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Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Articles in this issue: Politics this week KAL's cartoon Business this week Smartphones: Planet of the phones Brazil: In a quagmire Intergenerational fairness: The granny state Venezuela’s crackdown: A slow-motion coup Sports extravaganzas: Games that must stop On Russia and Ukraine, teaching, Panama, authors, pets, the Statue of Liberty, engineers: Letters to the editor Telecoms and society: The truly personal computer Smartphone security: The spy in your pocket The economic recovery: Not quite what it seems Republican hopefuls: A winner from Wisconsin? With a stroke of the pen: The Keystone XL veto The Illinois budget: Averting doomsday Energy controversies: A frack too far Religious discrimination: Dress codes Lexington: Justices on the stage Venezuela’s regime: Tyranny looms Brazil’s liberals: Niche no longer Canada’s Inuit: A long road home Bello: What are the spies for? North Korea’s economy: Spring release The Maldives: In a sling Reforming Japan: Just do it Construction in the South China Sea: Reclamation marks Banyan: Such quantities of sand Ideology: Class struggle Ideology in the armed forces: Red red army Marriage: Wedding wows African roads and rails: All aboard Land ownership: I had a farm in Africa South Africa’s inept spies: From Pretoria, with love Business in Lebanon: Lights, handguns, action Palestine’s finances: No cash spells more violence Segregation in Saudi Arabia: No men allowed! German foreign policy: A lurch onto the world stage Greece and the euro: Doing the splits Greece and geopolitics: A semi-guided missile Italy’s labour market: Marching to a different tune Spanish politics: Ghosts at the feast Charlemagne: Soaring hopes, dark fears Pensioner benefits: Everlasting life Divorce: Work to rule Decentralising health care: Control yourself Stockmarkets: A long wait Studying languages: Shout louder Paying for education: Class war CCTV: Stranded camera Male suicide: A worrying trend Bagehot: The great, the good and the ugly Islam and extremism: Looking within Women and jihad: Caliphate calling How a schoolgirl was radicalised: Shamima’s list Natural gas: Golden scenarios Smartphones: The Xiaomi shock Honda: Recalling the boss American retailing: Why Target lost its aim Finmeccanica: Growing by shrinking Bottled water in China: Spring tide Schumpeter: Brazil’s business Belindia Schumpeter: Clarification: Boston Consulting Group Brazil’s coming recession: The crash of a titan Buttonwood: Polls apart Credit cards in America: Slowing charge HSBC: In the stocks Tax evasion: Leaks on tap Ukraine’s economy: The day of reckoning Ethics and the environment: Eco-waverers Free exchange: Poverty’s long farewell A visit to the asteroids: Harvest festival Mass extinctions: Did dark matter do in the dinosaurs? The origin of eyelashes: Mote prevention Synthetic biology: Strange medicine Malaria: Plugging away Artificial intelligence: Computers, gaming Sporting mega-events: Just say no The female body: Shape-shifting Fiction: In ancient times Electric cars: Charging ahead American spying: Many masters, many lives Mexico’s marvellous movies: Beyond borders Obituary: John Piña Craven: 20,000 feet under the sea Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Government bonds Markets

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Hillary Clinton in 2016: What does Hillary stand for? Repression in Malaysia: Disconnect The euro-zone revival: Don’t get europhoric Nuclear non-proliferation: A nuclear test for the Obama doctrine Britain’s taxes: No to non-doms On equality, Britain, Singapore, judo, airports, business cards: Letters Volcanoes and climate: After Tambora Hillary Clinton in 2016: A contest, or a coronation? Rand Paul: Rand’s stand Guns and anger: Trigger happy Drought in California: The price is wrong Chicago’s mayoral election: Little time for celebration Lexington: Imitation games Normalisation with Cuba: The thrill of the thaw Elections in Bolivia: No, MAS Bello: A warmer Latin climate for Obama Economic policy in Japan: End of the affair Terrorism in Malaysia: Lurch to illiberalism Politics in Taiwan: Sunflower seeds Banning beef in India: The pink and the saffron Australia’s Great Barrier Reef: Judgment day Crown-of-thorns starfish: Coral-killers Opinion polls: The critical masses Government websites: Zombies in the cloud Banyan: Where all Silk Roads lead Iran nuclear deal: Too soon to celebrate The war against Islamic State (1): Creeping toward Damascus The war against Islamic State (2): Mosul beckons Libya’s civil war: An oily mess Nigerian politics: Please don’t expect miracles Urban regeneration: Polishing the city of gold An atrocity in Kenya: Could things get worse? Reforming Italy’s government: Working on it Turkish politics: Taken hostage Poland’s election: Echoing crash Eastern Ukraine: In the fold Greece and Russia: Desperate times French radio: Vive la résistance Charlemagne: Belarus and the great bear Nicola Sturgeon: Calling the tune Taxes and the election: All must pay Campaign diary: On the trail Health care: Scaling up Young and workless: Youth employment The gay vote: Coming out The skills shortage: Mind the gap Bagehot: The shrivelled middle Bagehot: Internship Energy efficiency: Green around the edges Renewable energy: Not a toy Introduction: The 2015 variety show The party leaders: In the land of the blind Britain’s economy: A strange recovery The public finances: The national interest Immigration: Raise the drawbridge Devolving power in England: Urban uprising Defence and foreign policy: Keeping up appearances Law and order: The lesser-spotted worry Welfare: Benefits treat Health care: Too big to bail out Business and entrepreneurship: (Almost) sealing the deal Infrastructure: Creaking foundations Energy and greenery: Power play Education: Repeat after me The future of the UK: Pulling at the seams Electoral arithmetic: Ain’t got that swing Shell and BG: A vote for gas Commercial drones: Up Streaming video: A business home run Drug dealing: The net closes Ageing consumers: Chasing the grey yen European business and the recovery: Green shoots, risk of frost Schumpeter: Retail religion Growth in America: Careful now Financing American firms: Open the floodgates The global economy: Diminished hopes Financial secrecy: Cracking the shells Cash in Argentina: Low bill Free exchange: Outlaw economics Expanding the internet: Sky-Fi Medical robotics: To the point Contemporary art: New on the Rialto Africa’s natural resources: Blood earth John Aubrey, fictional diarist: A man for all seasons Reading: Cabinet of curiosity Caring about the dead and the dying: How to remember New fiction: Born to be wild Obituary: Fredric Brandt: Fredric Brandt Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index The Economist poll of forecasters, April averages Markets

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon The power of families: Dynasties Turkey and Armenia: A time to heal General Electric: Back to business Reform in China: The quiet revolution Contraception in America: Don’t recoil from the coil Turkey, British politics, universities, campaigns, illustrations: Letters to the editor China's economy: Coming down to earth Marco Rubio: Young, gifted and not Barack The Clinton campaign: Mystery machine Deepwater Horizon: Double, double, oil and trouble Young Mormon women: Gospel v gown Busking in the digital age: Cops and rockers Implants and IUDs: Taking the bother out of birth control Lexington: The man with a plan for Iran Lexington: Correction: What does Hillary stand for? Central America: Stemming the migrant tide Protests in Brazil: Tropical tea party Religion in Cuba: Chango unchained Bello: Putting politics before family The internet in Vietnam: If a tree falls… South Korea and Japan: Tentative two-step Japan’s rural regions: Hometown dues The marriage squeeze in India and China: Bare branches, redundant males Banyan: Storm-tossed The greying economy: Bang goes retirement Enforcing environmental rules: Saving fish and baring teeth Censorship: The Mao taboo Russia in the Middle East: Putin’s targeted strike The war in Yemen: Arabia Infelix The Muslim Brotherhood: Hoping for a reprieve Drug abuse in Egypt: A pill for work and play Sudan’s politics: May the only man win South Africa’s politics: Black to trump white? Russia and the West: How Vladimir Putin tries to stay strong Migrants in the Mediterranean: The numbers nightmare Germany and asylum: Is Tröglitz everywhere? Balkan warriors abroad: Fight the good fight Hungarian politics: On the march France’s National Front: A family feud Charlemagne: Turning Finnish Election manifestos: The cross-dressers Housing and the election: The right to buy...votes Young voters: Apathetic fallacy Markets and the election: Two tales of the city NIMBYism and the election: The anti-tarmac vote Campaign diary: On the trail Citizenship: Paytriotism Bagehot: The limits to ridicule The Armenian massacres: Was it genocide? Classifying acts of evil: Naming the unspeakable The Vatican and Turkey: Never forget Family companies: To have and to hold Typology: United by diversity The upsides: Old-fashioned virtues The downsides: All too human Making it work: The family way Asia: Asian values Perpetuating inequality: To those that have Management theory: Survival of the fittest Europe v Google: Nothing to stand on General Electric: Banking on de-banking Mixing commerce and banking: Risky business Telecoms equipment: Engaged tone Information technology: The cheap, convenient cloud Moore’s law turns 50: Ever more from Moore Schumpeter: A very British business Liquidity in markets: Frozen Buttonwood: A zeal for deals Oil prices: Unconventional but normal Regulating investment advice: Seller beware Offshore finance: Trouble in paradise Global housing markets: Property puzzles Investing in wine: Intoxicating Free exchange: String-pushers Domestic automation: Robochef gets cooking Biofuels: Thin harvest Gender bias in science: The unfairer sex? Looking for aliens: Infra digging Reforming Islam: Thoughts on its future American poetry: From love to grief to gaiety Armenian history: Gunning for the G-word Eric Ravilious: Another world, another time Improving employee productivity: On your toes Entrepreneurship in India: Ready, steady, go Information technology: Caged lions Obituary: Günter Grass: The beat of the drum Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Markets Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Financial exclusion

This edition has been brought to you by Open Digital Library (<http://vk.com/open_digital_library>) Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon US-Arab relations: Entangled Devolution in Britain: Time for a civic surge Business in Japan: Meet Shinzo Abe, shareholder activist India’s bad-debt problem: Rump stake Cleaning up sport: Bigger than Blatter On debt and tax, the Rotarians, barbecue, Scotland, the Rohingyas, Utah, FIFA: Letters to the editor America and the Middle East: A dangerous modesty The Democrats: In two minds Domestic spying: A little sunshine Immigration: The future’s Asian Corruption in Illinois: Where’s mine? The Supreme Court: Speak some evil Homelessness: Nipped in the bud FAO Schwartz: Too much fun to make money? Lexington: Why Lindsey Graham matters Brazil’s economy: Eating greens Indigenous Canadians: Truth and consequences Crime in Latin America: Quickie kidnappings Bello: Mixing tequila and caipirinha Pakistan and China: Dark corridor Rohingyas: Still in peril Corruption in Indonesia: A damnable scourge Politics in Japan: Right side up Banyan: Whose splendid isolation? Civil servants: Who wants to be a mandarin? Debt: The everything creditor A ferry disaster: Tragedy on the Yangzi African energy: The leapfrog continent Dairy farming in Nigeria: Uncowed Qatar’s migrant workers: Still slaving away Dubai’s economy: Growing up Egypt’s demography: The too fertile crescent Stopping riots with stink bombs: A whiff from hell Germany and America: Waiting for Schindler’s list Turkey’s election: How big will the protest vote be? Ukraine and Russia: Misha’s moment Italy’s regional elections: Renzi checked Portugal’s government: Austerity without the anger The Roma: Left behind Charlemagne: Chronicle of a struggle England’s cities: Spreading their wings Elected mayors: When it all goes wrong Business and Europe: Divided loyalties Life in Westminster: The nomads Drugs: Weeded out Segregation: From infusion to diffusion The Morning Star: Rising in the east Bagehot: Death of a Liberal The FIFA scandal: Taxi for Blatter! Corruption beyond FIFA: Good money, bad money America’s legal reach: The world’s lawyer Japanese companies: Winds of change The Algosaibi affair: Edging towards a settlement European business and climate change: Walking the walk Coal: Black moods Online advertising: Block shock Schumpeter: Sex in the boardroom India’s public-sector banks: Terms of Indira Buttonwood: Signs of a slowdown Investing in airports: Flying high America’s economy: Blip or blight? Greece's fleeing deposits: Stuffing mattresses Social isolation: With a little help from my friends Banks and money-laundering: A fearful number Financing capital goods: Keeping the grease New rules for IPOs in America: Open season Free exchange: The force assaulting the euro Oncology: And then there were five Helicopter technology: Chop-chop See shells: Reviving ancient shells’ colours Portable robots: A handy collaborator Economic and social justice: Mind the gap China’s one-child policy: Only and lonely An African memoir: Ties that bind The economics of the music industry: From rock to crock Japanese printmaking: Riding the crest Elisabeth Bing: Making labour joyful Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index The Economist poll of forecasters, June averages Markets

