This article is part of David Leonhardt’s newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it each weekday. I’m a fan of ranked-choice voting. I think it’s a fairer way to decide elections than the more common method, in which each person can vote for only a first choice. The 2000 presidential election highlighted the […]

This election season, Americans are going to hear a lot about regulating big tech. Senator Elizabeth Warren has already kicked off that debate, and it would be the tone-deaf candidate who wasn’t alert to the increasing anxiety among the public over the power Silicon Valley giants wield. According to a 2018 survey by Pew Research […]

The heirs of Albert Reimann Jr., who built one of Germany’s largest business empires, maintained for decades that Mr. Reimann and his father had been reluctant Nazis during World War II. Yes, they said, it was regrettable that the company employed slaves and prisoners of war in its chemical factories, but that was the nature […]

We in the news media often whack politicians for not being serious about policy. And then we ignore their policy proposals. So here, in the spirit of orgiastic wonkishness, is my Dummy’s Guide to Democratic Policy Proposals. I write it because something fascinating is underway: After decades of incrementalism, Democrats are now proposing a litany […]

MILAN/ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s state lender is seeking to broker a truce between Telecom Italia’s (TIM) two warring investors, France’s Vivendi and U.S. activist group Elliott, to end a boardroom battle that has paralyzed the group, sources said. Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), controlled by the treasury and now TIM’s second biggest investor behind Vivendi, […]

The political chess match surrounding the government’s handling of the SNC-Lavalin file continues in Ottawa and it’s not going well. The Opposition tried to open a second investigation into the affair with Parliament’s Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, and not surprisingly, the government members of the committee voted down the idea. […]

RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Aramco, the world’s top oil producer, has agreed to buy a majority stake in Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund for around $70 billion, sources familiar with the matter said. The deal comes after months of talks between Aramco and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), […]

Blame our financial calamity, blame compliant governments, blame the banks and their weak regulators. You can blame them all for the fact that Ireland has been for sale for a number of years now – and vultures continue to pounce, buying up distressed mortgages and rental properties by the barrowload. The economy may be roaring […]

I’m not sure about the rest of your readers – and being aware of the delicate negotiations going on concerning Brexit – but I’m absolutely fed up with the vitriol and hatred being directed at us by the DUP. Despite those hurtful and untruthful comments that are broadcast internationally, our Government appears quite happy not […]

To the Editor: In Scottish criminal courts there are three possible verdicts rather than our two. To “guilty” and “not guilty” is added “not proven.” This has the effect of a not guilty, yet the jury is saying, “There was insufficient evidence, but we believe you committed the offense.” The stigma remains. Robert Mueller wrote […]