THE IMPENDING GLOBAL FOOD SHOCK IS PREVENTABLE / THE ECONOMIST

A slow-motion tragedy The impending global food shock is preventable So why won’t it be prevented? Photograph: Getty Images FOUR YEARS ago t...

THE BIG STATE GAMBLE ON PREDICTION MARKETS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

The big state gamble on prediction markets Fights over regulation could reshape the US federal system of government Brooke Masters A croupie...

TOURING AFRICA, POPE LEO RAISED HIS VOICE, BUT DIDN`T LIKE THE ECHO / THE NEW YORK TIMES

Touring Africa, Pope Leo Raised His Voice, but Didn’t Like the Echo On his recent trip abroad, Leo XIV made some of his most forthright comm...

THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MEXICO`S AUTOCRATIC DRIFT / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Economic Impact of Mexico’s Autocratic Drift Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum suffered a rare legislative setback in March, one of se...

THE IRAN CRISIS HAS NOT YET PEAKED / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

The Iran crisis has not yet peaked The war is currently more likely to escalate than to be resolved by negotiation Gideon Rachman © James Fe...

AMERICA`S LOSES ITS WILL TO WORK / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL

America Loses Its Will to Work From the War on Poverty to ‘quiet quitting,’ we’ve stopped appreciating the value of honest labor. By Barton ...

CHINA`S GOLD DEMAND QUANTIFIED / MACLEOD FINANCE

China’s gold demand quantified China has accumulated huge quantities of gold. Household savers are sitting on savings of $30 trillion equiva...

THE MADNESS OF THE MADMAN THEORY / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

The madness of the Madman Theory An idea that didn’t work for Richard Nixon probably won’t for Donald Trump Janan Ganesh © Carl Godfrey The ...

IS FINANCIAL DEREGULATION UNDER TRUMP GOING TOO FAR? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Is Financial Deregulation Under Trump Going Too Far? Although the Trump administration is rightly rethinking the heavy-handed banking measur...