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“Without fear and without favour”: Since 1888, this newspaper has argued for free markets, free trade, and liberal democracy. These commitments are renewed daily by the editorial board, which offers opinion and analysis on behalf of the FT.
  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    The editorial board
    Britain’s debt rule is not fit for purpose

    The chancellor should begin moving the country to a more dynamic fiscal framework

    Rachel Reeves
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    The editorial board
    Britain’s farewell to the power of King Coal

    The UK’s journey to low-carbon electricity is a case study for others

    A general view of Ratcliffe On Soar power station
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    The editorial board
    California’s AI bill was well-meaning but flawed

    Tech regulation needs to support innovation, while setting clear safety standards

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    The editorial board
    Austria’s new electoral earthquake

    Victory for the far-right FPÖ crystallises dilemmas across the EU

    Herbert Kickl, leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖe), center, speaks during an election night rally in Vienna, Austria
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    Israel’s hammer blow to Hizbollah

    Netanyahu’s military gains are no substitute for a strategy to end cycle of conflict

    Israeli military vehicles at a gathering site next to the border with Lebanon as seen from an undisclosed location in northern Israel
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    Japan’s unexpected choice of prime minister

    Shigeru Ishiba needs to show pragmatism to make his administration a success

    Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a press conference following his election in the party leadership elections in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    Trump’s miracle cure for America

    Former president’s tariff agenda is more like a poison pill for the very voters he seeks to charm

    Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at the Mosack Group warehouse in Mint Hill, North Carolina.
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    Sri Lanka bets on a leftist outsider

    The new president faces an uphill struggle to deliver on his economic promises

    Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake addresses a gathering after taking his oath of office at the Presidential Secretariat, in Colombo
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    How Keir Starmer can take back control

    Unforced errors and unanswered questions are undermining Britain’s Labour government

    Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his chancellor, Rachel Reeves
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    China’s stimulus is hefty but insufficient

    A targeted fiscal boost and an untethering of the private sector is the next step

    People’s Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng, National Financial Regulatory Administration Minister Li Yunze and China Securities Regulatory Commission chairman Wu Qing at a press conference in Beijing
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    The EU’s competition policy conundrum

    Antitrust rules in the bloc need updating for the digital era — but with care

    Siemens Velaro Novo High speed train
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    The path to global carbon pricing

    To tackle climate change, the polluter pays principle needs to spread further and wider

    Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    The killers of Sander Thoenes have yet to face justice

    As shocking as the violence against journalists is the impunity of the perpetrators

    Financial Times journalist, Dutch national Sander Thoenes
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    The dramatic decline of China’s innovative start-ups

    Urge to control the private sector jeopardises Beijing’s tech ambitions

    The full moon rises above skyscrapers at the financial district of Lujiazui in Shanghai
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    Israel’s reckless pager attack on Hizbollah

    Benjamin Netanyahu is raising the risks of an all-out Middle East war

    An ambulance arrives at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) after an incident involving Hezbollah members’ wireless devices in Beirut
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    The EU’s overstretched asylum system

    To make the case for legal migration, leaders must control irregular arrivals

    A German police officer stands guard next to a bus at a border with France, as all German land borders are subject to random controls to protect internal security and reduce irregular migration, in Kehl, Germany
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    Europe needs to unleash its banking union

    Consolidation and harmonisation would help lenders reap the benefits of scale

    The Commerzbank AG headquarters, near the Euro sculpture in the financial district of Frankfurt
  • Sunday, 15 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    Jay Powell’s rate cut conundrum

    With inflation down and the jobs market cooling, the economics points to 50bp

    Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    The rise of tourist taxes

    Revenues can help make mass travel more sustainable

    People sunbath and swim at the beach of Monterosso in the Cinque Terre National Park, near La Spezia, nortwestern Italy
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    A long and difficult cure for Britain’s NHS

    Starmer’s Labour government will be judged on whether it can fix healthcare

    Medical personnel and ambulances outside the Royal London Hospital
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    Kamala Harris has passed a big test

    The vice-president proved she is a strong candidate for the presidency, while Trump underlined his flaws

    US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris listens to former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speak during the presidential debate
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    Mexico’s retrograde path on the rule of law

    López Obrador’s final reforms risk country’s future as a North American nation

    Claudia Sheinbaum waves alongside Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    Whatever it takes to boost European competitiveness

    Draghi unveils an ambitious economic agenda, but politics will be a sticking point

    Mario Draghi
  • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    The battle to secure economically critical metals

    To limit China’s leverage, the west needs concerted action on mining, refining and research

    Aerial view of an excavator loading trucks with rare earth at a mine
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    The editorial board
    Fans look back in anger on dynamic pricing

    The practice is legitimate — but Oasis affair shows sellers must use it with care

    An Oasis fan walks past a new mural in Manchester  depicting Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis
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