International businesses are being robbed in Cyprus
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From William Cash: The New Orientalism
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ByAfter Hurricane Sandy: Power-Hungry Refugees and the New Reality
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ByThe Lagarde List: Publish and Be Damned
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ByWhy Monetary Policy is the Chosen Global Solution to Our Economic Troubles
Quantitative (Dis)easing While the eurozone remains at the back of investors’ minds, governments and central banks from the UK to…
ByAn HNW ABC: UVW
The penultimate instalment of our lexicographical endeavour, a dictionary for the super-wealthy The penultimate instalment of our lexicographical endeavour, a…
ByLeader: No Sweat
The superhuman has been in danger of becoming tediously quotidian: every day someone else is bungee-jumping off a rickety Mexican…
ByLeader: Euro-Blown
The global economy has just managed to get through bucket-and-spade time without being washed out to sea, but we have…
ByThe Mother of All Problems, Who Can 'Have it All?'
When Anne-Marie Slaughter, former director of policy planning at the State Department, penned an article for The Atlantic saying that…
ByFrom William Cash: Bienvenue a Londres!
David Cameron was sneered at by the French media when he said he would ’roll out the red carpet’ for…
ByShould the wealthy accept benefits?
At the Liberal Democrat conference today, Nick Clegg has tackled a political issue largely unspeakable because of the risk of…
ByThe Rich Have an Image Problem, and That's Bad for All of Us
Poor Show The wealthy barely ever see the other 99 per cent, says Edward Amory in his new column on…
ByWhat Future for China's Investments in Africa?
Made in Africa Politically exposed persons are found in volatile global situations. Our new columnist, lawyer and activist Robert Amsterdam,…
ByFrom William Cash: Down with the Olympics
A controversial thing to say in an issue with our Olympic Special, but this summer I’ll be ignoring the running,…
ByEditor's Letter 27: Olympics, Libya and Ageing Populations
Olympics Fever has not passed Spear’s by: we’re practising our javelin hurls and reverse two-and-a-half somersaults, tuck, with as much…
ByIn Tune: The City of London Festival
You see a lot of strange and surprising things when walking around London but how often is one of them…
ByAgeing Disgracefully
We’re all getting older, that much is obvious. And try as we might to reverse the effects of ageing, no…
ByThe Olympics: A Five-Ring Circus
This is not column for killjoys: Spear’s welcomes the Olympics to town, complete with its eminently eBay-able torch, re-enlisted drugs…
ByCounter Culture: It's So Easy To Have Good Taste In Art, Until You're Buying It
No Thanks, Just Looking You might think you know your art from your elbow while idly strolling through a gallery.…
ByArticle of the Week Preview: Elena Baturina, Russia's Richest Woman, on Politics, Business and Good Design
Read preview extracts from Spear’s article of the week, Sophie McBain’s interview with Elena Baturina, Russia’s richest woman, as she…
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