Finance & economics
Going for it
What the surging price of gold says about a dangerous world
Financial fears and geopolitical tremors combine to great effect
Economic war
Hizbullah’s sprawling financial empire looks newly vulnerable
Why Israel is now bombing Lebanese banks
Wide Atlantic
The West faces new inflation fears
Having moved in lockstep, America and Europe now have very different concerns
Everyone wins
Trump’s trillion-dollar tax cuts are spiralling out of control
His zany promises would blow up the deficit
Dark commerce
Inside the secret oil trade that funds Iran’s wars
An investigation by The Economist uncovers a multi-billion-dollar, America-defying network
Mein Gott
Germany’s economy goes from bad to worse
Things may look brighter next year, but the relief will be short-lived
Free exchange
An economics Nobel for work on why nations succeed and fail
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson tackled the most important question of all
Buttonwood
Why investors should still avoid Chinese stocks
The debate about “uninvestability” obscures something important
Hammered
China’s property crisis claims more victims: companies
Unsold homes are contributing to a balance-sheet recession
C-BAM!
Europe’s green trade restrictions are infuriating poor countries
Only the poorest can expect help to cushion the blow
The other wall
How America learned to love tariffs
Protectionism hasn’t been this respectable for decades
Buttonwood
Why have markets grown more captivated by data releases?
Especially when the quality of statistics is deteriorating