Is Donald Trump benefiting, at least in the short term, from the focus on protests and violence at his rallies? If so, his ability to deflect attention from his rivals’ substantive attacks on him has worked again. From the beginning, we’ve talked about the Red Queen race: Trump must do increasingly outrageous things to maintain his dominant share of press ...

In the debate over climate change, there is one group you don’t hear much from: economists. The failure of climate economics to make a difference in the public discussion about climate policy should be a concern for the profession. Climate economists are just as worried as anyone about the prospect of global warming. A recent survey by the Institute for ...

Doha / EMIRATES BUSINESS Despite reports of market gloom, Qatar’s residential rental levels continued to expand unabated during 2015, rising by approximately 7 percent year-on-year during the second half of 2015. But this was down from 14 percent annual growth achieved during the same period in 2014. Smaller apartment units, particularly those within central locations, remained in high demand, although ...