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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 directs the Center on the US and Europe at the Brookings Institution Remember the bizarrely menacing Russian video of ice-bound European cities set to a baleful song called “Winter Will Be Long”? It … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rachel Reeves stands accused of lacking a theory of growth. Popularised by political scientist Ben Ansell, the critique rebukes the UK chancellor for banging on about economic growth while being “empty-minded” about its pursuit. This … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the ESG investing myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Don’t let the happy smiley face in my photo deceive you. I seethe at losing my job to this day. The stress on my family. Giving up our London home. Being broke. The worst thing … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In markets, the real secret sauce for the US — its magic trick to lure in global investment funds and keep them there — is the benefit of the doubt. This is what Europe is … Read more
Who is the father of the modern garden? Flowery-minded British gardeners might name a mother, Miss Jekyll in her Surrey garden. French gallery-goers might name Monet, master of the lily pond and his painterly flower beds at Giverny. In 1965 the American Institute of Architects named a Brazilian as the “real creator of the modern … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Time was when dominance of the networks of global trade turned on the firepower of mighty navies and the control of vital waterways. These days it’s increasingly about who supplies your broadband. In the eyes … Read more
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