Ben Hall writes that one theory why Austria is now marching to the far right is that the country presents itself “as the first foreign victim of National Socialism”, and therefore “lacks the same ...

Bio-based plastics can only counter emissions from fossil fuel-based plastic if the electricity used in their production is entirely derived from clean, renewable sources. Otherwise, if they are ...

Given these risks, and Trump’s demonstrated abuse of tariffs as president (applied on phoney national security grounds, even against close allies), it may be high time for Congress to consider ...

In his letter “EU focus on protecting the consumer is stifling innovation” (September 30) Danny Leipziger is correct to highlight the importance of lowering barriers to entry and improving the ...

I was pleased to read Pilita Clark’s article on the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, recognising that we need to go beyond individual companies cutting their own carbon footprint and ...

The £10 Christmas Bonus (“While we’re at it, let’s end the pensioner free bus pass”, Letters, September 18), introduced in 1972 and never increased since, let’s end this as well, providing a small but ...

In his recent letter on Janan Ganesh’s column “Why Europe will not catch up with the US” (September 19) Paul Shotton suggests we are approaching the point at which “artificial intelligence, coupled ...

Mario Rizzo (Letters, September 14) paints a dismal picture of academic economists engaging in anti-competitive practices (oh the irony), as a kind of intellectual (or at least mathematical) cartel.

Keir Starmer stops taking donations for clothes on linkedin (opens in a new window) ...

US Treasury yields hit their highest level in several weeks, as traders and economy watchers ready themselves for Friday’s official employment report. The Federal Reserve chairs ...

Katie Martin The news from the Middle East is relentlessly grim and getting worse and yet markets are more or less taking it in their stride.

As the conflict in the Middle East expands to include Lebanon and Iran, markets are responding with surprising nonchalance.