This edition has been brought to you by Open Digital Library (<http://vk.com/open_digital_library>) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon A scandal in the motor industry: Dirty secrets Progress in Ukraine: Look west, Maidan Central banking: After the hold, be bold The war in Syria: The cost of inaction Pornography: Generation XXX On migration, Jeremy Corbyn, SDGs, Yemen, airlines: Letters to the editor The Volkswagen scandal: A mucky business The prospect of a shutdown: The madness resumes The cost of shutdown: But I get up again The Republican primaries: Rubios are red Catholic schools: Praying for pupils Muslims in the South: Some stand with Ahmed Lexington: Thundering herd The Latinobarómetro poll: When the tide goes out Bello: A big leap towards peace in Colombia Race in Malaysia: Playing with fire Religion in Vietnam: Higher powers Pakistan’s army: Hail to the chief Nepal’s politics: Charter fights A new role for Japan’s Self-Defence Force: Abe’s “stain” Banyan: Reversion to the mean Legal reform: Judging judges Managing migration: No riff-raff Syria, Russia and the West: A game-changer in Latakia? Syrian refugees: Time to go Somalia: One man, no vote Race and rugby: Green and blacks Rule of law in Ukraine: Mr Saakashvili goes to Odessa Greece’s elections: Synchronised somersault Catalans ponder independence: Breaking up is hard to do Auto-free day: The cars that ate Paris Charlemagne: Point taken, Mr Orban The housing market: Through the roof Tower Hamlets: Build up Nuclear energy: The China syndrome The Liberal Democrats: Back to the comfort zone Health care and immigration: A transfusion, not a leech Health care and emigration: Doctors without borders Maritime industries: Foundering Ports: Down by the jetty Bagehot: The Osborne Doctrine Pornography (1): A user’s manual Pornography (2): Naked capitalism Foreign tech firms in China: Cards on the table Apple: From iPhones to iCars Drug pricing in America: Painful pills African firms and private equity: Climbing aboard the Africa train Eco-friendly detergents: Green wash Schumpeter: From corner office to Oval Office China’s consumers: Doughty but not superhuman Buttonwood: Greys’ elegy Commodity trade finance: Rubber barons Consumer lending: All credit to them Monetary policy: Repeat prescription Women and work: The power of parity The Doing Business report: Pulling rank Free exchange: Hard-nosed compassion Unmanned aerial vehicles: Welcome to the Drone Age Drones in space: Astrobusybee The stronger sexton: Parenting Oncology: Eating themselves to death Predicting the future: Unclouded vision A history of porcelain: Chasing perfection The second world war: Fate and furies Islamic State: Inside account Picasso, the sculptor: Master of surprises Obituary: Jackie Collins: Hollywood undressed Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Unemployment rates Markets

This edition has been brought to you by Open Digital Library (<http://vk.com/open_digital_library>) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Russia: Putinism The battle for Mosul: Crushing the caliphate Business in America: Float like a butterfly Thailand’s succession: A royal mess Trade agreements: Asterix in Belgium On Brexit, Bob Dylan, bonds, Donald Trump: Letters to the editor Private Equity: The barbarian establishment Election 2016: Hating Hillary The third debate: Final insult The campaigns: Heard on the trail Election brief: Infrastructure: A view from the bridge Lexington: How to shoot a man in Reno Canada’s climate policy: Let the haggling begin Bello: A model Latin American Clowns in Cuba: The red-nosed gold rush Informality in Latin America: Casual Mondays to Fridays Thailand’s monarchy: An empty throne Bhutan: Happy-grow-lucky South Asian media: All hail Assisted suicide in Australia: On the brink Maternity culture in Japan: No pain, no gain Preservation in India: Brick by brick Banyan: Duterte’s pivot Politics: Master of nothing Iraq: Marching on Mosul Jordan: The uneasy crown Saudi Arabia’s religious police: Advice for the vice squad South Africa: This other Eden Project Justice in Africa: Poor law Ukraine’s future: Bone of contention Ukraine’s rock-star politician: Front man Russia’s Bashneft deal: Easy sale Italy’s Five Star Movement: Requiem for a dreamer The Canada-EU trade deal: Hot-air Walloons Charlemagne: Couleurs primaires Social mobility: A class apart Inflation: Only the beginning Politics: Theresa’s way Policing: The long lens of the law Porn and protest: Obscene and not heard Britain and the European Union: Brexit à la carte Housebuilding: Prefabs sprout Public inquiries: Question time Education: Not-so-super heads Bagehot: The spectre of Scoxit Migration to Europe: Travelling in hope Russia: Inside the bear The economy: Milk without the cow Power structures: Wheels within wheels Foreign policy: The fog of wars Modern life: Tell me about Joan of Arc Past and future: Take care of Russia Elon Musk’s empire: Countdown Media models: Channelling Trump Biotechnology: The trials of Juno Retailing: Push my buttons African airlines: Well-connected Indian furniture makers: Turning the tables Schumpeter: Techno wars Government bonds: Who’s scary now? Venezuelan government debt: Running out of time Italian banks: Spectral forms Buttonwood: Mutual incomprehension Watson and financial regulation: It knows their methods Free exchange: Subtract and divide Making sex cells from body cells: The ancestor’s tail Urban planning: Listen to the music of the traffic in the city Anti-malaria drugs: Do you yield? Exploring Mars: Triumph or disaster? Sexual cannibalism: Nature’s cruellest one-night stand The meaning of jihad: Men of war Migrants: Making profits out of hope Ngugi wa Thiong’o: A song of Africa Latin American Modernism: A time of gifts Fiction from Israel: Delusion chronicle Steven Isserlis: String fellow Dario Fo: Italy’s jester Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Commodities Markets

Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon This week’s covers Are free markets history? Why Africans are losing faith in democracy The ousting of Kevin McCarthy: bad for America, worse for Ukraine Rising bond yields are exposing fiscal fantasy in Europe In an ugly world, vaccines are a beautiful gift worth honouring Rishi Sunak is wrong to amputate Britain’s high-speed rail line Letters to the editor The war in Ukraine is threatening to wash across the Black Sea Narendra Modi has seized and politicised Indian cricket Virtual influencers are burning up South Koreans’ Instagram feeds New Zealand tires of its cuddly liberal government Japanese firms are leaving Tokyo for the sticks M.S. Swaminathan, the man who fed India Communist rappers are luring young disgruntled Chinese An unusual museum in China is dedicated to Vinegar Joe Many of the world’s new mpox cases are in China Kevin McCarthy’s sacking deepens the chaos in American government Travelling to and from America has become a waiting game Republican parties in important swing states are falling behind The post-Title-42 lull in border crossings is over Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax land value What America should really learn from Dianne Feinstein Genocide returns to Darfur The drawdown of African peacekeepers from Somalia has stalled Egypt’s rushed election shows Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi is nervous Egypt’s bread subsidies are unsustainable The Caribbean is awash with illegal American guns Mexico’s government is suing American gun manufacturers South American governments are trying to curb illegal fishing After a brutal campaign, Poland gets ready to vote Slovakia gives pro-Russian populist nationalism another win Ukraine prepares for winter again as Russia targets its power grid Spain’s Socialists are struggling to recover power What should Ireland’s government do with a huge budget surplus? Europe is stuck in a need-hate relationship with migrants A glimpse of the Conservative Party after Rishi Sunak Impressions of a first-time visitor to the Tory conference Rishi Sunak’s misguided attempt to woo irritated British drivers How Britain lives with covid-19 today Britain’s labour-market figures are less reliable than they were Britain’s probation service is in deep trouble Is Britain’s Labour Party a bunch of Tories, naifs or liars? Africa’s coups are part of a far bigger crisis Governments across the world are discovering “homeland economics” Attempts to make supply chains “resilient” are likely to fail “Homeland economics” will make the world poorer New industrial policies will make the world more unequal Green protectionism comes with big risks New industrial policies will not help economic stability Video: Busting globalisation myths Sources and acknowledgments America’s bosses grapple with threats to diversity policies Inside the secretive business of geopolitical advice The Indian business of blowing things up is booming Bill Ackman wants another shot at shaking up IPOs How to make hot-desking work Why companies still want in-house data centres So long iPhone. Generative AI needs a new device A surge in global bond yields threatens trouble Oil prices fall, defying suggestions of a $100 barrel Why investors cannot escape China exposure Why India hopes to make it into more big financial indices China’s greying population is refusing to save for retirement How carbon prices are taking over the world To understand America’s job market, look beyond unemployed workers The 2023 Nobel prizes honour work that touched millions of lives How plundered Gaulish silver ended up in Roman coins Did bitcoin leak from an American spy lab? Decoding Sam Bankman-Fried, alleged titan of crypto conmen “Cat Person”, an internet-breaking short story, is back as a film “Bluey” captures the joys of childhood and parenting The stories behind the Oxford English Dictionary A new book revisits a bus crash that killed Palestinian children The AR-15 is a symbol of liberty or loss, depending on whom you ask What to read to understand journalism Economic data, commodities and markets Productivity has grown faster in western Europe than in America The Sycamore Gap tree held a particularly deep place in people’s hearts Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)

Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Synthetic biology: Redesigning life The Brexit negotiations: A step in the right direction Algeria: So begins the real battle European banks: The land of the living dead Welfare in India: The beauty of breadth Letters to the editor: On mental health, social media, Africa, Brexit, champagne Chinese mobility: Great wheels of China Air strikes: Bombs astray Out and seeking office: A welcome shrug Melanin and money: The colour of wealth Southern history: After abolition Traffic jams: It’s not up to you Campaigning and activism: Political speed-dating Happiness and voting: Loss aversion The United States and Latin America (1): Go home, and don’t come back The United States and Latin America (2): Breaking the stalemate Bello: Blaming the conquistadors Fighting poverty in India: The war on penury Banyan: Older than the hills Indonesia’s presidential election: General lethargy Regulating social media: Laws against lies Brunei: The end is Brunei Gun control: Never again German-Koreans: Where the Rhine meets the Pacific Extradition: Back to the mainland Aviation: The sky’s the limit Algeria: Bouteflika bows out Jews among Arabs: Old ties, new interest Sexuality and gender in Iran: Pressure from above Oil in Uganda: Sticky expectations Political slang in Africa: The word on the kona Turkey’s local elections: Revolt of the cities Ukraine: Send in the clown Spain: Rural requiem or revival Daylight-saving time: Summertime ruse Russia: The uses of fear Charlemagne: Europe’s other migration crisis Brexit and Parliament: In search of lost compromises Prisons in Northern Ireland: Irish porridge The Amritsar massacre: A century of dithering Rebooting the north: Power cut Radicalised Remainers: I’ll do anything for EU Bagehot: Metamorphosis Public administration: Capital flight Foreign internship Synthetic biology: A whole new world How it works: Reprogramming life Automation: An industrial revolution Applications: The new stuff The future: Liberation biology Acknowledgments and further reading Corporate crises: The new age of corporate scandals Bartleby: The loan arrangers Facebook: Careful what you wish for Industrial cannabis in China: A budding trade Saudi Aramco: Open Sesame Mobile video-streaming: Hotstar wars Digital literature: Yearning to be touched Schumpeter: Chinese burn European banks: Reaching for the elusive 10% Buttonwood: Oil filter Market power: On the mark US-China trade: Entrenched Islami Bank: After the coup Inequality and welfare spending: Not keeping up with the Joneses The world economy: Manufacturing blame How Ethiopians bank: What goes round, comes round Free exchange: It’s complicated 2019 Marjorie Deane finance internship Missile technology: Hypersonic boom E-health: Don’t be still, my monitored heart Acoustics: Hear, hear Mass extinctions: Day of reckoning Jewish-American culture: Chronicle of the golden land This great stage: Ripeness is all Petals and politics: Flower power Exercise and exploration: Feet first Cli-fi: The tallest story Economic data, commodities and markets Golf forecasting: The once and future king? Agnès Varda: I am a camera Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon A plan for Europe’s refugees: How to manage the migrant crisis Interest rates: Negative creep Libya: The third front Britain and the European Union: The accidental Europhile HSBC’s domicile dilemma: Asian dissuasion Economics, American politics, immigration, diamonds, Venezuela, divorce, oil, Donald Trump: Letters to the editor Europe’s migrant crisis: Forming an orderly queue Schengen’s economic impact: Putting up barriers Ted Cruz: The man in the ostrich-skin boots Iowa and beyond: Trump bumped The campaigns: Heard on the trail Election spending: Green grass roots Campaigning: A bit MEH School choice: A lottery to lose Confederate monuments: Recast in stone Lexington: Falling towards Hillary Mining in Latin America: From conflict to co-operation Miners and aboriginals in Canada: I’ll see you in court Bello: The endgame in Venezuela Democracy in Myanmar: A strange new world Asian nuclear weapons: What lurks beneath North Korean missiles: Satellite of Kim Politics in Japan: Negative rates, positive polls Banyan: Old shoes and duckweed Financial fraud: Ponzis to punters Television news: No news is bad news Diplomatic insults: A world of hurt Jihadists in Libya: The next front against Islamic State Jordan: At boiling point Algeria: Who is in charge? The International Criminal Court: Africa’s leaders protect each other Kenya’s flower trade: Leaving on a jet plane France’s Socialists: Beardless youth German youth: Girl, not abducted German Russophiles: Bear-backers Russia and Chechnya: Putin’s Chechen enforcer Charlemagne: Swords and shields Britain and the EU: Slings and arrows The elderly: Shades of grey Social housing: Estate of flux Mobile telecoms: Three’s a crowd Teaching religion: OMG Exports: More buyers wanted Bagehot: Sadiq Khan’s road to power Call centres: The end of the line Night shifts and health: I’ll sleep when I’m dead Turkey: Erdogan’s new sultanate Politics: Getting off the train The AK party: Softly, softly The economy: Erdoganomics Identity: Proud to be a Turk Urban development: The lure of the city Foreign policy: Alone in the world Looking ahead: A melancholy mood The consumer v the corporation: The big fight Oil companies: In the dark ages The chemicals industry: Bad romance Agribusiness: Feeding the dragon Alphabet: Of profits and prophesies Corporate hegemony: A select group Pilot Flying J: If the game goes against you Schumpeter: Succession failure HSBC: London v Hong Kong: East is Eden Buttonwood: False comfort Argentina’s disputed debts: Feeding the vultures Klarna: Getting more ambitious The American economy: Still kicking Finland’s economic winter: Permafrost Free exchange: Trade in the balance Organ preservation: Wait not in vain Guinea-worm disease: Going, going... Voice-powered medical devices: Good vibrations Doping: No more horsing around Winging it: Convergent evolution The scientific method: Let’s just try that again Chamber music: Four into one does go Egypt’s uprising: Reading Piketty on the Nile Classical literature: Once upon a time A memoir of the 20th century: England, my England A neurosurgeon examines his life: As he lay dying Art and the internet: When new grows old Obituary: Henry Worsley: In Shackleton’s shadow Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index The Economist poll of forecasters, February averages Markets

Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Brexit: Whatever next? The transatlantic relationship: Worth fighting for The aircraft industry: Plane truths China’s balance of payments: The big flip Mental health: Shrinks, expanded Thailand’s bogus election: General decline Letters to the editor: On Islam, China, priests, medicine, defence, the periodic table, the Oscars American corporate debt: Carry that weight The techlash gathers pace: Move fast and break things College admissions: Bribe styles of the rich and famous Central American migration: A tale of two borders New York apartments: Islands in the sky National security: No happy ending Labour markets: Okun’s razor Lexington: The Irish conquest of America Brazil: The digital bully pulpit Venezuela: Lights out, but not curtains Colombia: JEPpardy Bello: The reluctant liberal Thailand’s rigged election: All for show Banyan: The art of the impossible Afghanistan’s Syrian problem: Demob unhappy Japan: The unkindest cut Renaming the Philippines: Back to basics Politics in Indonesia: Outer-island views Health products: Spin doctors Comedy: A blind eye to turn Chaguan: Let policy wonks proliferate Kenyan politics: From frog to toady Tanzania: A dose of bull Freeing Ethiopia’s press: Ink by the barrel in Addis Ababa Education in Syria: Failing Algeria: Bouteflika bows out Ukraine: Tragicomedy Turkey, Russia and America: Weapons of choice German politics: Annegret’s progress Croatia: Speed king Norway, Switzerland and the EU: Pragmatic v prickly Charlemagne: Meet Marion Maréchal Brexit and Parliament: Three strikes Article 50: Extend, but don’t pretend The spring statement: Fiscal frippery Northern Ireland: Where deftness fails Company audits: From cosy to nosy Oxbridge colleges: Last women standing Health care: Sexual selection Bagehot: After May Mental-health care: Talk is cheap Foreign internship NATO at 70: Mature reflection Keeping Russia in check: Disquiet on the eastern front Spending: Promises, promises European defence: Going solo? Social media: The art of info-war Future-gazing: The next ACT The next three decades: NATO at 100 Sources and acknowledgments Boeing: A crisis of confidence Autonomous systems: The computer in the cockpit Bartleby: The tech factor Big energy and big tech: Oil rush Video games: Ahead of Steam? Volkswagen: New wave Schumpeter: The end of the affair The Chinese economy: Package deal Buttonwood: Gross returns The euro area’s economy: Self-defence Wells Fargo: In the pillory Gold in India: Lacklustre Turkey: Default setting Free exchange: Magic or logic? Geoengineering: Sunny with overcast features Palaeontology: Monkey puzzle Antidepressants: Ketamine treatment Psychology: Dinner diplomacy Lives of the artists: This soul of a woman America and the world: Pointillist power New American fiction: Desert storms Music therapy: The ballad of King D Johnson: Mightier than the sword Indicators: Economic data, commodities and markets Germany’s far right: Then and now Mags Portman: One tablet, taken daily Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Japan: Abe’s master plan Psychiatry: Shrink wrapping Disaster in Syria: The least-bad choice Pakistan: Hope in a fractured land Guidance for insects: Brood 2030 Letters: On employment, the West Bank, stop-and-search, Africa's natural resources, medieval physics, boar hunting, China's dream Japan and Abenomics: Once more with feeling Barack Obama and the presidency: W’s apprentice The Justice Department and the Associated Press: Look who’s talking Democrats in Texas: The waiting is the hardest part Nevada’s economy: Silver dollars Debt and the deficit: Priority report Cage-fighting in New York: No holds, barred Lexington: Notes on three scandals Latin American geoeconomics: A continental divide British Columbia’s election: It’s the economy, stupid The media in Argentina: Clarín call Justice in Guatemala: The genocide question Pakistan’s election: Hope over experience Pakistan’s waning feudalism: Gone with the wind Australia’s pre-election budget: Feel-good deficit Philippine elections: Personality-driven Logging in South-East Asia: Rubber barons Banyan: Seas of troubles Economic reforms: Walking the talk Corruption: Checked and balanced? Syria’s civil war: The hard men on both sides prevail Syria’s chemical weapons: The other red line Iran’s election: A candidacy conundrum Arabs and Jews in high-tech Israel: Bring them together Religious politics in Israel: Who’s a Jew? Zambia: Sata pack Terrorism in Nigeria: Bigger guns Turkey and Syria: An explosive border Turkey’s political imams: The Gulenists fight back Spy wars in Russia: The Kremlin plot thickens Bulgarian politics: An unhappy election Italian politics: Silvio’s back French public opinion: Morosity rules Charlemagne: What is the alternative? Politics and the EU: Take me to your leader Britain’s changing trade links: An island of traders The motorcycle industry: Hell’s commuters Business and politics: The thick of it Muslim converts: Changing my religion Shopping habits: In for a pound The Co-operative: On the brink Bagehot: The Atlanticist delusion Bagehot: Correction: RBS Civic crowdfunding: Breaking ground Arctic diplomacy: A warmer welcome Hijackings on the high seas: Westward Ho! Marketing: Less guff, more puff Energy drinks: Buzz kill Sony under fire: Goodbye, Mr Bond? Sino-European trade tensions: On hold Tata Steel: Goodwill hunting Brazil’s oilfields: Back in business Open data: A new goldmine Business in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Murky minerals Schumpeter: A hospital case Schumpeter: Correction: Boston Consulting Group Trading in oil: Libor in a barrel Global property markets: Boom and gloom Bloomberg: Too much information Buttonwood: Caveat voter Turkish banks: The lure of the Bosphorus The euro-zone economy: Recession, cont’d Stockmarkets: Don’t worry, be happy Free exchange: The humble hero DSM-5: By the book Quantum computing: Faster, slower—or both at once? Flu vaccines and synthetic biology: Going viral Safer childbirth in Bangladesh: Mat red North Korea: Follow my leader The financial crisis: Three men in a boat Telling jokes: Have you heard the one… How money works: Gold rush A writer’s life: Literary lion The Walpole masterpieces: Wall candy Geza Vermes Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Global business barometer Markets

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon The world economy: Out of ammo? The South China Sea: Sunnylands and cloudy waters America’s Supreme Court: After Scalia War in Syria: The peril of inaction Reforming FIFA: SEC as a parrot On refugees, Europe, brains, China, Bernie Sanders, the Cleveland Browns, millennials: Letters to the editor Fighting the next recession: Unfamiliar ways forward The Supreme Court: Courting controversy George W. Bush in South Carolina: Bush land no more Sanders and the black vote: Slow Bern The campaigns: Heard on the trail Analysing Trump Inc: From the Tower to the White House Lexington: Michael Bloomberg’s moment Bolivia’s presidential referendum: They think it’s all Evo Jamaica’s election: Let them eat goat Venezuela’s economy: Praying to pay Bello: Rigging Peru’s election Coup politics in Thailand: Twentieth time lucky? Politics in the Maldives: Archipelago of ire Alcohol in India: Taxing tipplers Media freedom in Japan: Anchors away South Korea and its neighbours: The poor relations Dementia: State of minds Trees in Hong Kong: Fragrant arbour Left-behind children: A slow awakening Banyan: Core values Vladimir Putin’s war in Syria: Why would he stop now? Counting the dead: Quantifying carnage Elections in Iran: The great candidate cull Student protests in South Africa: Whiteness burning Elections in Uganda: No jam today Anti-austerity politics: Fudging the revolution French politics: Comeback skid Russia’s lawless economy: Night of the long scoops Europe’s civil courts: The wheels of justice grind slow Charlemagne: A graveyard of ambition Wales: Full steam ahead? Hotels v Airbnb: Build them and they will come The newspaper business: Papers without paper University housing: Flat out An energy find: Oil be damned Premier League football: Golden tickets Cornwall’s economy: Winter sun Bagehot: A tale of two cities Bagehot: Internship Financial transparency: The biggest loophole of all Tax evasion in Panama: The problem child Mobile telecoms: Wireless: the next generation Mining: Core ores Apple’s encryption battle: Tim Cook, privacy martyr? Breakfast cereals: Soggy sales Bombardier: Plane truths Greek businesses: An actual Grexit Schumpeter: The measure of a man Manufacturing: A hard pounding Buttonwood: Liquid leak The fallout from low interest rates (1): Nope to NIRP The fallout from low interest rates (2): The lowdown A Saudi-Russian oil accord: Another Doha merry-go-round The gig economy: Smooth operators Hedge funds: Not dead, just resting Free exchange: Slight of hand The American Association for the Advancement of Science: Cassava-nova Immunology: Mr T-cell Genetic engineering: CRISPR crunch Analysing art: Light, relief The Romanov dynasty: Long they ruled Travails of a 19th-century feminist: Her truth marches on American Utopianism: Short-lived, much loved Syrian music: Songs of the city Damascus: Love story Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun at the Metropolitan Museum: Woman of the world Obituary: Antonin Scalia: Always right Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Food Prices Markets

