Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore have an agreement. It’s less about economic cooperation than about mutual exploitation, and some do a lot better than others.

The basic income — paid to all, and for life — is now a fashionable idea across Europe. But would it supplement welfare or replace it?

Norilsk is a byproduct of mining for minerals in the Arctic. It was established as a gulag and sustained by Soviet-era, and now southern migrant, settlers.