Football’s super league fiasco underlines the need for levelling up everywhere
Jim O'Neill
The bid by top clubs to break away was globalisation at its worst – and emblematic of the UK’s problems beyond sport
April 2021
Economics viewpoint
The Covid crisis: some people think it’s all over … it isn’t
Larry Elliott
How would a global minimum tax work and why is it needed?
January 2021
Economics viewpoint
The 'black swan' Covid catastrophe shows us just how fragile our world is
Larry Elliott
It is clear now that there is a big downside to an economic model that pays little heed to sustainability
December 2020
Israel establishes 'formal diplomatic relations' with Bhutan
Himalayan kingdom is latest country to recognise the Jewish state in a normalisation deal
November 2020
EU must assert autonomy in face of US-China dominance, says Macron
French president says US election chance to pursue sovereignty amid rising populism
October 2020
Australians more likely to trust government advice on Covid-19 than other nations
Of 25 nations in the YouGov-Cambridge Globalism Project only three others had higher levels of trust, while support for conspiracy theories is at just 5%
July 2020
Fire, Flood and Plague – essays about 2020
In the staggering dislocation of 2020, I think of the many gifts my parents gave me
Christos Tsiolkas
Economics viewpoint
Fifteen years after the G8 summit, it's the UK that's in dire need of aid
Larry Elliott
June 2020
The latest figures are a wake-up call: the global Covid-19 crisis isn't close to over
Adam Tooze
A coordinated response to the crisis in the Americas, India and Africa must be led by countries that have suppressed the virus, says Adam Tooze, a professor of history at Columbia University
The Guardian view on Labour Together: offer Britain a common purpose
Editorial: The Covid-19 crisis has shown that we need to come together, not move apart. Sir Keir Starmer has an opportunity to seize and shape the political moment
The world turned upside down
The death of globalisation has been announced many times. But this is a perfect storm
Adam Tooze
Add changes in technology, macroeconomics and geopolitics to the virus, and it becomes clear why we face a turbulent year, says academic Adam Tooze
May 2020
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping: are China and US on collision course in a new cold war?
Will coronavirus lead to fairer societies? Thomas Piketty explores the prospect
April 2020
After coronavirus, the penny has dropped that wellbeing isn't individual but social
Fast fashion speeding toward environmental disaster, report warns
March 2020
This virus is ravaging rich countries. What happens when it hits the poor ones?
Nesrine Malik
Horror over the west’s failure to contain Covid-19 will pale by comparison if it sweeps the developing world, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
Coronavirus won’t end globalisation, but change it hugely for the better
Will Hutton
An unregulated world can be blamed for its spread, but collective action based on evidence could be the best way to stop it
Can a nation be both open and in control? The UK is about to find out
Hans Kundnani
As talks on trade deals begin, the government should make a virtue of a potential new economic model
February 2020
Trying to make sense of the political centre ground
Letters: Readers respond to an article by Andy Beckett that said the left should welcome that centrists seem to be slowly coming to terms with today’s world
