In the latest of his Christmas columns, the FT’s Undercover Economist fields some of your most outlandish proposals, and concludes that there is no such thing as a stupid question
Westminster struggles to talk seriously about most topics and in particular about the economy
But it relies on a host of rosy assumptions going in investors’ favour
Why write about markets at all?
We are living in a ‘barbell’ world where international threat meets technological opportunity
Markets have shrugged off everything from geopolitics to financial crises
The most difficult problems can nurture the most talented researchers
