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The Economist asks if the FTX collapse spells final doom for crypto. The answer is easy

Sir Evelyn served as chief executive and chairman of the bank NM Rothschild and Sons Ltd between 1976-2003, and was also a chairman of The Economist

A live stream started by the Daily Star has been tracking whether a lettuce would outlast the Prime Minister.

Trickle-down economics: The cry of “you can’t tax your way to prosperity” is joined by “you can’t tax cut your way to prosperity either”.

The United States may regard itself as a “leader of the free world,” but an index of development released in July 2022 places the country much farther down the list.

During the second world war there were notable exceptions to the at times slavish patriotic devotion the press showed to the government line. Weekly political titles such as New Statesman and Nation, the Spectator and the Economist challenged government policy more consistently than daily newspapers.

Billionaire Gautam Adani’s takeover of NDTV has invited media attention not just in India but also abroad. In a recent piece the Economist describes the “tycoon’s takeover bid for an independent broadcaster is a worrying portent”, not least for media freedom.

The Economist/YouGov poll finds self-described ‘strong Republicans’ most likely to say there could be a US civil war in the next decade

More than half of ‘strong Republicans’ think such a conflict is at least somewhat likely, poll finds