Yves here. Hopefully it will not be hard for readers to correct for the commodities-oriented slant of this piece. However, it weirdly skips over the elephant in the room, that…
For months, Erez Bergman had been working to encourage the evacuated residents of northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, to return to their homes, with the hope that children…
Sometimes on our farm a nice car would roll up the gravel driveway and a man in a slick suit would get out. He would either be trying to sell…
The wild swings in markets recently are a case study in how seemingly distinct pillars around the globe are connected through the financial system — and the domino effect that…
What does Kamala Harris think about corporate power? This is an important question to ask about any presidential candidate, but it’s especially relevant in Ms. Harris’s case. After all, she…
The economy’s resurgence from the pandemic shock has had a singular driving force: the consumer. Flush with savings and buoyed by a sizzling labor market, Americans have spent exuberantly, on…
The biggest East-West prisoner exchange since the Cold War last week was hailed as a triumph by both Washington and Moscow. But it left the family and friends of a…
On a hike through a sweaty Peruvian jungle in 2016, Kim Roelants, a biologist at Vrije University Brussel in Belgium, caught a tree frog. As the large amphibian squirmed, the…
Who sabotaged France’s high-speed train lines last month? Clear answers to that question have been elusive so far, more than a week after coordinated arson attacks that disrupted rail travel…
Yves here. Satyajit Das continues his series on Israel and the Middle East by focusing on October 7 and its aftermath. By Satyajit Das, a former banker and author of…