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon America’s presidential primaries: The brawl begins Nigeria’s economy: Hope the naira falls Foreign students: Train ’em up. Kick ’em out Corporate tax: Going after Google The Zika virus: Let us spray Migrants, India, aid, Jeremy Corbyn, science, Catalonia, banks, clubbing, ageing: Letters to the editor America’s primary elections: Outsiders’ chance Walmart and low-wage America: High expectations Transgender life: Restroom rumpus Dry California: All the leaves are brown Ecology: Murre mystery Policing and privacy: The StingRay’s tale Universities and free speech: Hard to say Lexington: Superpower statues Brazil: Partying on a precipice Haiti’s election: Chaos and compas The Zika virus: To breed, or not to breed Bello: From red tape to joined-up government The South China Sea: Making a splash Politics in Vietnam: Reptilian manoeuvres Subhas Chandra Bose: Mystery theatre Nepal’s constitutional stand-off: Trouble in the basement Superstition in Thailand: Dolls that bring luck—and drugs Kazakhstan’s tanking economy: Drift and dissent Suicide in Japan: Deep in the woods Growth targets: Grossly Deceptive Plans Mineral water: High-altitude thirst Banyan: A confession to make Nigeria’s economy: Crude tactics Child abuse in Kenya: Breaking the silence Syrian peace talks: United only by hatred Africa’s gym craze: Beerbelly busters Trouble in Tunisia: Dying to work for the government Saudi Arabia’s financial hub: Castles in the air Illiberal central Europe: Big, bad Visegrad Putin’s popularity: Vladimir unbound Crisis in Moldova: A republic, if you can steal it France’s missing refugees: Non, merci Charlemagne: Value shoppers Black Britons: The next generation Punk reaches middle age: God save the punks Brexit war games: A rocky rehearsal Financial regulation: New face, same problems The Labour Party: The elephant in the room Slough’s boom: Come, friendly firms Regional airports: Ups and downs Marriage and migration: For richer, not for poorer Bagehot: Death of a Londoner International students: Brains without borders Auction houses: House pride Art auctions: Going once, going twice, going online Toshiba and Sharp: Coming clean? Apple: iPhone, therefore I am Car-hailing apps in China: More than mobility Steelmaking in rich countries: A corrosive climate Schumpeter: Flexible figures Natural gas: Step on it Buttonwood: The crazy world of credit Fintech and insurance: Against the odds Corporate tax: A digital dust-up Robots v humans: Machine earning Big banks: Chop chop The economics of corruption: The wages of sin Free exchange: The Italian job Touchscreens: The moving finger moves on Artificial intelligence: Computer says Go Winemaking: The perfect pinot problem Schizophrenia: Brain gains Controlling miniature satellites: Cubism Political influence in America: The avengers Fiction: Music and memory Communists in Britain: Reds under the bed Life in London: Beyond the glitter Banning alcohol: Stocking filler Johnson: What would the doctor prescribe? Obituary: George Weidenfeld: A world of friends Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Perceptions of corruption Markets

Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Brexit after May: The Silly Isles Israeli politics: King Bibi: a parable of modern populism The world economy: Inversions and aversions American politics: Trump resurgent Museums and protests: Culture vultures Letters to the editor: On Chernobyl, the Irish, councils, Tom Watson, energy, China, Brexit, first class Binyamin Netanyahu: Statesman and schemer The Mueller report: He told you so Colorado’s governor: Sound of the Polis Gerrymandering: Election doping Hanging with the anti-vaxxers: Sharp exchanges The cost of California: Homing in Lexington: William Barr, executive assistant Guatemala: Time for Thelma? Argentina: The Mendoza model Bello: The apprentice president of Brazil Thailand: To the spoiler, victory Banyan: Unclean K-pop: Sex, drugs and spy-cams Pakistan: Quacks like a doc India’s space weapons: The sky’s no limit Australian politics: Immigrants strike back Democracy in Indonesia: Dildo for president Social management: Keeping tabs The worst industrial disaster since 2015: A factory inferno Mozambique: First the floods, then the pestilence Rwanda’s genocide, 25 years on: We’re just one happy family now, aren’t we? Ethnic labels in Rwanda: Don’t ask, do tell Government bloat: Twilight of the bureaucrats Germany’s Social Democrats: Left behind Ukraine’s presidential election: Unscripted Turkey: Elections and Erdoganomics The Netherlands: Taking flight France: Among the yellow jackets Charlemagne: The spectre of Airstrip One Parliament and Brexit: The ultimate price Public opinion and Brexit: The elusive will Newport’s by-election: Don’t mention the B-word Manchester’s health experiment: Total policy Brexit promises: Magical thinking The minimum wage at 20: Towards a tipping point Bagehot: The end of May Cultural objects: Reflecting on past sins Museum funding: Give, get or get off Foreign internship The future of media: Streamlined Hyundai Motor: In need of a tune-up Bartleby: The grinch that sold charisma Naspers: Going Dutch A unicorn stampede: Lyft and the unicorns Chinese trains: The red-train blues Telecom Italia: Wall Street comes to Milan Renewable energy: Power struggle Schumpeter: Ninja activists Cryptocurrencies: The madness of crowds Buttonwood: A world of difference Italy’s labour market: A perilous choice Monetary policy: Keep it up A row over Venezuela: Chengdu then don’t Argentina v Japan: Exceptions and rules Free exchange: Ageing is a drag Space rocks: Skyfalls Biochemistry: Sniffing out Parkinson’s Robot baristas: The ultimate coffee machine Pest control: A bug in the system Solar power: Gathering the rays Mao Zedong: The chairman will see you now Sexism and espionage: The limping lady African-American music: The blues had a baby Johnson: Rules to live by Brexit and the markets: The price of no-deal Mary Warnock: Seeing things clear Economic data, commodities and markets Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon For-profit education: The $1-a-week school Hedge funds: Fatal distraction Turkey and Syria: Erdogan’s dangerous gambit Renewable energy: Puffs of hope Espionage: What laws in the jungle? On Greece, Uber, Iran, pirates, Israel, London: Letters Low-cost private schools: Learning unleashed Renewables: Wondering about wind The Jonathan Pollard case: Burn after reading Mass shootings: God, good guys and guns Alexander Hamilton: Fun with federalists Abortion: The tissue trade Inequality and exercise: Spin to separate The Great Lakes: From rustbelt to bluebelt Lexington: Living with inequality Argentina’s elections: The scion and the heir Bello: Scraping the barrel Peru: Slaves of the past Morrissey in Mexico: Girlfriend in a conga Statewide scams in India: Dial M for Madhya Mullah Omar’s death confirmed: The one-eyed man who was king Politics in the Philippines: Life after Noynoy Crime in Japan: Victims’ justice Banyan: Boats against the current Wind power: Need a weatherman Contraception: Rising penetration rate Turkey, America and the Kurds: Awkward allies Syria: Inching towards the end West Bank settlements: Bulldozers at the ready South Sudan and America: Get your act together Nigeria: Justice forgotten Russia and the world: Making waves, if not ruling them Russia’s prisons: Putin v Punk Pussy The Maccabi Games: A sweet Jewish moment Rome’s erratic mayor: Eternal headaches Charlemagne: The snail loses pace Rising wages: Cleaning up Old people’s homes: Frailer Political scandal: The rotters’ club Drugs in prison: At Her Majesty’s pleasure Property and money laundering: Dirty dens Armoured luxury cars: Bombing along Bagehot: London is working Intelligence and democracy: A new age of espionage If Hillary Clinton is president: The first 100 days If Russia breaks up: The peril beyond Putin If a NATO member comes under attack: Article of faith If lying makes your nose grow...: KAL cartoon If the yuan competes with the dollar: Clash of the currencies If the world introduces a “Piketty tax”: Squeezing the rich If the Panama Canal gets a rival: Trench warfare in Nicaragua Debate: The case for slower growth If autonomous vehicles rule the world: From horseless to driverless If an asteroid heads for Earth: Taking the hit If India’s monsoon fails: A billion-person question Post-war China, alternatively: Chiang’s China Luxury goods: Counterfeit.com Israel’s computer-security firms: Cyber-boom or cyber-bubble? Emaar Properties: Building castles on sand Business and the environment: A recipe for sustainability The newspaper business: Read all about us Schumpeter: Myths about millennials Investment funds: Roaring ahead Buttonwood: Material difficulties Moldova’s economy: Gutted Turkey’s economy: Flightless Monetary policy in India: Rajan in chains Brazil’s finances: The vanishing surplus Free exchange: Graduating from destitution Programming for four-year-olds: No assembler required Hail and farewell: The last view of Pluto Information security: The big bug hunt Generating power from waste heat: Hot stuff Banking history: Goldenballs America’s opioid problem: Poppy love Anxiety: Did I lock the back door? Visual art in Paris: Feel the beat Russian foreign policy: Blind alley Japanese fiction: On to the beginning Japan and the bomb: When the cloud parted Obituary: Patricia Crone: A scholar in the desert Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Stockmarkets Markets

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon British politics and the young: The strange rebirth of liberal England The world’s next great leap forward: Towards the end of poverty Dealing with Russia: Tougher love needed Colombia and the FARC: The price of peace Low-emission cars: Flat batteries Letters: On Taiwan, dams, health care, New York, Malaysia, Microsoft, being brainy, quotes Poverty: Not always with us Killer drones: Out of the shadows Nuclear power: Fracked off Urban revivals: On the waterfront Boy Scouts: Gays welcome Religion in public life: Reading Dawkins in a cabin Health and safety: The menace of moo-shine Agriculture: At the trough Lexington: George Washington, politician Colombia and the FARC: Digging in for peace Football in Brazil: Into extra time Demography in Latin America: Autumn of the patriarchs Demography in Chile: Child bribe India’s ungoverned spaces: Out of the trees Dealing with Pakistan’s extremists: The hawk and the dove Japan’s constitution: Back to the future Japan and South-East Asia: Hand in hand Banyan: Time on whose side? Banyan: Correction: Philippines Urbanisation: Some are more equal than others Ideological debate: Drawing the battle lines Bashing Japan: Staged warfare South Africa’s economy: Muddle through will no longer do The African Union at 50: Shooting your own feet Israel and Palestine: Boosting the West Bank’s economy The UN and the World Bank: Rare co-operation Syria’s war and diplomacy: Argument and arms Syria’s political opposition: Disarray Putin’s Russia: Repression ahead Sweden’s riots: A blazing surprise Italy’s government: Let off France’s finance minister: Moscovici, vidi, vici German education and training: Ein neuer Deal? Alcohol in Turkey: Not so good for you Charlemagne: Milda or Europa? Politics and the young: Generation Boris The gnome revolt: Little and large Tackling terrorism: Reaction time NHS tourism: Free-for-all Ethnic minorities: Suburban dreams Policing Scotland: One force to rule them all Policing Scotland: Correction: English Democrats Bagehot: Puffing hard in the global race Citizen journalism: Foreign correspondents Cigarettes: No butts Internet campaigning: Any requests? Monitor: Stuck to the ground by red tape Monitor: Concrete, heal thyself! Monitor: A better waterworks Monitor: Allo, allo Monitor: Zapping mosquitoes, and corruption Monitor: Expanding care Difference engine: Everlasting light Reinventing the train: Ideas coming down the track Hypersonic missiles: Speed is the new stealth Inside story: In praise of celestial mechanics Microphones as sensors: Teaching old microphones new tricks Brain scan: Harnessing human computation Online labour exchanges: The workforce in the cloud The server market: Shifting sands Mexican housebuilders: Dropping a brick Smithfield Foods: Pigs will fly Murugappa Group: The harder path Valeant: Shop ’til you drop Schumpeter: Boomerang bosses China’s shadow banks: The credit kulaks Banca Etica: Ethical banking in Italy European monetary policy: The negative option Digital money: Taking a liberty Buttonwood: A great migration Japan’s equity and bond markets: Shocking The austerity debate: Dismal pugilists Crowdfunding in America: End of the peer show Free exchange: Macro control, micro problems Martian space flight: Red dreams Arctic ecology: Sacred geese The rise of Spanish: Hats off The Galleon insider-trading case: Ship of knaves John Hay: A statesman for all seasons Capitalism in America: About turn The end of the Soviet Union: Walking dead The Cannes film festival: Subtle story Heinrich Rohrer Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Household debt Markets

Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon Western support: Why Ukraine must win Afghanistan: Back to the dark ages Florida: Here comes the Sunshine State The British constitution: These septic isles Brands and marketing: This leader is amazing!! #ad Letters to the editor: On Russia and Ukraine, California, baseball, grammar, Dostoyevsky, Bagehot Russia and Ukraine: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya argues that Europe will be safer if Belarus is free Speaking to Volodymyr Zelensky: Confidence from the bunker The changing fortunes of war: Moving targets Afghanistan: No country for young women Millennials on the rampage: Pokémon dough Russians in Asia: Roubles in paradise The Solomon Islands: Getting closer Indonesia: Out of the frying pan Banyan: No way back China and Europe: We need to talk about Ukraine Covid-19: An old problem Tibet: The fire inside Hong Kong: The dangers of sitting too long Chaguan: No checks, no balances Child allowance: The social experiment College bonds: Seeds of learning Drought in California: Hold the salt The defence budget: Rhetoric v reality Our poll on the war: Older and wiser? Lexington: The Reverse Roosevelt Doctrine Education in Chile: A lurch to the left Central America: Injudicious judges Bello: The battle for Brazil Israel and the Arabs: The shifting sands of diplomacy Oman’s new sultan: Break with the past Ethiopia’s civil war: The road not taken Insecurity in Nigeria: Red line Kenyan politics: The never-ending party Hungary’s election: Last-ditch pitch Germany’s energy dependence: Can Germany forgo Russian imports? France’s presidential race: A bit more of a competition Charlemagne: Of bureaucrats and lovers Northern Ireland: So close, so far Pandemic procurement: When waste is worth it Maternity care: Birthing pains Boris Johnson: By jingo! The Falklands war, 40 years on: Not even past Going viral: #Putin’sWar The future of Florida: The Sunshine State also rises The economy: Boom and lust Miami’s makeover: Tech in the city Making policy: A peninsula makes waves Politics: The colour purple Red versus blue: Ballot box The environment, water and climate: A triple threat The way ahead: Which side of paradise? Special report: Florida: Sources and acknowledgments The future of marketing: The rise of the influencer economy App store fees: Store wars Covid-19 and business: Shanghai stops Information technology in India: Outsourcing 2.0 Bartleby: Managerial trolleyology Asian conglomerates: Born to Vin Schumpeter: War and wokery The natural-gas standoff: A little help from a friend Russian oil (1): Diversionary tactics Russian oil (2): Side channels Buttonwood: Late to disinflate Russia’s economy: Wounded bear Emerging economies: Menu costs Taxing the wealthy: Before death do us part Free exchange: The once and future king Alternative energy: Scavenger hunt Anti-anti-tank weapons: The best defence is a good offence Invasive species: News from the underground The glymphatic system and dementia: Brain drain Twenty-first century authoritarianism: The menace of mendacity World in a dish: The unreal McCoy Stand-up comedy: Seriously funny Royalty and disease: Great and smallpox The genealogy craze: Sins of the forefathers Back Story: The man in the arena Indicators: Economic data, commodities and markets Hungary’s election: Stacking the deck Madeleine Albright: A different kind of secretary Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)

Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon China and Russia: The alternative world order The world economy: Trading with the enemy Germany: Pacifist no more Energy markets: Tilting at windfalls Trans women in sport: Facing the facts Letters to the editor: On the war in Ukraine, bald eagles, leadership Russia and Ukraine: Mikhail Khodorkovsky on how to deal with the “bandit” in the Kremlin Russia and Ukraine: John Mearsheimer on why the West is principally responsible for the Ukrainian crisis Russia and Ukraine: Daniel Yergin on Russia losing its status as an “energy superpower” The war in Ukraine: No end in sight The risks of escalation: Herman’s ladder Malaysian politics: The resurrection of Najib Razak Climate change: Heat island Sri Lanka’s economy: Into the ground Vaccine scepticism in Japan: Side-effects Banyan: Behind the shoji screen China and Russia: Testing the “limitless” Chaguan: China tweaks its covid strategy Life locked up: Rotten porridge Air conditioning in prisons: Cruel and unusual punishment Women’s sport: Swimming in controversy Reproductive rights: Abort mission Schools and bad weather: Say it ain’t snow Puerto Rico: You lovely island Lexington: Courting trouble Mexico’s economy: Can’t grow, won’t grow Mexico’s megaprojects: Planes, a train and automobile fuel Bello: The heart and head of Gabriel Boric Trade and diplomacy in the Gulf: The dhow usually wins Iran v Iraqi Kurds: Message by missile Covid-19 vaccination: Behind by a country vial Paying for sex in Tunisia: Game over Cash crops and global warming: Hot coffee Germany: Ploughshares to swords The French election: Unassailable Russia: The Z factor Ukraine: The cats and dogs of war The Joint Expeditionary Force: NATO-lite Ukrainian refugees: Put-up job Equity markets: Order Floww Hostage release: A high price Energy prices: Life in a cold climate Bagehot: An unappetising menu Business and war: Value-chain reaction Television: Good news and bad news Navigating sanctions: Read and follow Business in Russia: Should I stay or should I go? Chinese big tech: Tonal language Business on screen: WeBinged Bartleby: Loafing can be work Schumpeter: The silicon state of mind Globalisation: Economic freedom v political freedom Covid-19 in China: A deep ditch Buttonwood: With reservations Consumer prices: A Russian phenomenon The commodities crunch: When China met the free market Windfall taxes: Power grab Crypto and sanctions: False promise Free exchange: War games The war in Ukraine: Magic armour? The Chernobyl Research Initiative Lab: A casualty of war AI and chemical warfare: Yikes! 3D printing: A Gutenberg moment Cultural heritage: In the line of fire A reading list: The testaments Back Story: Crime and punishments World in a dish: Makers and shapers British fiction: A smuggler’s tale The Sandy Hook massacre: From the fringes Indicators: Economic data, commodities and markets Malaria: Another vaccine victory? Pasha Lee: The star in a bulletproof vest Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Free speech: Under attack Strikes in France: Don’t cave in, Mr Hollande Rethinking the welfare state: Basically flawed Indian banking: Of banks and bureaucrats Shopping in America: Between Bentonville and Bezos Fighting corruption: Cleaning up On anti-Semitism, Brexit, Ban Ki-moon, Jordan, referendums, egg shells: Letters to the editor Universal basic incomes: Sighing for paradise to come Bernie Sanders: California, here we come The campaigns: Heard on the trail Chicago: Predictable policing Refugees: Their own public Idaho Lexington: Trumpology Brazil’s economy: Nowhere to go but up Poverty in Argentina: Gutted community Bello: Fujimori versus anti-Fujimorismo Japanese politics: Postpone and be damned Africans in India: They don’t love us Banyan: Dialogue of the deaf Education: The class ceiling Remembering Tiananmen: Squaring off Railways in Africa: Puffed out Crimes against humanity: One dictator down Nigeria’s life coaches: Yes you can! Palestine: A museum without exhibits Syria’s war: Never-ending horror Western Sahara: A forgotten leader of a lost cause Innovation in the Arab world: From zero to not much more Qatar: The other Wahhabi state France on strike: Aux barricades Turkey’s Kurds: War of attrition Germany and the Armenian genocide: Name and shame Corruption in Romania: Death of an antiseptic salesman Russia’s empty elections: United Russia, divided Putin Charlemagne: For the love of pizza Brexit and the union: Tug of war Retail: Modesty sells Brexit brief: If it were done Policy-making: Lost in transit Public services: Pay up Agriculture: Casting asparagus Teaching assistants: Help needed Bagehot: Pity the Brexpats Free speech: The muzzle grows tighter Free speech in Bangladesh: Muted by machetes Campus protests and free speech: The colliding of the American mind A youthful trend: Don’t be so offensive Walmart: Thinking outside the box Digital celebrities: From smartphone to silver screen Price-fixing: No truck with cartels French manufacturers in Morocco: Factories in the sun Apple in India: Forbidden fruit Schumpeter: The evolution of Mr Thiel Reforming Indian banks: Bureaucrats at the till Buttonwood: Working hard for the money China’s currency: Bending, not breaking Automation: I’m afraid I can’t do that Crypto-currencies: Etherised Aircraft finance: Crowded skies SMEs in developing countries: Caught in the middle Free exchange: Tales from Silicon wadi Chinese science: Schrödinger’s panda An update on AIDS: HIV’s slow retrenchment Zika and the Olympics: Should I stay or should I go? Avoiding sunburn: Patched up Black holes: We want information Jumping to attention: Peppered moths Developing economies: The long road Johnson: Get over it Human life: Live long and prosper Psychology: Character-driven Contemporary art museums: Home of the brave Obituary: Jane Fawcett: The deb who sank the Bismarck Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Manufacturing activity Markets

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Britain’s EU referendum: Divided we fall The Orlando attack: Aftermath of a tragedy India’s central bank: A second helping of Raghu South Africa: Cracking the monolith Female genital mutilation: An agonising choice On Brexit, populism, Donald Trump, women, language: Letters to the editor Brexit: What if? In their words (I): Heard from overseas The referendum campaign: The Battle of Evermore In their words (II): Heard on the trail The Orlando shooting: Vigils and vigilantes Watergate II: The Donald’s dirty linen Computing boot-camps: Risks and rewards The manosphere: Balls to all that College towns: A roaring trade Scandinavian-Americans: Founding Vikings Lexington: How others do it Criminal justice in Mexico: Trials and errors Bello: The Venezuela test Gay rights in the Caribbean: Not everyone’s island paradise Poverty in Latin America: Don’t look down Europe: Between the borders Mass arrests in Bangladesh: Round up the usual suspects Indian elections: The wrong ink Politics in Papua New Guinea: University challenge A spending scandal in Tokyo: Another one bites the dust Australia’s election: Time of Nick Banyan: The lost continent Traffic: The great crawl Reality television: You’re stir-fried squid Reality television: Prize South Africa: In need of an opposition A virtual turf war: The scramble for .africa Nigeria floats its currency: Free at last The Muslim Brotherhood: Sibling rivalry Arabic publishing: Plus de kutub, please Drugs in Europe: Not mind-stretching enough Nadia Savchenko: The maid of Kiev Orthodox Christian summit: The autumn of the patriarchs Migrant-smuggling: Tracking traffickers The Balkans’ EU dreams: Applications deferred Charlemagne: The sleep of union Retailers in trouble: High noon on the high street Trump comes to Britain: Waiting for Donald The demise of BHS: Green sees red Bagehot: The Nigel Farage Show Female genital cutting: The unkindest cut Male circumcision: Snip snap Technology deals: LinkedUp The internet: Reweaving the web Shanghai Disneyland: Lord of the jungle The Panama Canal: Wider impact Nuclear power: Keeping on the northern lights The economics of Broadway: No business like show business Schumpeter: The imperial CFO Oil supply: Rigonomics Buttonwood: Feeling low India’s central bank: A governor with a view Investment banking: Diving into the mire International data flows: Priceless Emerging-market indices: Stocks and stones Free Exchange: A history of violence Software: Engines of creation Detecting scientific sloppiness: Come again? Presenting scientific results: Graphic details Cleaning the environment: It’s the pits The Venetian ghetto: Hidden secrets The Arab unravelling: Tales of spring and winter The boundaries of science: Circle in a circle Cambodia: Buried treasure American fiction: Axemen Johnson: Double-plus effective Obituary: Manohar Aich: Raising the temple Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index World GDP Markets

