The Group of 20 countries meet in Bali against the backdrop of heightened tension between the world’s great powers, nuclear threats and a looming global recession. With his military campaign in Ukraine faltering, Russia’s Vladimir Putin will be absent. A joint statement is unlikely, a significant breakthrough to solve concurrent crises in energy, climate and food would be a miracle. ...

  TikTok is a happy place. From cute kitties to lip-syncing stars, the Chinese short-video service is a place where people go to entertain and to be delighted. Unlike Twitter and Facebook, the site is abjectly apolitical. Yet, politicians increasingly find it quite objectionable. This is not dichotomous. What makes TikTok so harmonious is also the very thing that attracts ...

  At the heart of banking regulation sits a tradeoff between competition and financial stability. Competition allows consumers access to better prices and better products. But it can also encourage banks to do wayward things, often at the expense of soundness. Faced with the choice, regulators typically come down on the side of safety. Regulators in Ireland have adopted this ...