Ross Clark is a leader writer and columnist who has written for The Spectator for three decades. His books include Not Zero, The Road to Southend Pier, and Far From EUtopia: Why Europe is failing and Britain could do better
One remarkable thing about Donald Trump’s adventure in Venezuela is just how old-fashioned it is. It is a world away from George W. Bush’s neoconservative efforts at nation-building in Iraq and Afghanistan. There is little attempt to justify the arrest of Nicolás Maduro in terms of the human rights of Venezuelan citizens. Little attention appears
A major paper predicting the economy will shrink by 62 percent has been withdrawn
Amazon and UPS have each just replaced 14,000 jobs with AI
If you build an administration on the promise that you will always serve the American interest, certain foreign policy decisions become difficult
The cost of treatment for many patients will soar. Does Trump think that people will somehow fail to realize this?
The country remains trapped in economic mediocrity
It is easy to admire Trump’s negotiating tactics. But that doesn’t mean that the US will end up being the big winner from higher import tariffs
Trump will be able to claim a negotiating success. But that doesn’t mean Americans will be better off for it
Western climate policy practically invites bad actors
The President was meant to be against price-fixing
Investors would be rash to bet against the US, and in particular its tech industry
A touted US-India trade deal suggests that could be the case
Boeing was expecting to deliver 8,485 planes over next two decades
We should ask whether politicians should be able to trade in shares
Working people along the border will pay the price of his ATM crackdown
It’s America that has quietly raced ahead this century
The drug company argues that antibody levels among Israelis who have received two shots are already beginning to fall
This ‘breakthrough’ is not all it is cracked up to be
An open letter to Science magazine will put pressure on WHO to explain further why it came to the conclusion it did
Why society needs cash
