In crisis, we pray: Religiosity and the Covid-19 pandemic
In crisis, we pray: Religiosity and the Covid-19 pandemic Jeanet Sinding Bentzen of University of Copenhagen in this paper: In times…
Burned by leverage? Flows and fragility in bond mutual funds
Burned by leverage? Flows and fragility in bond mutual funds Luis Molestina Vivar, Michael Wedow and Christian Weistroffer of ECB in…
The dirty history of soap
The dirty history of soap Judith Radner, a scholar who researches material culture looks at the dirty history of soap. Soap…
Electrifying Rural America: How during Great Depression, communities formed cooperatives to bring electricity to rural areas
Super article by Tim Sablik of Richmond Fed. He narrates how US initiated its rural electrification program during Great Depression.…
Tryst with destiny, planning and deficit financing
Tryst with destiny, planning and deficit financing My new piece on Moneycontrol: The media is rife with discussions on whether and…
FirstFT: Today’s top stories | Financial Times
FT subscribers can click here to receive FirstFT every day by email. The rapid spread of coronavirus in the southern…
Is the Franco-German plan Europe’s ‘Hamiltonian’ moment?
A historic breakthrough. A “Hamiltonian” moment. A very deep transformation. Political leaders and analysts have reached for momentous analogies to…
Turkey cuts rates for ninth time in a row in bid to spur growth
Turkey’s central bank seized upon a period of calm in the lira to cut its benchmark interest rate for a…
Is our food system broken?
FT premium subscribers can click here to receive Trade Secrets by email. From vegetables to pasta to flour — it…
Iron ore rises to nearly $100 a tonne as China eases custom checks
The price of iron ore, the main ingredient for making steel, rose to nearly $100 a tonne on Thursday as…