Robert Mundell, an influential international economist, has died
Apr 8th 2021WASHINGTON, DCAFTER ACCEPTING the Nobel prize in economics in 1999, Robert Mundell crooned “My Way”, the song…
As China’s stockmarket corrects, regulators try doing less
THE JOB of China’s top securities cop is a precarious one. Its fortunes are closely linked with the vagaries of the country’s…
The IMF marks up the global recovery
ON APRIL 6TH the IMF raised its forecasts for the global economic recovery. The cause? Vaccination programmes and a healthy dose…
In poor countries, statistics are both undersupplied and underused
Apr 8th 2021IN THE RICH world, people worry that prying governments know too much about them. Popular culture valorises characters…
Coinbase’s listing may break records
Apr 10th 2021SAN FRANCISCOTHE NEXT big listing on Wall Street will be a disappointment—at least for cryptocurrency purists….
Totting up bitcoin’s environmental costs
Apr 10th 2021AS COINBASE’S IPO shows, cryptocurrencies have many fans. But they have detractors, too. Environmentalists, in…
Janet Yellen calls for a global minimum tax on companies. Could it happen?
Many countries want to link a deal to the trickier issue of taxing rights on profitsApr 6th 2021CORPORATE TAXATION is one of the…
House prices in the rich world are booming
Unusually, suburbs not cities are feeling the heatApr 3rd 2021Bicester and RhinebeckON A SUNNY afternoon in Kingsmere, a new suburb…
The electric-car boom sets off a scramble for cobalt in Congo
ON THE STREETS of Kolwezi, a mining city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, huge billboards advertise “executive” mobile-phone-data…
What the enthusiasm for funding startups means for the VC world
Mar 31st 2021FINANCIAL MARKETS are fuelled by stories, and the most skilful storytellers are found in venture capital. For a start,…