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They are partisan, grubby and funded mostly by borrowing. There is a whiff of cronyism about them. But the new
“Trump Accounts”
for babies born between 2025 and 2028 are an experiment worth watching.
Elsewhere, analysts expect Qatari gas flows to return to normal by September, just in time for Europe to restock before winter. But renewed conflict, extreme weather and infrastructure failures could trigger
another crunch.
And on
today’s episode
of The Insider Zanny Minton Beddoes is joined by The Economist’s Russia experts to discuss Andrey Melnichenko. The oligarch fears for his country’s future, and has shared with us his vision for what must change. It is an extraordinary intervention. | 
