A lesson from Hurricane Irma: capitalism can’t save the planet – it can only destroy it | George Monbiot

There was “a flaw” in the theory: this is the famous admission by Alan Greenspan, the former chair of the Federal Reserve, to a congressional inquiry into the 2008 financial crisis. His belief that the self-interest of the lending institutions would lead...

Steve Bannon: China and US can avoid trade war — if Beijing stops ‘appropriating our technology’

Washington will release the results of an investigation into alleged Chinese intellectual property theft before a Sino–U.S. summit in Beijing so both sides can reset bilateral trade with “a whole series of negotiations”, former White House chief...

Governments want to control cryptocurrencies — but there’s a danger to too many rules

Cryptocurrencies have exploded in popularity in recent years, thanks to innovation in blockchain, the distributed ledger technology underpinning those virtual tokens such as bitcoin. That has led to a red-hot fundraising trend where start-ups are pulling in millions...