ENVIRONMENT
Kim Stanley Robinson’s guide to keeping the doomsday glacier hanging on
New projections released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the US put minimum sea-level rise at 12 inches within the next 28 years
BUSINESS
Germany, US push oil tax cuts that help the Kremlin and punish Ukraine
Countries from the US to Germany to Japan are pushing terrible energy policies. Rather than curbing, governments are boosting demand for fuel
BUSINESS
ESG means no more buying the world a Coke
The stampede of companies out of Russia marks a major change in global capitalism that may not be for the better
WORLD
Russia-Ukraine War: Putin might be just crazy enough to use nukes
Biden and the NATO allies are realising that nuclear, chemical and biological weapons are not unthinkable.
WORLD
Imran Khan’s fall from grace is his own fault
With his populist bravado and anti-Western rhetoric, the Pakistani prime minister has stumbled into a trap of his own making.
BUSINESS
Are people in finance untrustworthy?
Former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner has been confessing up to an awful lot of dishonest behaviour. Is he an outlier or was his boundary-pushing and lack of trustworthiness just on the extreme end of a financial-industry continuum that includes a lot of other dodgy behaviour?
BUSINESS
Is a new global recession the price for punishing Putin?
The global economy likely won’t be able to avoid a slump, absent a resumption of Russian energy exports this year. Ultimately, that depends on how much pain the US and its partners are prepared to endure to punish the Russian president for his invasion of Ukraine.
BUSINESS
Doomscrolling has ruined our sense of time
The dual crises of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have been testing our governments, our institutions, our diplomacy — and our collective sense of time
BUSINESS
The world is moving from just-in-time manufacturing to just-in-case management
The pandemic, Climate Change and geopolitical upheaval have shredded the certainties that CEOs once took for granted
WORLD
The US Fed needs a boring bank regulator
US President Joe Biden needs to appoint an apolitical Fed staffer
WORLD
The US Fed’s actions don’t match Jerome Powell’s words
Economists who think the Fed has a lot of catching up to do are entitled to be puzzled. They heard the central bank say it agrees with their analysis but for some reason isn’t going to do what that analysis demands
BUSINESS
What Ukraine can learn from Finland’s stand 80 years ago
The Winter War between the Finns and the Soviet Union has important parallels with the current conflict James Stavridis
POLITICS
Great Man Theory | Why it’s important to choose wise leaders
It’s hard to look at the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has turned the global economy upside down and re-ordered Europe’s military priorities, and deny the singular influence of Vladimir Putin’s particular ideas and judgments on the course of world affairs.
BUSINESS
Technology companies have a road out of China
There is a clear trend to ensure that the EV supply chain doesn’t suffer from the same concentration risk as consumer electronics. That’s sure to make future executives, and politicians, sleep a little easier
BUSINESS
Oil is not at $200, but it is pricey enough for Asia
The 1970s stagflation in the West coincided with the rise of Asia. Conditions are very different now because of, among other things, the scarring from the pandemic
BUSINESS
Why India is losing faith in the West
The West criticising India for continuing to buy oil from Russia is especially galling, given that European nations have yet to wean themselves off Russian energy supplies either. Unlike them, India can hardly afford such bills
BUSINESS
The King of block trades is entangled in a US probe of Morgan Stanley
When Frank Fu, a Cornell-educated engineer, opened his own hedge fund two years ago, he picked an unlikely niche for an introvert.
WORLD
How four powerful brothers broke Sri Lanka
The Rajapaksa clan may have defeated the Tamil rebellion, but they’ve lost control of Sri Lanka’s economy after two years of worsening crisis
BUSINESS
An oil price rally is bad. A diesel crisis is worse
Diesel is the workhorse of the global economy. And prices have surged in recent days to an all-time high
BUSINESS
We’ll miss globalisation when it’s gone
The war in Ukraine doesn’t necessarily mean a sharp break in history, but it will perhaps cement the decline of globalization
BUSINESS
Andy Mukherjee | Can India really overthrow Visa and Mastercard?
The decision by global card firms to boycott Russia over its invasion of Ukraine may amplify nationalist sentiments. But will RuPay ever become a serious alternative? It may take more than patriotism to take on the entrenched payment institutions
BUSINESS
Why Modi keeps winning
Populism can deflect blame elsewhere. That reigns supreme until the very source of the power -- the divisions in society that strengthen and support the narrative – is directly targeted and addressed
