China’s stranded assets are creating a new class of American green-tech investors

When the crash comes, stabilising markets will be easy compared with reordering society for AI, writes short-seller Carson Block

It wants mainland investors to bet on its own tech dreams not America’s

Clunky online experiences reveal the failures of Indian officialdom

Meet the corporate gamblers who never waste a good energy crisis

Our weekly podcast on America. This week, a health-check on the American system of government

Credit greater accuracy and better communication

Defence is being re-energised. Now industry must produce more, better and faster, write Ursula von der Leyen and Mark Rutte

The telegenic doctor enacting the president’s agenda with professionalism and zeal

Most Europeans want stronger armed forces, but are unwilling to pay for them

Its Dutch manufacturer is fighting to rebut American claims

Most Europeans want stronger armed forces, but are unwilling to pay for them

After the “lean in” generation, are professional women leaning out?

Donald Trump’s legacy is still unfolding. “In the end he may be best known for reaping riches from the office only 45 men have had the honour to hold,” writes Charlotte Howard, our US editor

Also on the daily podcast: rethinking Japan’s divorce laws and Route 66 turns 100

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

An old exercise method is newly trendy

Supersize capital flows are reshaping business—and building risk