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Palantir might be the most over-valued firm of all time

Aug 12 2025

What would make it worth buying?
America’s housing market is shuddering

Aug 10 2025

For the country’s homeowners, the good times are coming to an end
Xi Jinping’s city of the future is coming to life

Aug 7 2025

It is both impressive and worrying
An economist’s guide to big life decisions

Aug 7 2025

Forget your trip to the dentist. A new check-up is required
Want better returns? Forget risk. Focus on fear

Aug 6 2025

A recent study suggests a new paradigm for asset pricing
If America goes after India’s oil trade, China will benefit

Aug 6 2025

A crackdown on Russian crude would have knock-on consequences
America’s fertility crash reaches a new low

Aug 5 2025

Even once-fecund states are having fewer children
Buy now, pay later is taking over the world. Good

Aug 4 2025

Buy that burrito, and don’t let anyone judge you
Trump will not let the world move on from tariffs

Aug 1 2025

Six charts show the damage to America, its trading partners and its consumers
Uncovering the secret food trade that corrupts Iran’s neighbours

Jul 31 2025

Oil and terrorism are not the country’s only exports