Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Say what you like about Scott Bessent, but the Treasury secretary’s insistence on claiming logic in every tergiversation of Donald Trump’s haphazard tariff policy is providing much amusement abroad. Bessent and other administration … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Often, decades pass between a harm appearing and societies fighting it. Scientists knew by the 1950s that smoking killed. The UK finally banned children under 16 from buying cigarettes in 1986. Now an international … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is the author of ‘Embracing Uncertainty: how writers, musicians and artists thrive in an unpredictable world’ In 1990, Seamus Heaney translated Sophocles’s Philoctetes as The Cure at Troy. He added a Chorus of his … 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 Greetings — Free Lunch hopes all readers had a restful break over the weekend, whether or not you … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Well, look, there’s no doubt there is an opportunity here, though obviously I won’t be doing it myself. There are many things I would do to save western civilisation, but having Elon Musk’s baby … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Social affairs myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. One of the worst things that can happen to a child is to drop out of school early. Across essentially every country, all over the world, “stay in school” is a fundamental mantra for flourishing. … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world European capital markets have long been in the shadow of their US counterparts. This year, investors are suddenly seeing the continent in a much brighter light. Policy developments are piquing their interest. The … 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 chief economist at Goldman Sachs I admit it: I often dodge questions about the dollar. A large body of academic literature and my own experience as an economic forecaster have taught me … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Beware unintended consequences. US-listed Chinese companies, including giants Alibaba and Temu owner PDD, have been hit by fears they may be forced to delist from New York. Such a move would be painful for US … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Pop star Katy Perry returned to Earth from her short trip aboard a Blue Origin rocket with a message for humanity: “I hope they can see the unity that we modelled and replicate that,” she … Read more