The Business Times

Simon Kuper

FT

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during the installation of a new flagpole on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
PERSPECTIVE

Will he or won’t he? How to parse Donald Trump’s daily show

Lessons from a French historian on understanding a US administration that is structured like a reality series

A book is still the best technology to convey the nuanced complexity of the world.

How to be a great thinker

Seven habits of highly intelligent people

The last great progressive politician, Barack Obama, believed, like Martin Luther King Jr, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice."
PERSPECTIVE

Goodbye to the good guys

Donald Trump is the first US president to voice a pessimistic worldview

Tech moguls (from left) Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attending Donald Trump's inauguration. Trumpism may represent the peak of the political cult of entrepreneurs.
LIFE & CULTURE

The political cult of the entrepreneur

Is what’s good for America’s richest men also good for America?

Psychologist Steven Pinker says we use rationality much more when running our own lives than when evaluating distant issues.
PERSPECTIVE

Why I stopped making election forecasts

The shocks of recent times have shown the rational voter is a myth

Any ranking of national athletic achievement will be highly correlated with national wealth and, more specifically, human development.
PERSPECTIVE

What the Olympic medal table really tells us

The list of winning countries is much more than just a guide to sporting achievement

The Olympics start on July 26 with a spectacular opening ceremony along the Seine.
LIFE & CULTURE

Paris, the Olympics and the reinvention of a city

After a divisive election, this summer’s Games will fire the starting gun on a vast project to transform the French capital

Digital literacy has changed reading. Digital readers absorb more misinformation and they seldom absorb nuanced perspectives.
THE BROAD VIEW

Skimming, scanning, scrolling – the age of deep reading is over

Reading longer texts fostered our empathy for others. How will we cope without it?

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is expected to be named the new Conservative party leader, and UK prime minister, on Monday Sep5.
PERSPECTIVE

Truss will only make the UK more miserable. That could be good

The past has proven that hitting rock-bottom can be a productive national moment

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