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Monday, 3 August, 2020

FT Swamp Notes
This is how class wars start Premium
Conspicuous displays of wealth at a time of economic turbulence add fodder to outrage over inequality
Monday, 3 August, 2020

FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
Trump vs TikTok, William Spriggs on labour
Trump administration targets Chinese software companies perceived as a risk to security
Sunday, 2 August, 2020

Coronavirus economic impact
Tourism’s collapse could trigger next stage of the crisis
The economic impact will stretch well beyond the travel industry
Monday, 27 July, 2020

FT Swamp Notes
Big Tech, neoliberalism and what comes next Premium
The Big Five aren’t just driving the markets — they are the markets
Sunday, 26 July, 2020

Big tech
Antitrust is changing from the ground up
Local battles against big companies are set to go national if the Democrats win
Monday, 20 July, 2020

FT Swamp Notes
The battle over schools Premium
The Trump administration needs to stop their threats and let educators follow best practice
Sunday, 19 July, 2020

Technology sector
Europe and US can still compete with Chinese tech
The first step should be easy: create a transatlantic technology detente
Monday, 6 July, 2020

FT Swamp Notes
Europe rising Premium
We might be about to see a resurgence of the Old World, even as the New World is diminishing
Sunday, 5 July, 2020

Big tech
Ad boycotts alone will not curb Big Tech
It will take more to convert social concerns into an equitable distribution of Silicon Valley’s wealth
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Monday, 29 June, 2020

FT Swamp Notes
A tale of two statues Premium
Should a Boston memorial to a civil war hero come down?
Sunday, 28 June, 2020

US economy
Small business: a canary in the US economic coal mine
To really take America’s pulse, forget Wall Street and talk to the owner of a local café
Monday, 22 June, 2020

FT Swamp Notes
From Big Tech to Big Food Premium
The pandemic has paved the way for agriculture to become the world’s most contentious industry
Sunday, 21 June, 2020

Food security
The problem with Big Food
Coronavirus is forcing us to rethink our approach to agricultural production
Sunday, 14 June, 2020

US inequality
Black Lives Matter is about both race and class
Protests over racial justice also have the potential to seed a new labour movement in the US
Friday, 12 June, 2020

FT Swamp Notes
Will Democrats sweep Washington and Wall Street? Premium
Recent polling shows that Donald Trump has only a 39 per cent approval rating
Monday, 8 June, 2020

FT Swamp Notes
The future of cities Premium
It’s possible that New York will reset to something more like Brooklyn than Manhattan
Sunday, 7 June, 2020

Facebook Inc
Facebook and the creation of a US oligarch
To stay this big and unregulated, the social media platform can’t afford to upset rulers
Wednesday, 3 June, 2020

History books
Books to illuminate the problems of race in America
As protests continue in the US, Rana Foroohar selects key works on the long history of racial inequality
Monday, 1 June, 2020

FT Swamp Notes
The long hot summer Premium
George Floyd’s death and the Covid-19 crisis encompass everything that is broken in the US today
Sunday, 31 May, 2020

US Dollar
We may be entering a post-dollar world
Continued erosion of trust in America politically could have an impact on the primacy of its currency
Tuesday, 26 May, 2020

US economy
US big business gets help first but who needs it most?
To avoid the mistakes of 2008, focus on individuals and smaller enterprises
Monday, 25 May, 2020

FT Swamp Notes
Trust and testing Premium
Fed chiefs are going out in masks to gauge public fear as part of their jobs. That’s a unique situation
Sunday, 24 May, 2020

Exchange traded funds
Small-time investing fuels real world consequences
Non-professionals have increased oil market volatility, and suffered from it too
Wednesday, 20 May, 2020

ReviewNon-Fiction
The Decadent Society — has the west run out of ideas?
Ross Douthat’s conservative critique suggests that rich, powerful nations have stalled culturally
Monday, 18 May, 2020

FT Swamp Notes
Who will pay for the government spending? Premium
We have to start considering whether we print money, tax wealth or do a combination of both