Take heart! Australia is still better and fairer than most

Take heart! Australia is still better and fairer than most

It’s been tempting to think that the goal of every generation being better off than their parents has been lost. It’s not true. Not yet anyway.

  • byRoss Gittins

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The US is losing patience with China

The US is losing patience with China

A senior US official has taken aim at China,saying “more creative approaches may be necessary” to protect the global economy.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
The UK and France now have to deal with very uncertain futures
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Opinion

The UK and France now have to deal with very uncertain futures

Two very different election outcomes last weekend have produced very similar challenges that the governments will struggle to deal with.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
This fairytale village in ruins symbolises state of China’s economy

This fairytale village in ruins symbolises state of China’s economy

These days the abandoned ruins stand as a mausoleum to Evergrande’s rapacious ambitions and a symbol of the sickness plaguing the real estate market.

  • byLisa Visentin
How Putin handed America the keys to the world’s energy market

How Putin handed America the keys to the world’s energy market

It did not take long for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine to reshape the world’s energy markets,but the Russian president might be kicking himself.

  • byJonathan Leake
The multitrillion-dollar threat that could spark another financial crisis
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The multitrillion-dollar threat that could spark another financial crisis

A fast-growing part of the financial system is setting off alarm bells.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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The accounting trick at the heart of the world’s climate goals

The accounting trick at the heart of the world’s climate goals

On paper we can offset our way to net zero. In the real world,we cannot.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Globalisation might be worsening inequality,but I’m OK with that

Globalisation might be worsening inequality,but I’m OK with that

It’s important to look at exactly how globalisation has tipped the scale when it comes to equality.

  • byMillie Muroi
The great American boom is running out of steam,leaving mountains of debt
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Opinion

The great American boom is running out of steam,leaving mountains of debt

The US economy is slowing to a halt. Personal savings are way down. National debt is way up. Brace yourself for a hard landing.

  • byAmbrose Evans-Pritchard
Xi and Putin’s love-in is an ominous sign for the West
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Opinion

Xi and Putin’s love-in is an ominous sign for the West

Russia and China have traditionally treated each other with mutual suspicion and loathing. But now they are closer than ever.

  • byLiam Halligan
It’s defend yourself,or get crushed by China’s export tsunami
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Opinion

It’s defend yourself,or get crushed by China’s export tsunami

An open world economy cannot exist with a deformed Chinese economy that accounts for 13 per cent of global consumption but produces 31 per cent of all manufactured goods.

  • byAmbrose Evans-Pritchard