5:53pm

We are not yet ready to simulate the brain

Europe’s billion-euro project is important but has an unrealistic goal, writes Gary Marcus

5:44pm

US bank bosses must live up to their pay

The industry has reached a turning point, writes Meredith Whitney

Jan 30, 2013

Britain needs a long-term prosperity plan

The UK needs to provide investors with incentives, write John Van Reenen and Richard Lambert

Jan 30, 2013

Mali could make France governable

Intervention may benefit the president, writes Dominique Moisi

Jan 30, 2013

Moscow must end the deadlock in Syria

Russia should set aside the issue of when Assad should leave, writes Bassma Kodmani

Jan 29, 2013

HS2 simply masks the north-south divide

Every government action has reinforced the capital, writes Peter Hetherington

Jan 29, 2013

Morsi cannot ignore Egypt’s new majority

Brotherhood must not underestimate the youth’s desire for change, says Ezzedine Choukri Fishere

The A-List Jan 29, 2013

China’s banks are too big to manage

A radical action would be to break up the big four into three regional banks, writes Yukon Huang

Jan 28, 2013

The cost of making bankers behave

The problem with values statements is how to make them stick, writes Philip Augar

Jan 28, 2013

Beijing still prefers diplomacy over force

China understands that its growth depends on imports, say Graham Allison and Robert Blackwill

Jan 28, 2013

Eurozone banking union is deeply flawed

Rescue mechanism presents a very significant danger, write Hans-Werner Sinn and Harald Hau

Jan 27, 2013

Perspective on Apple amid the clamour

It is hard to think of a company whose influence has been so profound, says Michael Moritz

Jan 27, 2013

Electrify the banking ringfence

Banks will test the limits unless they are incentivised not to, writes Andrew Tyrie

Undercover Economist Jan 25, 2013

Lies, damned lies and Greek statistics

Cooking the books can lead to a half-baked result, writes Tim Harford

Jan 25, 2013

Support Mali but please send no troops

Britain will regret the big cuts to its army, writes Max Hastings

Jan 25, 2013

Currency wars are best fought quietly

The identity of the true warriors might come as a surprise, writes Niall Ferguson

Jan 24, 2013

World is right to worry about US debt

America must face up to its responsibilities, writes Kenneth Rogoff

Jan 24, 2013

Call to arms will bring no peace to Sahel

Region cannot be returned to Mali’s control militarily, says Hugh Roberts

Jan 24, 2013

Cameron leaps into the unknown

PM’s speech was a gamble to get the eurosceptic monkey off his back, writes Paul Goodman

Jan 23, 2013

No US peace dividend after Afghanistan

Bad decisions exact a high price, write Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes