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Lachlan and James Murdoch: a trial of dynastic dreams

The joint promotion by their father is a clever (or cruel) test

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– John McDermott
The two main instruments used in the past by the ECB to counteract financial instability are substantially different from QE
– Lorenzo Bini Smaghi
If Tokyo’s fiscal deficit is to be brought down, then the corporate cash surplus must be reduced too
– Andrew Smithers

Save capitalism from the capitalists

Rising levels of inequality need to be addressed on a global scale, writes Thomas Piketty

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Cameron must do business with his rivals

Party leaders can change the bloc for the better and see off Ukip, writes Hugo Dixon

Baseball ban has gone beyond fair play

Time’s passage has made the lifetime banishment of Pete Rose look arbitrary and pitiless

Rothschild’s lesson in how not to tweet

The stakes are usually too high to make it worth indulging in rancour, writes Jonathan Ford

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Pawnbrokers’ payback

In a manner of speaking, gold has gone out of fashion, writes Izabella Kaminska

Rachel Lambert Mellon, garden designer, 1910-2014

Passionate horticulturalist who redesigned the Rose Garden

Globalisation at risk as history restarts

Concerns grow that ‘peace dividend’ of 1990s must be repaid

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Digital v human: the new debate

‘The dirty secret of the digital economy is that humans do not know how to fight back’

Momentum slows as markets wait for growth

Cracks are appearing that may be signs of a larger equity pullback

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