It may be useful to imagine for the duration of Europe’s upcoming election season that we live in a world without public polling. Would that make further populist surprises look more or less likely? The post-Brexit, post-Trump world is not necessarily “post-truth” despite a certain blurring of lines between fact and spin. It is, however, definitely post-poll. U.S. pollsters ...

  Nobody is really sure what Donald Trump will want from the Federal Reserve during his presidency: Will he try to make it adopt the “hard money” views of many people in his party, or will he want it to err on the side of letting the economy run hot? Since we might not know the answer for some time, ...

  The UAE is right on track to become world’s innovation capital. Its comprehensive and visionary policies are creating a conducive climate for innovation and innovators to thrive. As laid down in the National Innovation Strategy, innovation is being encouraged in key sectors like renewable energy, transport, education, health, technology, water and space. The second Innovation Week — which kicked ...