Simon Kuper

Contrary to our fantasy, it is not all 35-hour weeks, long holidays and leisurely lunches (well, maybe the latter)

Trump loves fossil fuels but his sidekick Musk wants a piece of the action

Simon Kuper and Anjana Ahuja select their must-read titles

Liberals have learnt pessimism since 2016. This time, we are neither baffled nor energised by Trump’s win

I include myself in the under-reporting of the most consequential global stories

Nato without the US is a hypothetical, but it could happen as early as next year

Fewer voters are put off by the roots of some far-right parties

The shocks of recent times have shown the rational voter is a myth

The parallels between South Africa then and the US today are striking

Categorising him as left or right ignores the prime minister’s distinctively puritan streak