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What if artificial intelligence is just a “normal” technology?

Its rise might yet follow the path of previous technological revolutions

Bond vigilantes take aim at France

With any luck, the stand-off might focus politicians’ minds

The hard right’s plans for Europe’s economy

It has moderated, but offers little hope of growth-boosting reform

Why supply shocks are a trap for commodity investors

Lessons from lithium’s fake rally

China turns crypto-curious

But would the country’s leaders really want stablecoins to succeed?

America is escaping its office crisis

The torment caused by covid-19 and high interest rates appears to be over

The threat of deflation stalks Asia’s economies

Blame China, slumping commodities and creaky growth

Gambling or investing? In America, the line is increasingly blurred

Bet on stocks in a prediction market run by a sports-betting firm and a futures exchange

How Trump’s war on the Federal Reserve could do serious damage

Just consider what happens if inflation starts to rise again

Assessing the case against Lisa Cook

How strong is the evidence, and how bad would it be if the claims were true?

Why you should buy your employer’s shares

Even though doing so flies in the face of most financial advice

The Economist’s finance and economics internship

We invite applications for our Marjorie Deane scheme

Even as China’s economy suffers, stocks soar. What’s going on?

The Shanghai composite is defying gravity

Trump “fires” Lisa Cook, escalating his war on the Federal Reserve

There is little precedent: no Fed governor has been dismissed for cause before

Trump’s interest-rate crusade will be self-defeating

The president’s threats loomed over this year’s Jackson Hole conference

Fear the deficit-populism doom loop

Politicians, particularly in Europe, are in a terrible bind

Economists disagree about everything. Don’t they?

Their discipline is famous for its fissiparousness

The green transition has a surprising new home

Forget about northern Europeans, with their coalition governments and love of cycling

Can China cope with a deindustrialised future?

Communist Party officials face a difficult ideological turn

Trump’s trade victims are shrugging off his attacks

And China is gaining in the process

In praise of complicated investing strategies

To understand markets, forget Occam’s razor

How America’s AI boom is squeezing the rest of the economy

Beware the data-centre takeover

Where has the worst inflation problem?

We update our entrenchment measure

Growth-loving authoritarians are failing on their own terms

In Asia, East Africa and the Gulf leaders now face an unpleasant choice

What 630,000 paintings say about the world economy

Kandinsky, Monet and Rembrandt were economists as well as artists

Who will win from Trump’s tariffs?

New rates mean new “China plus one” locations

To sell Fannie and Freddie, Trump must answer a $7trn question

Investor optimism means the duo are outperforming Nvidia

Ivy League universities are on a debt binge

The borrowers, including Harvard, Princeton and Yale, benefit from a “prestige premium”

Palantir might be the most overvalued firm of all time

What would make it worth buying?

America’s housing market is shuddering

For the country’s homeowners, the good times are coming to an end

An economist’s guide to big life decisions

Forget your trip to the dentist. A new check-up is required

Want better returns? Forget risk. Focus on fear

A recent study suggests a new paradigm for asset pricing

America’s fertility crash reaches a new low

Even once-fecund states are having fewer children

Buy now, pay later is taking over the world. Good

Buy that burrito, and don’t let anyone judge you

Trump will not let the world move on from tariffs

Six charts show the damage to America, its trading partners and its consumers

Uncovering the secret food trade that corrupts Iran’s neighbours

Oil and terrorism are not the country’s only exports

The trade deal with America shows the limits of the EU’s power

The bloc opts for prudence over defiance

Japan’s dealmaking machine revs up

Private equity is enjoying a renaissance in an unlikely place

Despite double dissent, Jerome Powell retains his hold on markets

A hawkish tilt changes rate-cut expectations

A fresh retail-trading frenzy is reshaping financial markets

Blame apps and DORKs, not stimmies

Europe averts its Trumpian trade nightmare

A deal with America chooses certain tariffs over risky retaliation

Europe averts its Trumpian trade nightmare

A deal with America chooses certain tariffs over risky retaliation

Who’s feeling the pain of Trump’s tariffs?

Foreign companies are sharing the load. For now

What economics can teach foreign-policy types

Hegemons should care about even puny countries

Where will be the Detroit of electric vehicles?

A fierce battle is under way in China

Crypto’s big bang will revolutionise finance

The more useful stablecoins and tokens prove to be, the greater the risk

Want higher pay? Stay in your job

America’s cooling labour market is bad news for those who move about

Why is AI so slow to spread? Economics can explain

Businesses are ignoring the street of hundred-dollar bills

Trump’s real threat: industry-specific tariffs

Which countries would be hit hardest by levies on electronics and pharmaceuticals?

Americans can still get a 2% mortgage

At a time of high interest rates, there are bargains to be found