Year in a Word 2016

The words that shaped the past 12 months

Year in a Word John Thornhill

Year in a Word: Post-truth

On both sides of the Atlantic, this was the year of the lie

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Credit card providers fight to stay top of your wallet

US lenders splash out on reward schemes but need customers to stick around and spend

Instant Insight Tony Barber

Monte dei Paschi rescue is step one to rebuild stability in Italy Premium

Parliamentary elections in 2017 will help fix the political system, writes Tony Barber

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The taxman has strong grounds to test Uber’s business model

Innovation is one thing, regulatory arbitrage is quite another

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Russia’s politics blights its economic outlook

Real reform could boost growth but would threaten Putin’s power

A squeaky-clean city besieged by phantom ninja rats

Notebook: Do tales of an army of ravenous rodents stem from fears of foreign dangers?

Democrats, demagogues and despots

Fear and rage must not be used as an excuse to destroy America’s core institutions

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Instant Insight Sebastian Payne

Jeremy Corbyn faces greatest challenge in Copeland by-election Premium

The opposition leader’s policies will be tested in early 2017, writes Sebastian Payne

Instant Insight Alan Beattie

The ECJ’s trade decision puts EU-UK trade deal on the line Premium

The Wallonian parliament will still have a say on future agreements, writes Alan Beattie

Egypt’s nostalgia for the rule of Mubarak is misplaced

The wall of fear that was so dramatically shattered is back up, stronger than before

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