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The Analyst

Why targeted tariffs are more effective than broad tariffs

by Noah Smith | Nov 25, 2024

Something the Trump administration should probably think about. Trump is about to be back in the White House, so tariffs are back on the menu. Actually they never left — Biden slapped huge tariffs on a variety of Chinese products, including electric vehicles, chips, and other stuff. But...

The Professor

We need a market for expert advice, and competition among experts

by Roger Koppl | Nov 9, 2020

On the ghoulishly appropriate date of 31 October – Halloween – Boris Johnson announced new lockdown measures. “These measures above all will be time-limited,” the prime...

The Professor

Will things ever go back to normal?

by Joakim Book | Oct 27, 2020

Early in the pandemic I advised readers to zone out, take a break, and read fiction and other works of art that have stood the test of time. There’s only so much crazy we can...

The Professor

Trump mania: why do we care so much about politics?

by Joakim Book | Oct 19, 2020

The morning after Trump was elected, people in my university class were crying. Fair enough, you think: you’ve heard about the emotional fragility of today’s youth, and...

The Historian

What would Lincoln do?

by Clifford F. Thies | Oct 12, 2020

On 12 October 1864, Chief Justice Roger Taney, author of the Dred Scott decision, passed away. Abraham Lincoln (finally!) had the opportunity to replace that man. There was never...

Investor's Notebook

Confessions of a valuer – a life in property: chapter 1

by Norman Harker | Sep 30, 2020

In this very special series of exclusive articles for the Property Chronicle, Australian property legend Norman Harker will reflect on his extraordinary 50-year life in real...

The Fund Manager

Four money-making IPOs in this autumn of destiny

by Matein Khalid | Sep 21, 2020

The late Anwar Sadat, when president of Egypt, called 1973 his autumn of destiny. I call 2020 my autumn of destiny because four of the world’s top software/fintech will go public...

The Economist

Where does money come from?

by Alexander William Salter | Sep 8, 2020

Money is an indispensable part of modern economic activity. It was not always so: barter, where goods trade directly for other goods, was the norm for most of human history. But...

Investor's Notebook

Suburbia strikes back

by Zoltan Szelyes | Sep 1, 2020

City centres and suburbs have been subject to both centripetal and centrifugal forces in modern times. During the first four decades after World War II, rapidly growing...

The Economist

The consequences of the pandemic for inflation

by Andrew Wishart | Aug 25, 2020

Inflation came in much stronger than economists anticipated across the major western economies in July, highlighting that the effects of the pandemic are not purely deflationary....