its currency — but that comes with a cost

  • Monday, 10 April, 2023
    US & Canadian companies
    Why America’s big companies keep getting bigger

    The beneficiaries of post-crisis rescues are established companies — this is not how capitalism is supposed to work

  • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
    Global Economy
    The unstoppable rise of government rescues

    A maximalist culture of bailouts and state support is bloating and thereby destabilising the global financial system

  • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
    Global Economy
    Three global cities are pulling ahead since the peak of the pandemic

    Miami, Dubai and Singapore boom by welcoming those chased out of rival international hubs

  • Monday, 27 February, 2023
    Market bubbles
    The markets are alive with the sound of echo bubbles

    Investors refuse to give up on ideas that recently made them a lot of money

  • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
    Thailand
    The untold story of the world’s most resilient currency

    After Thailand became ground zero in the Asian financial crisis, the baht achieved a long-running stability

  • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
    Global Economy
    The world is not ready for the long grind to come

    Demographic changes and deglobalisation will keep inflation higher than policymakers were used to pre-pandemic

  • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
    Xi Jinping
    The Xi nobody saw coming

    China’s hardline leader has reversed his decisions on a wide range of policies, wrongfooting the rest of the world

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    The Weekend Essay
    From peak dollar to better TV: Ruchir Sharma’s investor guide to 2023

    With the era of easy money at an end, who will be the winners and losers — and can we expect any blue birds?

  • Monday, 19 December, 2022
    Private equity
    Private markets have become an escape from reality

    There will be nowhere to hide in the tight money era

  • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
    Global Economy
    The easy money era is over but world leaders have not got the memo

    Free-spending governments are being punished if they don’t abandon unorthodox policy

  • Monday, 21 November, 2022
    Arabian Gulf States
    The Gulf is partying while it can

    But the joy of hosting the World Cup in an oil and property boom will not last unless productivity improves

  • Monday, 7 November, 2022
    US economy
    Economists see recession coming, so maybe it’s not

    Markets have a better record at predicting downturns — but sometimes the inevitable never happens

  • Monday, 24 October, 2022
    Chinese economy
    China’s economy will not overtake the US until 2060, if ever

    The consensus that Beijing can achieve whatever target it sets ignores the pace of slowdown in recent years 

  • Monday, 10 October, 2022
    US Dollar
    Biden should act now on the wrecking-ball dollar

    Washington could help to weaken the currency without undermining the Fed’s effort to contain US inflation

  • Monday, 26 September, 2022
    Global Economy
    The seven economic wonders of a worried world

    A few countries stand out as hopeful exceptions to prevailing pessimism

  • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
    Transcript
    Is a post-dollar world coming?

    Ukraine makes dramatic gains in the war with Russia

  • Sunday, 11 September, 2022
    Artificial intelligence
    Robots need to move faster to save the world

    Alarmists say AI will steal jobs, but underlying demographic trends foretell continuing worker shortages

  • Sunday, 28 August, 2022
    US Dollar
    A post-dollar world is coming

    The currency may look strong but its weaknesses are mounting

  • Monday, 15 August, 2022
    Indian economy
    At 75, India is finally ready to join the global party

    With its entrepreneurial spirit and an increasingly efficient welfare state, the country can thrive in a slowing world

  • Monday, 18 July, 2022
    Innovation
    Here’s how to solve the productivity paradox

    A culture of government bailouts and constant stimulus is a barrier to technological innovation and dynamism

  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    Emerging markets
    Emerging markets are in better shape than you think

    Dour commentary misses reform in the largest developing economies since the taper tantrum last sent investors fleeing

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