Can the world’s most influential business index be fixed?

E verybody loves a league table. Across areas as varied as sports, education and consumer goods, competitive rankings have a magnetic appeal. The question of what or who rose, fell or clinched the top spot can lend a sense of drama to even the most strait-laced subjects.

Unsold homes are contributing to a balance-sheet recession

Only the poorest can expect help to cushion the blow

Protectionism hasn’t been this respectable for decades

Especially when the quality of statistics is deteriorating

An experiment in Gujarat yields impressive results

Missiles are flying over a region that supplies a third of the world’s crude

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