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...