Global & Business Views
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From inflation and global debt to China's industrial expansion, AI-driven tourism and the economics of sport, this edition of Curated explores the forces reshaping markets, industries and consumer behaviour worldwide.
America has a whopping debt. But Europe has the whopping debt problem
The French-size problem at the heart of the EU.
Can AI save tourists from the TikTok herd?
Some fear that chatbots will lead everyone to the same places. In fact, they may do the opposite.
LIV Golf’s failure shows how not to invest in sport
It takes more than huge amounts of money to disrupt a game.
Past editions
The Gulf’s family businesses have a growing succession problem
Governments are nudging them, but it’ll be messy.
Westerners are fleeing their countries in record numbers
This will have economic consequences for the places they leave and their destinations.
ByteDance is swallowing the internet—in China and beyond
Can anything stop its stunning rise?
War is only the starkest way that politics is disrupting tourism
More people want to see the world—if geopolitics lets them.
Why a new, playful style of wine is delighting drinkers
“Blouge” wines, mixing red and white grapes, open up new markets.
Who will pay for the trillion-dollar AI boom
A technological revolution meets a financial one.
A fresh retail-trading frenzy is reshaping financial markets
Blame apps and DORKs, not stimmies
Japan’s Government bonds: this time it won’t end well
Even as interest costs mount, politicians promise handouts.
It’s just not Labubu dolls. Chinese brands are booming.
They are winning customers at home and abroad.
Behind the world’s fragrances sits a shadowy oligopoly
Trustbusters have been poking their noses into it.
The family saga at Germany’s media colossus takes an unusual twist
The owner of Penguin Random House and BMG is returning to family management.
Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working
More wealth means more money for baby-boomers to pass on. That is dangerous for capitalism and society.
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