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As climate change starts to bite in Latin America, some farmers will be forced to change the crops they grow. The global economy remains on track for a gradual recovery from the pandemic and Russia's war on Ukraine. We examine the phenomenon of talented jerks and find that actually it would be a mistake to ban them from the workplace altogether.

The International Monetary Fund is sitting on oodles of cash, but failing to disburse it. We examine why China’s lending practices are putting the IMF on a path to irrelevance. Climate change is already squeezing farmers in Latin America; some outright crazy agricultural policies are making matters worse. And reasons not to ban a well-known workplace species: the “talented jerk”.

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