Момент истины
Moment of Truth
Theresa May Finally Faces Her Moment of Truth on Brexit
This could be a deadly month for Theresa May…Read More
История о 19 Мега-городах
A tale of 19 mega-cities
China is trying to turn itself into a country of 19 super-regions
The planned city clusters are far larger than any others around the world …Read More
Китай тратит миллиарды на свои зарубежные СМИ
China is spending billions on its foreign-language media
Is it worth it?
ON THE 26th floor of an iconic glass skyscraper …Read More
Почему корпоративная америка любит Трампа
Why corporate America loves Donald Trump
American executives are betting that the president is good for business. Not in the long run
MOST American elites believe that the Trump …Read More
Трам толкает мир прямо в объятия Путина
Trump Pushes the World Right Into Putin’s Hands
Leaders from France to Japan open up to the Russian president as the U.S. goes its own way.
The more U.S. President Donald Trump strains the alliances …Read More
Король Макрон
Macron Is Depicted as a King
Macron Is Depicted as a King Amid Protests of ‘Soft Dictatorship’
PARIS — Thousands of protesters in Paris danced, picnicked and railed against Emmanuel Macron …Read More
Сооснователь Facebook предлагает облагать налогом богатых
This Facebook Co-Founder Wants to Tax the Rich
Chris Hughes thinks $290 billion a year is a small price to pay for equality.
In his 20s, Chris Hughes co-founded Facebook Inc., helped elect a U.S. president, and …Read More
Правители мира: читайте Карла Маркса!
Rulers of the world: read Karl Marx!
On his bicentenary Marx’s diagnosis of capitalism’s flaws is surprisingly relevant
A GOOD subtitle for a biography of Karl Marx would be “a study in failure”. Marx claimed that …Read More
Почему не будет торговой войны США и Китая
Why There Will Be No Trade War Between The U.S. And China
China accounts for nearly half (43.6%) of America’s total trade deficit with the entire world.
The big guns are in Beijing. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Director of the National Economic Council Larry Kudlow, and …Read More
Brexit и ирландская граница
What Brexit means for the Irish border
With less than a year till Britain leaves the EU, the question of the Irish border remains unresolved
IN THE Brexit referendum of 2016, 56% of people in Northern Ireland voted to remain in the European Union …Read More
Почему король Свазиленда переименовывает свою страну
Why is Swaziland’s king renaming his country?
And is this just a diversionary tactic?
THE King of Swaziland, Mswati III, has a problem. “Whenever we go abroad”, he says, …Read More
Хоас в Каталонии
An unconstitutional vote on independence turns nasty
The Spanish government’s handling of the Catalans damages Spain’s image
THEY were scenes the Spanish government did not want to see. Across Catalonia …Read More
Китай борется за мировые рынки ещё сильнее
How China is battling ever more intensely in world markets
But does it play fair?
IF DONALD TRUMP had slapped punitive tariffs on all Chinese exports to America, as he promised, …Read More
Новый мировой порядок
Human evolution
A group of people with an amphibious life have evolved traits to match
THE Bajau, a people of the Malay Archipelago, spend …Read More
Монополия против Шахмат
Monopoly v chesst
The problem is that America, the EU and Russia do not quite understand the terms of «winning» and «losing» in the same fashion
TYLER COWEN had an interesting piece in the New York Times over the weekend arguing …Read More
Планетарные Плутократы
Planet Plutocrat
The countries where politically connected businessmen are most likely to prosper
AMERICA’S Gilded Age, in the late 19th century, saw tycoons such as …Read More
Домашний фронт
The home front
The countries where politically connected businessmen are most likely to prosper
NOBODY, apart from Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, knows what …Read More
Американские и российские медиа
Media in America and Russia
Inmates running the asylum — The firms bankruptcy is much more than the story of a partnership gone wrong
A FEW years back, at an international media conference, a Russian reporter …Read More
Как Запад может помочь
How the West can help
The turmoil in Ukraine is a chance for the West to prove that it is still a force for good
A MAN goes bankrupt, Ernest Hemingway wrote …Read More
Приближаясь к войне
Edging closer to war
Armed men seize Crimea’s airports and television tower, before overseeing the election of a new, pro-Russia local government
RUSSIA and Ukraine have edged closer to a military confrontation after …Read More
Одних извинений недостаточно
Saying sorry is not enough
Apologies for the Cultural Revolution spark debate
THE widower of a school teacher beaten to death by Red Guards in 1966 has refused to accept …Read More
Почему Сочи «лучшее» место для Зимних Олимпийских Игр
Why Sochi is, ironically, the perfect place for the winter Olympics
It is, ironically, the perfect venue for an event riddled with corruption
SOCHI, a subtropical resort on the Black Sea coast, seems an odd place …Read More
Мрачный прогноз
Grim prognosis
Obamacare will likely depress work after all
THE chasm between the salaries of chief executives and …Read More
Триумф Путина
The triumph of Vladimir Putin
Successes abroad and the winter Olympics make Russia look strong; but where it matters, it is weak
IN 2008, soon after winning the competition to stage the 2014 winter Olympics …Read More
Сочи или провал
Sochi or bust
The conspicuous dazzle of the games masks a country, and a president, in deepening trouble
FEBRUARY 7th sees the opening of the winter Olympics in …Read More
Китай теряет свой шарм
China loses its allure
Life is getting tougher for foreign companies. Those that want to stay will have to adjust
ACCORDING to the late Roberto Goizueta, a former boss …Read More
Барахтанье в болоте
Renzi’s struggle in the swamp
The prime minister presses on with his reform agenda after winning a crucial vote
NO RECENT Italian prime minister has swept into office with as much …Read More
Безмолвное большинство
The inaudible majority
Maybe one reason the poor aren’t protesting louder is that lawmakers aren’t listening
INEQUALITY is on the rise, but the poor have not been rising up against it…Read More