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon The future of finance: Leviathan of last resort Israel and Palestine: Take a break China’s future: Enter the Chinese NGO The World Bank: Right cause, wrong battle Nigeria: Africa’s new Number One Letters: On Colombia, the IMF, robots, the media, Africa, jobs, county fairs, streaming, Northern Ireland Environmental politics: A run for his money Health reform: Medicare, the opera Police violence: Breaking, and bad The CIA and torture: Into the light Military uniforms: Out of sight America, Afghanistan and opium: Ten billion wasted The Civil Rights Act: Fifty years on Lexington: The Democrats’ daughters Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: The CFK psychodrama Voisey’s Bay nickel mine: Ice and lolly Chinese lending to Latin America: Flexible friends Bello: Peru’s Italian job Financial crises: The slumps that shaped modern finance Myanmar and drugs: Getting higher Indonesia’s elections: The chosen one stumbles The Philippines: A new condominium Pakistan’s civil-military relations: General unease Banyan: A gesture of defiance Chinese civil society: Beneath the glacier Israel-Palestine: A peace process that is going nowhere Corruption in South Africa: Nkandla in the wind Arabic and the internet: Surfing the shabaka Angola: Still much too oily Ukraine and Russia: Wearily back to the battlefield France and Europe: More special pleading Italy’s government: The last chance Spain’s recovery: Better but not best Press freedom in the Balkans: Troublesome times Charlemagne: The laws of euro-nomics Charlemagne: Corrections: Turkey and Charlemagne The housing market: Cool it Maria Miller: Culture, media and sport Libel: A book too far Welfare reform: Bedrooms and brickbats Urban beekeeping: Honey monsters Carwyn Jones: A mountain to climb Department stores: Chinese takeaway Professional and business services: To the rescue Bagehot: The perils of pessimism Bagehot: Internship Business and political crisis: Commissaries of the revolution Aid for health care: New prescriptions The odds of being murdered: Dicing with death Brain injuries in sport: The hits keep coming Dangote Group: Building on concrete foundations Holcim and Lafarge: Into the mixer Online business and security: Digital heart attack Employment law: Faith in the workplace French business: Outside in Indian drugmakers: Sun takes a shine to Ranbaxy Schumpeter: Hidden gems Schumpeter: Correction: Myanmar’s oil Greece’s return to the markets: The prodigal son Buttonwood: On their own Nigeria’s GDP: Step change Insider trading: Knowing too much Bitcoin in China: A dream dispelled Limiting leverage at American banks: Beyond Basel Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: The ugly twins of finance Free exchange: The benefits of Brentry Thorium reactors: Asgard’s fire Ecology: Darwin was right Fundamental physics: Casting light on dark matter Rejuvenating bodily organs: Engage reverse gear Symbiosis and parasitism: The sorceress’s apprentice Matisse’s cut-outs: Carving into colour Sudan and South Sudan: Breaking nations Depression in the West: Tidal wave University sport in America: Power of the punch Business advice: Sweet smell of success American craft beer: Hops and dreams Leadership: Avon falling Apple: Ghost of glory past Corporate identity: Brand old man Charles Keating: Crusader and fraud Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Aid Markets

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Nelson Mandela: Invictus India: Would Modi save India or wreck it? Crackdown in Ukraine: Goodbye, Putin World trade: Life after Doha Minimum wages: The logical floor The Volcker rule: Hedge-trimming Letters: On India, Thailand, Iran, China, immigration, Napoleon, motorcycles, brains Narendra Modi: A man of some of the people The budget deal: Making nice The politics of low pay: Raising the floor Health and education in Kentucky: Where Obamacare dare not speak its name Health reform: Faint signs of recovery Christmas music: Dreaming of a hip-hop Christmas Voter identification: Mischief at the polls Religious pluralism: Beelzebubba Lexington: The marriage gap Lexington: Correction: Not even past Venezuela’s municipal elections: Maduro’s hollow victory Reforms in Mexico: Oil’s well that ends well Democracy in Colombia: The bumptious functionary EU-Mercosur trade talks: Strategic patience runs out Thailand’s political crisis: Deadlock Singapore: Trouble in Little India Japan: Potent protests Indian politics: Sweeping up Banyan: Crying uncle Genetically modified crops: Food fight Football: Keepy uppy Foreign correspondents: Personae non gratae South Africa after Mandela: A question of leadership Bahrain: Trouble ahead Syria’s war: An inconvenient truth The Dead Sea: Emptying out Ukraine’s protests: The birth of the nation? Liberalism in Germany: Dead or just resting? Turkish politics: Erdogan v Gulen Italian politics: Heading off the populists Charlemagne: Banking on a new union Immigration: The Polish paradox Military reform: No go, GOCO Celebrating smallness: Independence day Department stores: Are they being preserved? Flood insurance: Sea change Local television: Small-town views Welfare reform: Don’t ask for credit Bagehot: Time to change tune Dirty bombs: Glowing in the dark Disability: Who counts? Comcast’s future: Thinking outside the set-top box Companies and emissions: Carbon copy British lawyers in Dubai: Money for old laws Christmas trees: Boughs of jolly Restructuring European aerospace: Enders justifying means GM’s next boss: Detroit’s first lady The journey of an Indian onion: Lords of the rings American food distribution: Meal deal Schumpeter: Ties that bind The Volcker rule: More questions than answers The World Trade Organisation: Unaccustomed victory The Australian dollar: Buoyant Oil prices: Spreading disarray Corporate entertaining in Japan: Kanpai! Voting rights at the ECB: New club rules Private banking in Switzerland: Dis-closure Free exchange: Random harvest Epigenetics: Poisoned inheritance The history of life: A warm little pond? Scientific publication: What’s wrong with Science Sharks and humans: He’s behind you! Geomorphology: Gopher broke A history of Israel: Song to Zion Pre-Christian Britain: More questions than answers Business takeovers: Mad merger men Selling fine art: Purse of the beholder René Redzepi’s approach to food: Carrots and sticks Renaissance painting: The greatest Nelson Mandela Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Employment Markets

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Competitiveness in the United States: The America that works Cyprus: Make a model of it, not a mess Israel, Palestine and America: Spell it out, Barack Indian technology firms: Looking for India’s Zuckerberg Pope Francis: The first southern pope Letters: On credit ratings, the EU and finance, Turkey, Iraq, telecommuting, Scotch, Shakespeare The Middle East peace process: Could two become one? California and climate change: Gold and green Budgets and Congress: Opening bids The president’s charm offensive: Let’s do dinner Energy: Formation pressures Rebuilding Staten Island: After Sandy Abortion laws in the South: Cutting away at Roe v Wade Endangered trees: Making a hash of the ash Lexington: The curious strength of the NRA Mexico’s new president: Sacred cows no more The Falklands referendum: Loud and clear Venezuela’s presidential campaign: A man after his own heart Myanmar: The Lady’s not for turning Mining in Kyrgyzstan: Gold in the hills Land-grabs in Vietnam: Losing the plot Pakistan and Iran: Gas, but not the useful sort Sydney in Australian politics: Winning the west Saving sharks: Rays of hope Reforming the one-child policy: Monks without a temple Maritime security: Dragons unite Money and power: Don’t flaunt it Banyan: The old regime and the revolution Kenya’s presidential election: A Kenyatta is back in charge Uhuru Kenyatta: A chip off the old Kikuyu block Catholics in Africa: Boomtown church The war in Syria: Can Jordan keep out of it for ever? Iran’s economy: Islamist Maseratis Turkey’s future: Presidential dreaming Hungary and the European Union: Viktor’s justice Germany’s labour market: Wunderreform Greenland’s elections: Below the ice Russia, Israel and the Middle East: Vladimir Putin and the holy land Bosnia and the European Union: A Balkan dysfunction Charlemagne: A flawed temple Changing families: The post-nuclear age Railways in the north: Manchester united Regulating the press: A royal reckoning Harris Tweed: Loom and bust Planning reform: Pillow fight Chris Huhne: Pryced in Rupert Soames and Aggreko: Into the hurricane Bagehot: A big crush on Sweden Pope Francis: White smoke, some clouds Hostage-taking: Trading places Islamist extremism: Green glass ceilings Development: Not by bread alone The economy: Cheer up Innovation: Brainbox nation Energy: Deep sigh of relief Education: Value-added remodelling Immigration: Own goal Infrastructure: A time for renewal The role of government: Let 50 flowers bloom Indian technology: The screen revolution The lift business: Top floor, please The private space industry: Spectrum for spacemen Intellectual property: Can you keep a secret? SXSW interactive: Silicon Spring break The Lebanese diaspora: A tale of two traders Schumpeter: The transience of power Schumpeter: Internship Schumpeter: Correction: Foursquare Bailing out Cyprus: Slow, slow, quick European bank bondholders: How many one-offs make a trend? The SEC’s new boss: The White stuff Buttonwood: Credit watch World trade: The other conclave The minor metals: Elementary school Notes and coins: Kill bill Free exchange: High, wide or handsome? Low-cost radar: A programme worth watching Table-top astrophysics: How to build a multiverse Astrochemistry: The great test tube in the sky Women and work: The feminist mystique Russia after Stalin: Do and die New fiction: A singular voice The Iraq war: Decade of regret W.D. Hamilton: Darwin’s retriever Grinling Gibbons: Cutting for inspiration Princess Lilian of Sweden Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates Stockmarkets The Economist commodity-price index Markets

