Military-industrial complexity
Russia’s economy can withstand a long war, but not a more intense one (with Callum Williams)
Matthieu Favas
With roots in the wine industry, I am now a finance correspondent at The Economist, covering banking, fintech, insurance and private equity, among other things. I write about food and agriculture, too, and I particularly like to study how all these topics blend with geopolitics (see special report). Also I write about wine.
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Sovereign-stealth funds
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Credit where it's dull
European banks look safer than those in America. But this comes at a cost (with Christian Odendahl)
Schönes Wochenende
After Credit Suisse’s demise, attention turns to Deutsche Bank (with Christian Odendahl)
The battle for Europe’s economic soul
Policymakers in Brussels ready their response to America’s protectionism (with Christian Odendahl)
Refined tactics
Russia’s sanctions-dodging is getting ever more sophisticated
Oenophilia
What to read to understand wine
Bolt from the blue
Cobalt, a crucial battery material, is suddenly superabundant
Plug and pay
The world won’t decarbonise fast enough unless renewables make real money
Green shoots
War and subsidies have turbocharged the energy transition
Dodged penalties
Why the West’s oil sanctions on Russia are proving to be underwhelming
Ships in the night
How Russia dodges oil sanctions on an industrial scale
Mare industriae
Can the North Sea become Europe’s new economic powerhouse?
Flammable
2023 will bring the true test of the West’s oil-war tactics
Crypto's Teflon Man
Who is Changpeng Zhao, the chief executive of Binance?
Bread-blocking bandits
How men with guns aggravate global hunger (with Avantika Chilkoti, Tom Gardner and Sondre Solstad)
From crisis to catastrophe
What happens next in Europe’s energy conflict? We war game three scenarios
Pop dollar
Who will survive the fintech bloodbath?
Striking oil producers
OPEC defies Joe Biden with a big output cut. Will it backfire?
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