Swamp Notes: Biden’s climate agenda runs out of steam
Americans have inflation and foreign policy on their minds this election. That means that President Joe Biden’s ambitious climate achievements aren’t resonating with voters – especially young voters –...
22 Jun 202414min
The shifting tectonic plates of UK politics
Credit agencies have misrated more than $100bn of commercial real estate debt, new election polls suggest the UK could be in for a seismic political shift, and the Philippines has been secretly reinfo...
21 Jun 202411min
Bank robberies in Gaza
Hamas-backed militants orchestrate bank heists, the ECB raises alarm over Eurozone debt, Malaysia courts Chinese investment, and Softbank debuts “EmotionCancelling” AI.Mentioned in this podcast:Premie...
20 Jun 202411min
Nvidia claims top spot
Nvidia capitalises on investor excitement over artificial intelligence, Japan’s TDK is claiming a breakthrough in materials used in its small solid-state batteries, and Silicon Valley companies are sc...
19 Jun 202411min
Mr OpenAI goes to Washington
French business leaders are warming up to France’s far-right and Dubai is trying to optimise a cluster of unique, abandoned islands. Plus, the FT’s Cristina Criddle explains why OpenAI is expanding it...
18 Jun 202411min
Defence sector goes on a hiring spree
Major defence companies are recruiting workers at the fastest rate since the end of the cold war, global leaders were able to reach a consensus on major issues during the G7 summit, and big Chinese co...
17 Jun 202411min
Martin Wolf and Raghuram Rajan on democracy’s year of peril
Across the world, billions of citizens are being asked to cast their vote in elections taking place in more than 50 countries and in many places, populist, illiberal and far-right parties are either g...
16 Jun 202442min
Swamp Notes: Elections across the Atlantic
Margaret Thatcher’s election in 1979 foreshadowed Ronald Reagan’s a year later, and the Brexit vote in 2016 took place just months before Donald Trump’s stunning presidential victory. The FT’s Whiteha...
15 Jun 202413min
