World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Within the next fortnight two of the Earth’s wealthiest individuals will attempt to fly into space. Richard Branson’s flight on Sunday aboard a Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. spaceship will be followed by Jeff Bezos’s rocket trip with Blue Origin LLC on July 20. In a summer not lacking in awe…

I wouldn’t want to be a political strategist for US business right now. The natural position of business in US politics is to be an independent interest group, aligned with neither party. That allows business interests to lobby whichever party is in office. And in theory it’s a viable strategy;…

The fallout from Didi Global Inc.’s New York listing at the end of June have generated securities fraud class action suits. If the US lawyers behind those cases are looking for fresh ammunition to use against China’s ride-hailing giant, could they find it in ByteDance Ltd., China’s other big…

Defining Mr. Ahmad Jibril, who passed away a few days ago, is a difficult task. He fits better in the category of “was not” than “was.” His name, of course, wasn’t linked to launching the Palestinian nationalism of Yasser Arafat or his first comrades. He wasn’t part of the “resistance’s left” like…

It was a once in a lifetime trip. The plane took off from Damascus airport. That was on May 20, 1985. I looked behind me and saw the captured Israeli soldier surveying the place, most likely dreaming of regaining his freedom, but obviously fearing the surprises of the last hours. The actual…

What RRR the Chinese Authorities Up To? The biggest financial news to start the week is that China is cutting its reserve requirement ratios, or RRRs, for all banks. This means that they can lend more, and so injects more money into the Chinese economy. It is a loosening move that means more…

With policy shifting away from Covid relief toward more long-term goals such as shoring up infrastructure and promoting competition, US lawmakers have a rare opportunity to address the American economy’s deep structural issues. And because the pandemic caused unprecedented disruption to businesses,…

Bitcoin lovers, cry foul! Accounting firms are restricting corporations from holding the cryptocurrency as assets even as they give free rein to venture capital firms — such as SoftBank Group Corp. — to invest in equally risky and volatile unicorns. MicroStrategy Inc. and Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc…

“I had to get out of America. It has gotten so ugly, so dark and my pessimism had grown so high that I needed to do something different.” That’s how pollster Frank Luntz, currently a visiting fellow at the Center for Policy Studies, explained his decision to spend a summer in Britain studying…

Credit Suisse Group AG has portentously unveiled a new vision for its employees’ work-life balance with “The Way We Work.” The initiative, which promises maximum flexibility, is just too good to be true or manageable. It’s the latest example of what’s becoming an all-too-common theme: large…

Japan, the country that gave us the word “karoshi” for “death from overwork,” is thinking about introducing an optional four-day workweek. The idea has also come up in Iceland, New Zealand, Spain and other places. It’s in fact so obvious, some wise people in the past would be gobsmacked to learn…

This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve the world’s most pressing policy challenges. It has been edited for length and clarity. Anjani Trivedi: You’ve been a long-time investor in traditional banks and have followed the journey of global financial…