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Binyamin Appelbaum
Binyamin Appelbaum is the lead writer on business and economics for The New York Times editorial board, and the author of 'The Economists' Hour,' a history of how economists came to reshape American policy. Before joining the editorial board in 2019, he spent nearly a decade as a Washington correspondent covering the Federal Reserve and economic policy in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. His subprime-lending investigation at The Charlotte Observer won a George Polk Award and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
Janan Ganesh
Janan Ganesh is the Financial Times' biweekly columnist and associate editor, one of the most widely read political essayists writing in English. Born in Nigeria, raised in South London, he reasons his way to conclusions other commentators won't reach: that Keir Starmer may need to fail, that Trump and MAGA have come apart, that the West misreads its own decline. He spent four years covering America from Washington and Los Angeles before returning to London in 2022, and his Saturday FT Weekend column ranges freely across cities, football, restaurants, art and the texture of the good life.