6 OCTOBER 2007, page 24

A Symbol Of Change But Is She The Real Thing?

Matthew Lynn enjoys a power-breakfast with France's new finance minister, Christine Lagarde — but wonders whether she can drive the reforms the French economy needs 1 t wasn't......

Penguin's Irrational Exuberance

James Harland what's the biggest threat to the stability of the global economy today? Derivatives? Hedge funds? The credit crunch? Actually it could be Pearson, the company that......