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Soumaya Keynes

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Soumaya Keynes became economics columnist for the Financial Times after eight years at The Economist where she covered economics, trade and globalisation. Soumaya won an award for comment from the Society for American Business Editors and Writers. She also co-hosted The Economist's Money Talks podcast and co-founded the Trade Talks podcast.
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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    US-China trade dispute
    A second dose of Trump on trade would differ from the first

    Expect more emphasis on global trade deficits, more dramatic intervention and bigger problems for Europe

    Ann Kiernan illustration of Donald Trump standing in front of a blue background with a downward trending graph and yellow stars crossed out.
  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    Employment
    Should pay be more transparent?

    Policies that force companies to reveal the pay of peers have unintended consequences

    Ann Kiernan illustration of a crowd of silhouettes of people walking on a street in both directions.
  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    Emerging markets
    Is recent emerging market success down to effort or luck?

    Rising central bank credibility deserves some credit, but the recent shock differs from earlier ones in important ways

    Ann Kiernan illustration of athletes race in a track with flags of Brazil, South Africa, Mexico & India
  • Friday, 2 February, 2024
    Behavioural economics
    ‘Traitors’ teaches us that there is such a thing as too much trust

    I watched it so you don’t have to — and I spotted three broader parallels with the real world

    Ann Kiernan illustration of a trust fall, female figure falling backward into the open arms of a traitor wearing a cloak, while another traitor in a cloak is walking away.
  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    Companies
    Why is it so hard to junk junk fees?

    We all hate them, but ditching them is more complicated than you might think

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  • Friday, 19 January, 2024
    Federal Reserve
    Trump is back — how much of a problem is that for the Fed?

    If he returns to the White House, he might be tempted to send a message about the central bank’s immunity from partisan politics

    Ann Kiernan illustration of a silhouette of presidential candidate Donald Trump talking, with a red downward chart line coming out of his mouth
  • Friday, 12 January, 2024
    Workplace diversity & equality
    Economists have been trying to become less male, pale and stale

    They have seen some success, but not everyone is happy

    Ann Kiernan illustration of men and women standing on a glass box with a ladder.
  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
    Demographics and population
    Don’t take closing the gap between rich and poor countries for granted

    Progress over the 2000s may have been the exception rather than the new rule

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  • Friday, 22 December, 2023
    Social affairs
    An effective altruist’s guide to Christmas

    Doing the most good means applying a cost-benefit analysis to everything — start with gift-giving

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  • Friday, 15 December, 2023
    UK labour productivity
    Are Yimbys the key to unlocking Britain’s economic growth?

    The logic is stronger than the evidence base

    Ann Kiernan illustration of a graph with houses built on the lines.
  • Friday, 8 December, 2023
    Economy
    Central bankers are worried about you getting a raise

    Are they right to be?

    Ann Kiernan illustration of a woman with short hair wearing a business suit in a wind tunnel catching money with her hands stretched up in front of her.
  • Friday, 1 December, 2023
    Companies
    Should businesses have to share profits with employees?

    Some governments are trying it, with surprising results

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  • Friday, 24 November, 2023
    Autumn Statement
    How to fix Britain’s flashy economic announcements

    I enjoy the circus — but if I were running the show, I would do things a little differently

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  • Friday, 17 November, 2023
    Greedflation
    The ‘greedflation’ question: what have we learnt?

    A quest for evidence supporting this theory has had mixed success

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  • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
    US interest rates
    Why people can’t agree on where interest rates are going

    Methods of estimating so-called R-star are in the spotlight — unfortunately, none are good

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  • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
    Rachel Reeves
    New book from UK shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves lifts from Wikipedia

    ‘The Women Who Made Modern Economics’ contains examples of apparent plagiarism

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  • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
    ReviewEconomics books
    The Women Who Made Modern Economics by Rachel Reeves — credit where it’s due?

    Part history, part manifesto, the shadow chancellor’s new book highlights brilliant female economists, but borrows without acknowledgment

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  • Friday, 20 October, 2023
    UK society
    Forgotten to return your library book? Don’t worry about it

    Fines are falling out of fashion but some institutions don’t want to lose the cash that hoarders bring in

    Ann Kiernan illustration of a book on a clock face, with its pages ticking down the seconds
  • Friday, 13 October, 2023
    Workplace diversity & equality
    Claudia Goldin transformed our understanding of women and work

    The winner of the Nobel Prize in economic sciences has explored expectations, incentives and constraints

    Illustration of women holding hands climbing a graph arrow
  • Friday, 6 October, 2023
    Innovation
    How long can the entrepreneurship boom last?

    America’s surge in new businesses is so far enduring, but the UK has returned to its pre-pandemic trend

    Ann Kiernan illustration of a business woman holding a brief case while racing towards a tunnel
  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    Coronavirus economic impact
    What happened to the savings squirrelled away during the pandemic?

    Betting against the American consumer is bold. But there are signs that the source of their spree may be drying up

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  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    State pension
    How to save your state pension

    Means testing in the UK is not inevitable — this is the way to push back

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  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    ReviewBooks
    The Two-Parent Privilege — we need to talk about kids with single parents

    Melissa S Kearney looks at how the startling shift affecting American families disadvantages children and exacerbates inequality

  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    Central banks
    Will higher interest rates leave economic scars?

    Two new studies argue that even if they depress inflation, they could hurt innovation and growth

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  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    Parenting and families
    Motherhood is full of surprises — the economic ones sting the most

    The centrality of children to the earnings gap between men and women remains mind-boggling

    Illustration of a pregnant woman with a red string around her foot, climbing stairs behind a man who is at the top of the staircase
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