Opinion

Thursday 03/March/2016 12:55 PM

So to speak: The terminal journey

I stopped my car when I saw a friend standing on the roadside looking desperately at his watch. He was relieved to see me and asked for a lift. Time was...

Wednesday 02/March/2016 22:55 PM

A Russian fire-sale privatisation?

Squeezed by low oil prices and Western sanctions, Russia’s fiscal position is crumbling fast, forcing the government to take increasingly drastic measures...

Wednesday 02/March/2016 22:50 PM

Is Europe worth the effort?

When the United Kingdom joined the then-European Economic Community in 1973, it was at the rearguard of European integration. The question raised by the...

Wednesday 02/March/2016 22:24 PM

What would president Trump actually mean?

It's hardly a certainty, but it's now a real and startling possibility – what should the world expect if Donald Trump is elected US...

Wednesday 02/March/2016 16:16 PM

The world’s reluctant central banker

This is supposed to be the era of powerful central banks, ready to wield their firepower worldwide. Yet the most powerful of all central banks – the...

Wednesday 02/March/2016 15:43 PM

The Republican muddle is good for Trump

As Donald Trump continues his march toward the Republican presidential nomination, panic is spreading among Republicans over how and whether they can stop...

Wednesday 02/March/2016 15:22 PM

The language of humanity

Greece is going through its worse financial crisis in the past 50 years. Greeks are suffering from an unemployment rate of around 30 per cent in the private...