This is the story of one of the world’s greatest (but least famous) con artists. Ghana’s John Ackah Blay-Miezah bilked investors on several continents by promising he knew where lost gold was hidden.

THE late Hans Rosling is best known for his Ted talks (here is one on the wonders of the washing machine). Sadly he died last year. But before he did so, he worked with his son and daughter-in-law to ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Frontier: An Emerging Markets Story (Triskelion Books, £30) is a gripping chronicle of the period of booming ...

To support innovation as the lifeblood of progress and the engine of growth, institutions must be designed to accommodate ...

I’m struck by the number of truly brilliant books on economics this year. My list of favorites is below; it includes thought-provoking analysis of inequality, climate change, and the dismal state of ...

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In good times and bad, colleges cite economic trends to justify their decisions. But do colleges operate with an understanding of economics? Sandy Baum, a nonresident senior fellow at the Center on ...

The trend leaves economists doubly chastened: by their failure to understand the economic forces helping to bring the world to this point, and by the resulting loss of influence they feel. In response ...

Ten years ago, the global financial crisis entered its most intense phase. The anniversary finds the world less engaged in sober reflection than standing dazed by the history that has unfolded since.