Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nato’s mission of defending countries from enemy attack is not a million miles from maintaining a hard line on global financial regulation — even if explosions at banks tend to be more metaphorical. So financial … Read more
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London Since Labour first entered government in 1924, a total of 13 of the party’s MPs have served as government chief whip. Few had … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The author is a senior fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the author of ‘The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon’. The United States’ decision … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Asked in 2006 whether he risked fomenting class war by questioning the unfairness of the tax system, Warren Buffett responded: “There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The trade war unleashed by Donald Trump may be just the precursor for much larger turmoil in the global economy. Whatever tariffs look like when the dust settles, deficits, surpluses and trade patterns will still … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the incoming director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies The cloud of numbers in Rachel Reeves’ spending review obscured the big trade-offs. The chancellor rattled through an investment spree across a number … Read more
This article is an on-site version of Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday and Sunday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Welcome back. Next week marks the first anniversary of the UK Labour party’s return to power after 14 … Read more
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