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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. How does each country select its economic elite? What are the differences between, say, US and Chinese elites? The new World Elite Database (WED) offers the best comparative data yet, drawn from 16 countries … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Who benefits when markets lurch? Generally, those sitting on giant piles of cash. Investors who find themselves with dry powder during a crisis can relieve overextended owners of their assets, ease liquidity crunches and hopefully … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On a recent work trip in Madrid, I picked up a new word: fachaleco. You will not find it in a Spanish dictionary. It is a compound of facha (fascist) and chaleco (vest). It refers, … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is co-founder and co-chair of Oaktree Capital Management and author of ‘Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side’ The events last week surrounding US President Donald Trump’s tariffs … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world We should trust in Donald Trump’s instincts, says Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Alternatively, Johnson and his caucus should run screaming in the opposite direction. It is too late for … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Picture a couple taking their truculent, bickering, late-teenage children on what no one wants to admit will probably be their last family holiday together. The well-intentioned project is propelled by nostalgia for happier, younger and … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The market meltdown that wiped more than $5tn dollars from US stock markets last week has left investors with few places to hide. From Big Tech to low tech, virtually every industry took … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is a professor at Harvard University and former chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers A hopeful endgame for the tariff fiasco is making the rounds on Wall Street … Read more
