Musk and markets: why Doge is not cutting through
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, is “blowing up significant parts of the US government”, in the words of Paul Krugman. Oddly, however, this is passing with barely a mention ...
Transcript: Making money from AI — After DeepSeek
Madhumita Murgia talks to Vahap Can of Capital City College, Anton Korinek of University of Virginia, researcher Alex Chalmers and Cristina Criddle ...
Letter: Handed to Putin on a plate
So, Vladimir Putin doesn’t want Ukraine in Nato, doesn’t want US troops in Ukraine, doesn’t want to give up any invaded territory. Even if these might have been acceptable concessions after getting ...
Transcript: The real Russian economy. With Sergei Guriev
This is The Economics Show. I’m Martin Sandbu, and joining me in the studio is Sergei Guriev, dean of London Business School and economic adviser to Russian opposition figures. Sergei, welcome to the ...
FirstFT: US and Russia to hold talks to end Ukraine war
Why does it matter: The talks in the Saudi capital are the first high-level effort to broker an end to Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine since its early stages almost three years ago when ...
Letter: I’d love to know what the other type of crypto is
Your reporters (“African leader follows Trump with launch of memecoin but value crashes”, February 12) explain that “memecoins are a type of cryptocurrency whose value is entirely driven by ...
Letter: Scrapping cash Isas is a flawed idea
Patrick Jenkins argues that the cash version of the UK’s individual savings account be scrapped or reduced to £5,000 and an additional £20,000 per annum permitted for stocks-and-shares Isas to grow ...
Modi-Trump energy pledge signals bonanza for US gas exporters
US gas exports are the most likely beneficiaries of a pledge by Donald Trump and Narendra Modi to make India a leading buyer of American energy, analysts said, as the world’s fastest-growing big ...
Apple’s quiet pivot to India
This contrasts sharply with the warm welcome Apple has received in India. Since 2020, the Modi government has devoted nearly ...
National Portrait Gallery’s ‘The Face’ — a reminder of what fashion magazines once were
The Face closed in 2004 and relaunched in 2019, albeit with a small fraction of its peak 128,000 circulation. Paul Gorman, ...
Drake responds to Super Bowl mauling with $ome $exy $ongs 4 U — album review
Released on Valentine’s Day, less than a week after Drake’s Super Bowl mauling, the daftly named $ome $exy $ongs 4 U is a ...
Running clubs: Hong Kong’s hottest new social scene
Organised group runs have sprung up across the city. Here are the best ones to join on almost every day of the week ...