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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Feb 27, 2020

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The evolution of Marco Rubio - The Big Read on.ft.com/3Up3FJd

ftopinion's tweet card. Once an advocate of US soft power, the secretary of state has embraced Maga values from isolationism to impatience with foreign aid

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · 15 h

The Ukraine war will shape the world - Martin Wolf on.ft.com/4lG7hTc

ftopinion's tweet card. We must not repeat the mistakes of the appeasers in the 1930s

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · 22 h

Trump — emperor of Brazil - Edward Luce on.ft.com/470oB0C

ftopinion's tweet card. The US president’s sympathy for disgraced strongman Bolsonaro is part of an alarming pattern

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 22

How the diamond industry lost its sparkle - The Big Read on.ft.com/3Unb2kn

ftopinion's tweet card. The explosion of lab-grown stones from China has shaken up the sector, leaving established players struggling for relevance

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 22

Is Zohran Mamdani the future of the Democratic party? - Rana Foroohar on.ft.com/4o09Wc3

ftopinion's tweet card. The upstart state assemblyman and mayoral candidate could reinvent the Democratic party.

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 21

The Spinach King — the tale of an agricultural dynasty and its dark secrets - John Gapper on.ft.com/46guC9j

ftopinion's tweet card. John Seabrook wryly details the rise and fall — and Oedipal struggles — of his family’s farming empire

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 21

Don’t fight the Fed - Rana Foroohar on.ft.com/40sMnOW

ftopinion's tweet card. Instead of threatening the central bank chair, Donald Trump should heed this investors’ mantra

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 21

Can Europe break free of American tech supremacy? - The Big Read on.ft.com/44GFDQ7

ftopinion's tweet card. The continent’s dependence on US groups for digital infrastructure is causing growing concern among executives and policymakers

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 21

How to help the financial sector promote growth — and how not to - Martin Wolf on.ft.com/4nZDHd0

ftopinion's tweet card. Encouraging institutions to get bigger by taking risks is the opposite of what Reeves should do

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 20

Unapologetic brands lean into the vibe shift - Jemima Kelly on.ft.com/40oDaHt

ftopinion's tweet card. Heritage and tradition supplant bland conformity as big names ditch ‘quiet luxury’

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 20

A fresh phone hell in the office - Pilita Clark on.ft.com/3TNMFfy

ftopinion's tweet card. Younger workers who don’t say hello when they answer a call need to know it’s a problem

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 19

James Leprino, Mr Mozzarella, 1937-2025 - Obituary on.ft.com/44EQFFA

ftopinion's tweet card. The businessman foresaw the American pizza boom and became the country’s foremost supplier of the cheese

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 18

Will a return to risk-taking rouse animal spirits? - The Big Read on.ft.com/3IQOpSU

ftopinion's tweet card. The drive to deregulate in the UK, US and Europe could unleash growth — or sow the seeds of the next crash

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 18

The Afghanistan data leak will haunt British politics for years - Camilla Cavendish on.ft.com/40rs1ph

ftopinion's tweet card. Both this government and the last are implicated in a cover-up that will cost the UK billions

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 18

Trump’s remarkable Ukraine U-turn - Edward Luce on.ft.com/4nVda0v

ftopinion's tweet card. The US president seems to have been won round to the merits of arming Kyiv

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 18

Lowering the voting age won’t reshape the electorate - Stephen Bush on.ft.com/40oc7Mp

ftopinion's tweet card. Extending the vote to 16-year-olds would alter the electoral landscape by no more than a single constituency

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 18

When you keep stumbling over small things, your best way out is to make a big leap. And that's what Labour needs to do on tax, says Martin Sandbu on.ft.com/3Uj067q

ftopinion's tweet card. There are three big wins for the UK government if it ditches the hotchpotch of incentives and loopholes

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 18

Chatbots in the classroom: how AI is reshaping higher education - The Big Read on.ft.com/4lxmlCx

ftopinion's tweet card. While institutions grapple with the pace of change, technology companies are moving quickly to offer custom learning products

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 18

Threats to the Fed go beyond firing Powell - Gillian Tett on.ft.com/4m4t7Qg

ftopinion's tweet card. Curtis Yarvin’s ideas are going ever more mainstream in Trump’s Washington — and investors should be worried

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FT Opinion@ftopinion · Jul 17

We have to entertain the notion that Trump is a moderating influence on a movement that will become much more doctrinal once he is gone. He approaches the world through personal relations, which are malleable, not ideas, which aren’t, says Janan Ganesh on.ft.com/3ItvNsh

ftopinion's tweet card. A summer of splits shows what post-Trump conservatism will look like

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