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Labels from Gucci to Burberry are struggling as aspirational shoppers pull back from extravagance
Many voters had been dreading a rerun of the 2020 election between two ageing men. Now they are being presented with a much sharper contrast
Kyiv’s allies must still put it in a stronger position for any settlement talks
Sorting out worklessness is a challenge for Labour as a study in Barnsley says most of the economically inactive do want jobs
The tax rises needed to fund such schemes put them out of reach — maybe a new study will convince the doubters
Why what we consider to be economic activity matters
Heavy government expenditure and labour shortages have led to a sharp rise in real wages and consumption but the economy risks overheating
The vice-president is polling better than Joe Biden, but is not yet in winning territory
Governments should design tax policies to discourage the bigger-is-better instincts of consumers
Kamala Harris won’t have much room to shift from industrial intervention and import tariffs
Nothing is resolved until everything is resolved
Some companies will be able to afford to mitigate the effects of climate change on their workforce — others won’t
As the casino city approaches the 25th anniversary of its handover to China, the challenges for the expat community are growing
The Lone Star state has attracted hundreds of corporations with its low-tax, light-touch approach, but the strains are starting to show
Labour must now capitalise on the country’s stability dividend
The decision of the Israeli-founded cyber security company and Google to call off their match has lessons for the tech sector
The US presidential race can be seen as a tussle between ‘universal’ and ‘situational’ views of the law
Laws should not be written without collaboration from expert developers, investors and researchers
The link between the yen and Silicon Valley stocks seems more than a coincidence
The government must not allow its commitment to fiscal probity to become rigid dogma
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the world’s oceans are approaching the limits of their capacity to absorb heat
Governments can and should make export controls on Russia far more effective
The second female Democrat to take on Trump has advantages that Hillary Clinton lacked
Stiff sentences for climate activists underscore the crucial distinction between protest and disruption
What can we do to stop the collective warping of reality online?
In Spain, record visitor numbers are provoking protests, but their spending props up the economy. Policymakers are trying to find a balance
Labour should be wary of thinking that doing things that all states should be doing is a shortcut to growth
Presidential elections this weekend present an opportunity for a peaceful restoration of democracy
Businesses and governments need to mitigate against single points of failure
Court ruling should prompt a rethink of the west’s policies towards Israel
Democrats fear chaos and dissent but deference to established candidates has cost them more often
The option of temporary worker contracts is not embraced by either side but it may be the solution
American elections had become deadening in their predictability — not anymore
Many things need to change, among them how the country governs itself
The possibility that a new administration could weaken security guarantees and increase tariffs on US imports is causing angst in Berlin
Kamala Harris is likely to be the Democratic presidential nominee
The outcome of the US election will turn on which candidate scares voters the most
The Democrats still have the problem of how to lock in the working-class vote
Democrats and Republicans alike need to get out of their echo chambers — the future of American democracy depends on it
Get the macroeconomic policy wrong and you risk entrenching divides that need dealing with now
The Democrats must now decide between a coronation of the vice-president or a divisive contested convention