Finance & economics
Green light
How carbon prices are taking over the world
A quarter of global emissions are now covered, and the share is rising fast
Buttonwood
Investors’ enthusiasm for Japanese stocks has gone overboard
Speculators have flocked to the country’s markets this year. They may soon regret it
Better off without you
Sri Lanka shows how broken debt negotiations have become
The country’s creditors decide they have no choice but to freeze out China
Republican doves
America’s Federal Reserve could soon be flying blind
A government shutdown would have far-reaching consequences
Conflict economics
The costs of Russia’s war are about to hit home
Vladimir Putin will be unable to protect citizens from the pain
Free exchange
Why the state should not promote marriage
Even though children from two-parent households do better in life
Cruel world
Why fear is spreading in financial markets
Investors have begun to confront the long-haul reality of high interest rates
Laboratory visit
The city that encapsulates China’s economic stagnation
Zhengzhou’s experience suggests that local problems will be hard to fix
All at once
Does China’s fear of floating exceed its fear of deflation?
The central bank is constrained by its own limits on the yuan
Free exchange
Renewable energy has hidden costs
Why it is often more expensive than policymakers expect to go green
Rod stewards
Why uranium prices are soaring
Conflicts and resurgent demand combine to radioactive effect
Buttonwood
How to avoid a common investment mistake
Think less about what to buy, and more about how much