THE ECONOMIST: Not long ago Hong Kong was declared dead by some financial commentators, and ready for embalming. But it is now finding a path back from the afterlife, with pensive cats to guide the way.
THE ECONOMIST: America has — until now — been synonymous with freedom, so why are tech bosses being forced to seek permission to release cutting edge technology to the world?
The retailers, television stations, brewers and betting houses that make up capitalism’s starting XI are an ageing and injury-prone lot. For some, this could even be their last tournament.
THE ECONOMIST: For most of the past couple of years the best argument that American stocks were not in a bubble was that things simply didn’t feel manic enough.
Donald Trump may have stopped his Iranian misadventure in time to avoid a catastrophe. But some of the damage it has inflicted on energy markets may never be undone.
The ceasefire agreement will bring needed relief to a scarred region, and to global energy markets. But it will not resolve the issues that brought America and Iran to war in the first place.