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Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida and a close follower of Mr Rufo’s work, hopes to surf the waves of anti-woke animus to the White House (Photo: AP) (AP)

Christopher Rufo offers a history of the left

4 min read . 28 Sep 2023

Inflation is calculated by comparing the prices of a basket of goods, rather than measuring sudden price rises in one sector, such as hotels (Photo: AP)

Can superstars like Beyoncé or Taylor Swift spur inflation?

3 min read . 28 Sep 2023

The mind-boggling capabilities of “generative” AI look set to transform many desk jobs. It is also a glimpse into the future of Microsoft

How Microsoft could supplant Apple as the world’s most valuable firm

13 min read . 28 Sep 2023

The downturn was prompted by a marathon session of monetary-policy announcements, which began with America’s Federal Reserve on September 20th and concluded two days and 11 central banks later (Photo: Reuters)

Why fear is spreading in financial markets

3 min read . 28 Sep 2023

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets Canadian troops stationed at the Adazi Military base in Latvia in July (Photo: AP)

Canada’s miserly defence spending is increasingly embarrassing

5 min read . 27 Sep 2023

Pandemic-era controls have allowed Kim Jong Un to extend his power over party and people (Photo: Korea News Service via AP)

Kim Jong Un has no desire to let his country rejoin the world

5 min read . 27 Sep 2023

A study by Stacy Dale and Alan Krueger of Princeton found that those who attend higher-ranked universities do not, on average, wind up earning more money than do those who go to lower-ranked ones

The making of America’s Ivy League elite

7 min read . 27 Sep 2023

The Biden administration has directed tens of billions of dollars to boost manufacturing capacity in struggling regions as part of its “place-based” industrial policy (Photo: Reuters)

The Biden administration embraces place-based industrial policy

4 min read . 27 Sep 2023

Management theory is moving away from the idea of “command and control”—of executives acting like military officers—towards the idea of the manager as coach, (Photo: Mint)

What to read about managing people

6 min read . 27 Sep 2023

Several foreign businesses have been raided by Chinese authorities

Ties between foreign businesses and China go from bad to worse

3 min read . 27 Sep 2023

Zhengzhou's difficulties—including a lack of work, falling property prices and banking instability—are acute examples of those facing China at large (Photo: AFP)

Why China may struggle to escape stagnation

5 min read . 26 Sep 2023

People in the rich world can now reasonably assume that the days of their years will last well beyond 70 (Photo: AP)

Slowing human ageing is now the subject of serious research

7 min read . 26 Sep 2023

In mid-July the transport minister, S. Iswaran (above), was arrested along with a tycoon, Ong Beng Seng, who brought Formula One racing to Singapore (Photo: Bloomberg)

A slew of scandals puts Singapore’s government on the back foot

4 min read . 26 Sep 2023

A pizza made from scratch contains minimally processed food. The one in the freezer is ultra-processed food

Confronting the dangers of ultra-processed food

2 min read . 25 Sep 2023

United Auto Workers members strike outside the General Motors Lansing Redistribution facility in Lansing, Michigan, on September 23 (Photo: Getty Images via AFP)

Will the auto workers’ strike jeopardise Joe Biden’s manufacturing boom?

9 min read . 25 Sep 2023

On September 22nd Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, confirmed the three countries were “at the cusp” of a deal (Photo: AP)

America, Israel and Saudi Arabia are “at the cusp of a deal”

6 min read . 25 Sep 2023

Governor of Zhejiang Province and President of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou Organizing Committe Wang Hao (R) makes a speech during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on September 23, 2023. (Photo by Ishara S.KODIKARA / AFP) (AFP)

E-sports could revitalise international sports events

3 min read . 24 Sep 2023

During the second world war, Britain’s Foreign Office went so far as to ban espionage against its new Soviet ally (Photo: Bloomberg)

Calder Walton’s “Spies” is a riveting history of espionage

4 min read . 22 Sep 2023

NATO was never going to admit Ukraine while intense fighting is going on, because that would have risked direct fighting between Russia and the West (Photo: AFP)

NATO’s promises to Ukraine mark real progress

3 min read . 22 Sep 2023

Over the years IVF has become better at making babies and safer for the women who bear the brunt of the treatment (Photo: AFP)

Making babymaking better

5 min read . 22 Sep 2023