The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: the crisis of trust

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In part one of this six-part series of The Economics Show, Martin Wolf, the FT’s chief economics commentator, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman discuss how trust in the postwar world economic system is being … Read more

The trend strengthening the hand of big credit houses

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a bond portfolio manager at Barksdale Investment Management and editor of ‘The Credit Investor’s Handbook’ The junk bond market has roared back to life, making May the busiest high-yield bond issuance month … Read more

The importance of marking life’s milestones

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. It’s commencement season at educational institutions in the US — and across the world. My 18-year-old nephew is graduating from high school in California this month. It is a significant time for him. I … Read more

Reeves can no longer outrun Labour’s early choices

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Keir Starmer is searching for a new economics adviser. The job description appears to be someone good, but not so good that they will cause destabilising rifts with the chancellor. Big hitters need not apply.  … Read more

How to end the US-Iran nuclear impasse

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The writer is a professor at Johns Hopkins University and author of ‘Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History’ Nuclear talks between Iran and the US have reached an impasse over Iran’s right to … Read more

Why should investors care about Aim?

I cannot recall a great deal about my 30th birthday. It could be that my presents were a disappointment, but I hesitate to pursue that possibility in print — my nearest and dearest might exact revenge when I next come to blow out the candles. I wonder if the 30th anniversary on June 19 of … Read more