What Warsh should do at the Fed

If he is finally confirmed, Trump’s nominee for chair must undertake a re-evaluation of the central bank’s structure and purpose

The best books of the week

From a masterful story of money, tragedy and London’s dark side, to the rich and strange art of translating Shakespeare. Plus the truth behind the ‘good Nazi’, Deborah Levy’s adventures with the avant-garde, and other top new fiction

What is a city without children?

As urban housebuilding strategies around the world increasingly push families out, the ‘sidewalk ballet’ — and heart — of community life is under threat