“In the 1980s the chains holding prosperity at bay were removed,” writes the American economist in a guest essay. “Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher’s reforms transformed their respective economies” Illustration: Dan Williams

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Startups are applying advanced breeding and digital technologies to produce more nutritious, climate-resilient crops with higher yields

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Designers of delivery devices face challenges familiar to those that confront developers of robotaxis. In some ways, though, robocouriers have it easy

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In normal times no market on Earth promises more liquidity than the one for securities issued by the US Treasury. Yet given its exalted status, it is striking how fast the Treasury market is changing

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Increasingly, the ideas of the Gen-Z socialists can win even when their candidates lose. That is bad news

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BYD has managed to control costs even as they have surged for others, turning out ultra-cheap, high-quality cars. Yet rivals may now see weakness in the EV giant’s supply chain

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Also on the daily podcast: Struggles at BYD and “companion podcasts”

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Some policymakers believe that continued rapid growth of stablecoins could eventually make them an important source of demand for Treasuries. But there is ample reason for scepticism

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In the 2020s an unprecedented chasm has emerged between the economy on paper and the economy as lived experience. Leftists are embracing a new economics

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Whatever you make of his data, Gabriel Zucman has identified laxity in Europe’s treatment of holding companies. But is a broad wealth tax the solution?

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America’s bellicosity combined with FIFA’s dysfunctionality spells trouble, reckon the Soccernomics podcasters

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“When Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher cut tax rates [...] growth exploded and inflation dematerialised,” argues one American economist who served in the Reagan administration. “Ordinary Americans reaped the benefits”

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