Europe has no escape from stagnation

I t is hard to avoid the soft bigotry of low expectations. The EU’s statistics bureau titled a recent release—showing no economic growth in the last quarter of 2024—“GDP stable in the euro area”. “Stagnant” would have been more accurate.

Tax cuts may lift short-term output, but deeper reform is required

Logging on at home is a perk, yet so far it has not been treated as such

Whatever its geopolitical merits, the “madman theory” transfers badly to economics

Lab-grown gems may destroy both their own value and that of natural rocks, too

Cannabis, crypto or half of North Dakota?

China’s trade retaliation carries a warning of worse to come

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/02/06/europe-has-no-escape-from-stagnation

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