“America is an experiment in terrifying yourself to riches,” reads an intriguing sentence in this week’s Schumpeter column. Our columnist notices that a lot of what’s driving the investment frenzy in sectors like artificial intelligence and defence is an apocalyptic view of the way the world is heading. Will investors profit from cataclysm or be overwhelmed by it?

A murder in Southampton last year has become a political controversy that compounds the tragedy. There are questions to answer about how the police responded to the stabbing of a young white man. But politicians of the right are using those to introduce rhetoric about white victimhood that is dangerous and new to Britain.

And today’s episode of The Insider examines the growing popularity of socialism, especially among the young. Our journalists ask how dangerous their bad ideas are and consider the good ones. You can watch from 6pm London time.