Germany showed the world what reuniting a country costs. For Moldova, the road west through Brussels looks cheaper and considerably safer...
Analysis
Fewer than one in seven of Europe’s primary teachers is a man. Governments want to recruit many more of them, but fail to find them. ...
The Last Word: When competitiveness is beginning to slip, asking people to work harder can actually look suspiciously like moving backwards...
Net zero began as a description of the planet’s carbon budget. It now describes jobs, buildings, and growth, and means less with...
OpenAI is putting ads in ChatGPT and Anthropic will not touch them. It is hardly a reinvention, yet ads never stopped anyone using Google...
A competitive Africa requires functional institutions and modern technology. Not just declarations of intent, but implementation capacity...
Reykjavik wants the market without the politics. So do Europe’s wealthiest hold-outs, and Britain, above all, ought to be taking note...
Sold as a cure for everything, AI is too often a solution bought before the problem is found. Firms are now paying hard to undo the mistake...
Jargon is worn like a flashy label, by the people the least sure they belong. Why the clearest bosses reach for the smallest possible words...
The Last Word: Technology will force us to make it clear where perfection genuinely creates value and where it simply removes uniqueness. ...
Airlines are dividing their cabins into an increasingly wide array of often confusing options. Do you fly Business Light or Premium Economy...
Russia’s election fools nobody, which is rather the point. It also hands Putin a stick with which to beat a Ukraine that cannot vote...
Reform politicians often cite Singapore as a low-tax, small-state model. Many of the city-state’s policies would suit a Green much better...