本期文章: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Future of the union: The Untied Kingdom Corporations and democracy: The political CEO Monetary policy in America: Be prepared Afghanistan: The final countdown Biology and ethics: Softly, softly Chaos in Myanmar: Asia’s next failed state Letters to the editor: On pulse oximeters, special drawing rights, Lord Salisbury, boycotts, religion, Harvard Scottish independence: The long road back to Europe Myanmar’s failing coup: Burmese blaze Afghanistan: The end of forever Mahua season in India: Botanical blessings Banyan: Dropped connection Covid-19 in Hong Kong: A patriotic jab, or one that works better? Robbing graves: A dirty business Chaguan: Misremembering Mao Free speech and social media: Rule of thumb Police technology: Eyes in the sky Police accountability: George Floyd’s legacy Vaccine hesitancy: Seen and not herd State finances: The disaster that wasn’t Safe drinking water: Good job, Newark Lexington: Retreat from Kabul Guns in Brazil: Playing with firearms St Vincent: The Soufrière volcano is creating chaos in St Vincent Costa Rica: No longer top of the class Bello: Either way, it’s bad news Israel, Iran and America: Explosive diplomacy Hunger in the Arab world: Feast, fast and famine Tunisia: The megaphone West Africa’s sea cucumbers: Slug-like and precious Ethiopia’s war economy: Blowing in the wind German politics: A fracturing Union Russia and Ukraine: On manoeuvres Women in Italy: The big divide Norwegian cuisine: Fish tongues, harvested by children Charlemagne: A Calhounian moment Northern Ireland: Unhappy anniversary Business and government: Old ideas, new problems Wales: Sleeping dragon Town planning: Paved paradise Shirley Williams: A lioness of liberalism Bagehot: The dynasty factor Foreign investment: India Inc The political company: From handshake to clenched fist Personal transport: The future of getting from A to B Bartleby: Stepping down is hard to do Microsoft: Method in the madness L’Oréal: Hieronimus boss Schumpeter: SEA of opportunity Combating money-laundering: Losing the war Inflation: Base jumping China’s economy: The devil in the data series Wall Street: Hand over fist Buttonwood: A tourist’s guide Free exchange: The common-sense economist Experimental biology: Fantastic beasts and how to make them Psychology: Less is often more Photography: Liquid selfies Superforecasting: Welcome to the Cosmic Bazaar The cold war: A very close shave American history: Band of sisters New British fiction: The will to live Contemporary art: Beyond the frame Economic data, commodities and markets Football “curses”: What goes down must come up Prince Philip: Pledge of a lifetime Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Ukraine in flames: Putin’s inferno American trade policy: How to make the world $600 billion poorer A new prime minister in Italy: A man needs a mandate Companies and the state: Plucking the goose Governing the oceans: The tragedy of the high seas Scottish independence: Pounded into submission Letters: On deporting immigrants, handsome cyclists, the EU, Ecuador, Canada, sex and marriage Ukraine’s crisis: Europe’s new battlefield Trade policy: Taking aim at imports Water: The drying of the West Sentencing reform: Kinder, gentler Gay marriage: Loving’s labour’s won Public-sector pensions: Little Rhody, big debts Street sports: The dangers of dribbling “The Lego Movie”: The politics of little bricks Lexington: Faith and reason Lexington: Correction: Saudi America Protests in Venezuela: A tale of two prisoners Bello: Cooking up a business cluster Argentina’s new inflation index: Pricing power Colombia's armed forces: General exit North Korea: Humanity at its very worst Protests in Thailand: Stagnant revolution Kazakhstan’s economy: Tenge fever Kazakhstan’s name: Don’t call me Stan Banyan: Preparing for opposition Local-government debt: Bridging the fiscal chasm Students and the party: Rushing to join Chinese films: Thin ice Iran and the West: Dismantling the wall Syria’s civil war: The lessons of Geneva Libya’s turmoil: Little to celebrate Food security in the Gulf: How to keep stomachs full Waste collection in Nigeria: Clean it up Education in Kenya: Classroom divisions Italy’s new prime minister: A young man in a hurry Spain and the Jews: 1492 and all that Scandal in Germany: Entangled French culture wars: Everybody naked! French politics: A Sarkozy comeback? Charlemagne: Homage to Caledonia Scottish independence: Alex Salmond’s big problem Orkney’s archaeology: Dem bones Patient data: Caring and sharing Transport in the north-east: Track changes Sacking MPs: Recall, recalled Prison architecture: Design and punishment Police and social media: Inspector calls Bagehot: Whither the weather? Governing the high seas: In deep water The oceans and climate change: A welcome pause Companies and the state: A world of robber barons Tax: Plucking the geese Regulation: Tangled Ireland: The kindness of strangers Kentucky: Plumb centre Competition policy: Crossing continents Technology: Looking both ways Business and immigration: A plea for open doors Lobbying: Grey eminences Redefining the relationship: Partners not enemies Facebook and WhatsApp: Getting the messages Cyber-security: White hats to the rescue Company headquarters: Here, there and everywhere Eike Batista’s assets: The great X-it Trade unions in America: Chattanooga shoo-shoo Three-wheeled transport: Tuk-tuking the world by storm Schumpeter: The wolves of the web Global banking: Inglorious isolation Buttonwood: Against the odds The economics of food subsidies: Feeding expectations OPEC and oil prices: Leaky barrels Capital flows in Indonesia: Fragile no more Derivatives: Data dump Cryptocurrencies: The great hiccup Free exchange: Valuing the long-beaked echidna The American Association for the Advancement of Science: In the beginning was the word Climate change: Jet set Solar energy: Stacking the deck Olfactory communication: Spot the difference Restoring paintings: Artful illusion Futurism: Forza Italia New fiction: Of love and other demons The radical power of the web: Online, underground Humans and mass extinction: Killing machines E.E. Cummings: Unravelling a life Lincoln’s official biographers: Both the president’s men Irving Milchberg Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Global business barometer Markets

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) 此问题的文章： Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Modi’s rule: India’s one-man band Scottish nationalism: How to scotch it Ukraine: The other battleground Geopolitics in the Gulf: The new Saudis Financial crimes: Unfair cop On drugs policy, Scotland, Grimsby, Amtrak, disability, leadership, shoes: Letters to the editor Saudi Arabia: The challenged kingdom The Patriot Act: Reviewing the surveillance state The Philadelphia mayor’s race: Hard graft endangered ADX Florence: The terrorists' prison The biker brawl in Waco: Rotarians with chains on Chicago’s gun violence: What’s in a name? American families: Having it all, and then some Hope, Arkansas: Something in the water Lexington: What Elizabeth Warren wants Lexington: Correction: America’s Amazons Separatism in Quebec: No, we shouldn’t Guyana’s election: A time to heal Sexual harassment: Criminalising the catcallers Bello: The Chinese chequebook South Korea’s orphans: Pity the children The politics of water: Peace pipe Rohingya boat people: Myanmar’s shame Banyan: All at sea Politics: And the law won Propaganda: A mighty mission Trees: Deep roots Trees: Correction: Bitter harvest Islamic State: The caliphate strikes back Egyptian football: Red card for the ultras Israel’s foreign relations: Contra mundum Refugees in Lebanon: Outstaying their welcome Burundi: Good coup, bad coup The African Development Bank: Risk on Europe’s Green parties: Verdant pastures Germany’s Eurosceptics: Rift on the right Ukraine’s front line: Longing for silence Mediterranean migrants: A splash of bravado Schools in Italy: A class divided France, globalisation and sport: Ellipsoid beats sphere Charlemagne: And then there were four Scotland: The view from the north Death in Surrey: See no evil Dipping back into deflation: A 55-year rollercoaster ride Trade unions: Return of the dinosaurs The police and austerity: Down beat Marks & Spencer: From pants to panettone Steve Hilton: Back in bare feet Work in London: Squeezing in Bagehot: The trials of Nigel Development aid: It’s not what you spend Philanthropy: Doing good by doing well India: Modi’s many tasks Politics: How to run a continent Religious tensions: Hindus to the fore The economy: Uncurl the body New cities: Let there be concrete Railways: A better lifeline Government and technology: Playing leapfrog Foreign policy: High visibility The diaspora: The worldwide web Modi’s next steps: Now for the serious stuff Samsung: The soft succession China's solar-panel industry: Burned again France’s nuclear industry: Arevaderci Brazilian construction firms: Knock ’em down, build ’em up Gambling in Macau: Doubling down Bombardier: Turbulence Technology in New Zealand: Kiwis as guinea pigs Schumpeter: Managing partners Ukraine’s economy: War-torn reform Buttonwood: Reversal of fortune Rigging the stockmarket: A cosmetic approach Asia and the world economy: A faulty gauge Financial crime: Unsettling settlements Energy subsidies: Waste not, harm not Tackling tax evasion: America the not so brave Free exchange: Basically unaffordable Synthetic biology: Only connect Democratising medicine: The crowd will see you now The oldest tool in the world: Early man Graphene supercapacitors: Sheet lightning Exorcising photographic ghosts: Double take Epidemics and artificial intelligence: Reservoir rats The battle of Waterloo: A near-run thing Man Booker International prize 2015: Transcendental meditation Self-regard: You are not special Eastern Mediterranean history: Coasts and coalitions “The Sound and the Fury” on stage: Signifying something Ann Barr: Who Sloanes Wins Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Poverty rates Markets

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Britain and Europe: The gambler International terrorism: Afrighanistan? German politics: Merkel wounded The world economy: Semi-rational exuberance Technological extinction: Only the digital dies Letters: On guns in America, Smithfield meat market, banks, French, Mali, innovation Jihad in Africa: The danger in the desert The intervention in Mali: Sand on their boots The re-inauguration of Barack Obama: Gloves off Presidents and the economy: Second-term blues The economy: Looking better Abortion law: Roe turns 40 State pension systems: Squeezed Politics in New Orleans: The Nagin chronicles Criminal justice and the courts: Thumb on the scale Atlantic City: Changing the game Lexington: Coalition v tribe Guatemala: Edging back from the brink Impunity in Venezuela: The price of justice Security in Colombia: Fear of missing out Cuban politics: All talk Gaming in the Bahamas: A bettor option Indian politics: Show your hand War crimes in Bangladesh: Justice delayed Jakarta’s governor: No Jokowi Vietnam: Is Thanh the man? Fighting in Myanmar: No let-up Banyan: On the edge China’s population: Peak toil Child trafficking: A cruel trade Inequality: Gini out of the bottle Israel’s election: The hawks’ wings are clipped Israel’s Arab-led parties: Not much of a mark Saudi Arabia’s morality police: Who’s a dinosaur? Kenya’s lions: Sad for Simba Wine-making in South Africa: Wrong vintage Germany’s election year: The vincible chancellor Europe and Britain: The Cameron is coming The Dutch and David Cameron: Not wanted here Cyprus and the euro: Aphrodite’s indebted island Organised crime in Russia: Fathers and sons Turkish society: Of sex and Islam Charlemagne: Europe’s odd couple Britain and the European Union: The hand of history Productivity: The job-rich depression Private universities: A degree of frustration Hotels: Chinese check-ins Old churches: Fit for new purposes Bagehot: Hero for a day Islam and science: The road to renewal Carbon paper: Fade to black The politics of e-waste: A cadmium lining Information technology: Has Apple peaked? Wearable computing: Watch this space Health insurance in America: The insured and the unsure The business of campaigning: Profit with Purpose The decline of spam: Read this and win million$!!! Mining giants switch bosses: New heads for a new cycle Foreign companies in India: The rewards of royalty Outdoor advertising: Sexy signage Schumpeter: Davos Man and his defects Monetary policy in Japan: Win some, lose some Buttonwood: Home on the range Exchange-traded funds: Twenty years young Financing medical research: Disease or cure? The economics of sports insurance: Claim game The Fed’s profits: The other side of QE European demography: Working-age shift Free exchange: Vive la différence The Richard Casement internship Storing information in DNA: Test-tube data How dung beetles navigate: Stars in their eyes Channelling heat: Good conduct Sociable spiders: Come into my parlour The first Anglo-Afghan war: Lessons unlearned A biography of King Faisal: Unexpectedly modern The real Jane Austen: As vital as her stories New Japanese fiction: Slightly off The portraits of Edouard Manet: Bold and strange The photographs of Roman Vishniac: Through a lens, darkly Fred Turner Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Football wealth Markets

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Saving Ukraine: How the West can help Protests in Venezuela: Stop the spiral Inequality in America: How to be a true progressive Trust-busting in Mexico: Taking on the tele-garchs Nigeria’s central bank: Pranged Letters: On Argentina, English, Cyprus, Congress, artificial limbs, fracking, Switzerland, condoms Ukraine: The February revolution Social mobility: A memo to Obama Detroit’s bankruptcy: Cram down Texas politics: Stupid season Anti-gay laws: What’s the matter with Arizona? Reforming taxes: Here’s a plan Congress: Dingell’s bell Lexington: Boots on the ground Disorder in Venezuela: Towards the brink Mexico: Shackling Shorty Security in Brazil: Unarmed and dangerous Bello: The going gets tougher Democracy: What’s gone wrong with democracy India’s election and the economy: A useful campaign Pakistan and the Taliban: To fight or not to fight South Korean politics: Spying trouble Japan’s right wing: Mission accomplished? Banyan: The year of killing with impunity The tobacco industry: Government coughers Army entertainers: That’s show-biz Journalism in Hong Kong: Beat the press Trouble in Nigeria: Now for the fallout Conflict in South Sudan: Back with a vengeance Uganda’s anti-gay law: Deadly intolerance Algeria’s presidential elections: Standing, in one sense Egyptian politics: Musical chairs Holy places in Israel: Constant competition Turkish politics: Everything is possible Italian politics: Renzi’s ropy start Spain and ETA: Guns, lies and videotape Greece’s troubles: The troika is back Germany’s Wulff scandal: Overzealous Charlemagne: How to be good neighbours The North Sea: Running on fumes Immigration: No country for poor men Northern Ireland: The price of peace The Lib Dems: An in-trepid move Monetary policy: A long low note Britain’s aerospace industry: Flight plan Urban planning: Rail ambition Bagehot: Wooing Mrs Merkel The future of Wikipedia: WikiPeaks? Cancer in the developing world: Worse than AIDS Banana diseases: Yes, we have no bananas Climate: Law on Mother Earth Climate: Correction: Oceans Telecoms in Mexico: Slim’s chances Electric cars: Fully charged Snacks and drinks: Let my Fritos go Jerónimo Martins: A Portuguese explorer Corporate alumni: Gone but not forgotten Green energy: Still short of puff Energy efficiency: Negawatt hour South Korea’s internet giant: Now or Naver Schumpeter: The enemy within Peer-to-peer lending: Banking without banks Debt and growth: Breaking the threshold Virtual banking: Simple but uncertain Buttonwood: The battle of Detroit Swiss banks: Thrown to the dogs Fraud on the market: Pay on say The Balkanisation of banking: The island defence China’s currency: One way no more Internet finance in China: Foe or frenemy? Free exchange: Inequality v growth Autism: Why it’s not “Rain Woman” Human evolution: The skinny on skin colour High-tech shipping containers: Boxing clever Hurricane protection: The windmills of your mind Entomology: Buzz, feed Post-colonial France: A chronicle of years of fire Asceticism: Carry on spending Delhi: Fat and fatter Online privacy: Watching the watchers E.M. Forster in India: Only connect Piranesi down under: Pyramid man New thriller: Crimes and misdemeanours Alison Jolly Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Commodity prices Markets

Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Trade and technology: Chip wars Mexico’s new president: AMLO’s errors Global warming: The great inaction Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi: Unholy alliance Gene editing: The baby crisperer Letters: Letters to the editor Chipmaking: The chips are down The economy: Safe as houses Global warming: Doomsday book The Supreme Court: Fine tuning Puerto Rico’s recovery: Death, destruction and investment Michael Madigan: Make no waves, back no losers Lexington: Off the reservation Mexico’s new president: El Estado soy yo Education in Brazil: Pencil, ruler, gay kit Bello: Bankers, communists and football Elections in Taiwan: Tsai swiped Banyan: Rolling out 4G Indonesian politics: A cleric for all seasons Terrorism in India: Blasts from the past Australian politics: Victorian values Taxation: What about representation? Media freedom: London calling Chaguan: A history of China in 8m objects Angola: Party guy Ebola in Congo: A battle within a battle Western Sahara: The sands time forgot The World Cup: A host of issues The Sea of Galilee: Walking on desalinated water Russia and Ukraine: Sea of troubles German politics: Change, but not too much France: High visibility Polish pollsters: Poll-gagged #MeToo in Turkey: Sound of silence Charlemagne: Forgetting and remembering Religious schools: Leap of faith Patronage: Knights become pawns Brexit and the economy: How to be poorer Moped crime: Crash, bang, wallow Construction and archaeology: Can you dig it? Labour and business: Vanguard of the Clubcard Scottish property: The promised land Bagehot: Theresa agonistes Indigenous peoples: The value of solitude Brazil: Of soldiers and game fish Australia and New Zealand: The Kiwi model Conquering carbon dioxide: The hydrogen bombshell Mass electrification: The (relatively) easy part Brain scan: John Goodenough Heavy transport: The great freight race Heating: Left out in the cold Decarbonising industry: Coke fiends Aviation: Flying in formation From hot air to action: Decarbonised capitalism Extractive industries: In a hole Cobalt supply: Battery farming State-owned enterprises: Chief executed officers Bartleby: Working for a purpose General Motors: Last-chance saloon Post-Soviet farming: Good times in Grainville Schumpeter: Clout and reach Brexit and finance (1): Ready, set, sort of Brexit and finance (2): The future of contracts Mortgages in America: Homing in Cryptocurrencies: Riding the rollercoaster Environmental finance: Verdant and vibrant Pubs in Ireland: Opening time Buttonwood: Scavenging in the junkyard Free exchange: Tall tales GM human beings: A moment for reflection Target in sight: InSight lands on Mars Arachnid parenting: One jump ahead Antibiotic resistance: Enlightenment Psychiatric genetics: Attention, please Prosthetic limbs: Ghost busters Books of the year: The big read The Economist’s journalists unbound: A short history of moonlighting Economic data, commodities and markets Populism in Europe: Aux armes, citoyens! Raed Fares: One small town in Syria Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Race relations in America: Chasing the dream India's economy: How India got its funk Syria: A step too far Fracking: Dash for cash Central bankers: The apprentices Letters: On Cuba, diamonds, Larry Summers, flying, the University of Arizona, forestry, holidays, dominatrices Black America: Waking life Health reform and employment: Will Obamacare destroy jobs? Pre-school in Texas: Get them while they’re young New York politics: Campaign circus Offensive pictures: Sense and censorship Policing Philadelphia: Boots on the street Lexington: Barack Obama’s Iraq syndrome Latin America’s largest economies: Different kettles of fish Trade in Haiti: Chickens and eggs Ecuador’s unpredictable president: Zig-zagging Indonesia’s economy: Slipping Indonesian oil and gas: Gusher India’s malnourished: A mess of pottage A Korean thaw?: Bordering on comradely Japan’s leaky nuclear plant: No end in sight Banyan: Trade, partnership and politics Bo Xilai on trial: Settling scores Organs for transplants: Chopped livers Underground Christianity: Lamb of God Syria’s war: If this isn’t a red line, what is? Egypt’s turmoil: The army tightens its grip Egypt’s Copts: The butt of angry Islamists Bombings in Iraq: Bloodier than ever Nigeria’s most wanted man: Dead or alive Telecoms in Ethiopia: Out of reach Turkish politics: Lonely command Greek privatisation: Business class Germany’s election: Party season Ukraine and Russia: Trading insults Human rights in Russia: Grim to be gay Dutch immigration: Overflow Organised crime in Italy: Gangsterland Suburban London: Trouble in Metroland Anti-terror laws: Miranda rights and wrongs Anti-fracking protests: A little fractious In defence of MPs: The fourth emergency service Militology’s march: The field-marshal of finance Shisha lounges: Hubble, bubble Horseracing: Greener pastures Bagehot: Go away, we need you Remembering the Holocaust: Bearing witness ever more Fiat and Chrysler: Hoping it will hold together Sportswear-makers: The adidas method Multinationals in China: Guardian warriors and golden eggs Semiconductors: Serial disrupter The executive-search business: Searching for answers Designer headphones: The sound of music Schumpeter: Mr Geek goes to Washington India in trouble: The reckoning Recruitment and connections: Blood and money Offshore finance: Trawling for business Recessions and public health: Body of research Asset-management companies in China: Lipstick on a pig Private equity: Tax attack European bank funding: A long, dry summer Free exchange: A new toolkit Dark energy: A problem of cosmic proportions Judging music competitions: The sound of silence Evolution: How the rhino got his woolly American politics: Something rotten The science of politics: From the gut The natural world: Fields of dreams Pope Francis and Argentina: Days of penance Commemorating Crécy: Garter’s order Armenian culture in Turkey: From the ashes Armenian culture in Turkey: Correction: The Smartest Kids in the World Jacques Vergès Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Exchange rates Markets

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Italy's election: Send in the clowns The world’s fastest-growing continent: Aspiring Africa American energy and economics: Better out than in The British economy: Moody blues Yahoo: Mayer culpa Letters: On American politics, currencies, shale gas, pensioners, the Catholic church, business and the armed forces Iraq ten years on: The slow road back Iraqi oil: A hard tap to turn The economy: Waiting for the chop Energy policy: Biofuelery Los Angeles’s mayoral election: A Pacific plod Voting rights: Preclearance, past and present Building infrastructure: A river runs through it Health care: An offer they can’t refuse The coinage: The penny drops Lexington: The view from Maine streets Power in Mexico: “The Teacher” in detention Cuba’s leaders: The new man Justice in Haiti: Double standards Urban transport in Latin America: Better by bici Colombia’s economy: The black stuff Japan and America: Spin and substance Thailand’s illegal immigrants: A deadly cocktail India’s Muslims: Growing, and neglected Afghanistan: Yankee beards go home Banyan: Not as smooth as silk Urban stability: Treating the symptoms Tax reform: A better service game Kenyan election: Don’t mention the war Lebanon and Syria: In a pickle Egyptian politics: Grim tidings Italy’s election: Ungovernability wins The Five Star Movement: The crickets come out France’s economy: Austerity stakes Dual citizenship in Germany: Jus sanguinis revisited Russian politics: Putin’s purges Ukraine and the European Union: An awkward partnership Charlemagne: Rome’s bad spell Sterling: Weaker still and weaker The Bank of England: Negative response Farmers and the EU: Aggro-cultural House building: The lie of the land Lord Rennard: How not to do it Keith O’Brien and his church: Caledonian spirit Waheed Alli: Lord hunch Bagehot: Machiavelli in the Treasury Refugees: Flight to nowhere Conditional aid: Carrots all round Geriatric prisoners: In it for life ISBN numbers: Book-keeping Africa rising: A hopeful continent Guinea-Bissau, Guinea and Sierra Leone: Tired of war Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria: Bye-bye Big Men Niger, Algeria, Libya, Egypt and Sudan: Courage, mon brave Ethiopia and Kenya: Doing it my way Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana: The wealth beneath South Africa: Cheerleaders and naysayers The future of telecommuting: Corralling the Yahoos Smartphone operating systems: Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed Japan Tobacco: Turning over a new leaf Music: Something to sing about Doctors and drug companies: Let the sunshine in Europe’s defence industry: A hard pounding, this Schumpeter: Companies’ moral compasses Schumpeter: Correction: African stockmarkets Banking in Africa: Continent of dreams Africa’s bond markets: Kings of the wild frontier Private equity: When the music gets you America’s mortgage markets: Spread besting Buttonwood: Voting but not counting Corporate governance in Hong Kong: Of privacy and opacity Monetary policy in China: Don’t go Zhou America’s cheap gas: Bonanza or bane Free exchange: Robocolleague Solar-powered flight: Its moment in the sun Pollinators: Variety is the spice of life R&D; in America: Bad medicine Marine biology: Finding Nemo’s role Surviving strokes: Living on Iran’s revolution: Waiting for God America and the second world war: The workshop heroes 20th-century English music: A Suffolk lad New poetry: Rock chick R.B. Kitaj: Obsessions Ray Cusick Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Wall Street bonuses Markets

Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon Inflation: The Fed that failed Dealing with refugees: Somebody else’s problem Ukraine: Give them the tools Fending off China: How to become a porcupine Shareholder democracy: Vested interests Letters to the editor: On Ukraine and the EU, business ethics, Britain, Hungary, hotels, water Russia and Ukraine: Ian Bremmer counts the cost of the war to Vladimir Putin Russia and Ukraine: Dominic Lieven says empires eventually end amid blood and dishonour Russia and Ukraine: Poland’s prime minister says the West’s appeasement of Vladimir Putin must stop Geopolitics: “War is here” Democracies and autocracies: Asia’s Ukraine dilemma Cattle trading: Moo with the times North Korea: Sung and dance Banyan: Just this guy, you know Chinese influence abroad: Democracies and the dragon China and the West: The Russian treatment Covid-19: The blame game Chaguan: China’s elitist covid rules Climate change: Greener than thou Extra homes: Cottage industry Oklahoma: The long arm of tribal law Dust-up with doormen: The white gloves stay on Ketamine clinics: Special K Lexington: James Madison’s skeletons Migration: The United States of Mexico Venezuela: Enemies with benefits Turkey and Africa: The call of the south South Africa: Monetising Mandela Business in Egypt: Sour milky way Jordan: Unhappy royals Ukraine: A new phase begins Germany and Ukraine: The reticent Mr Scholz Georgia and Russia: Finger in the wind Art and the war: From Kyiv to Venice The French election: France decides Charlemagne: If you can’t embargo it, tax it The cost of living: The big squeeze De-Corbynising Labour: Red and buried Greenery in Scotland: Carbonny Ronald Fisher: Window pains A city that won’t grow: NIMBY of the north Bagehot: Boris, the Bishop basher Climate lawsuits: Habeas carbon Central banks: Distraction disease Emergency response: Balance-sheet manoeuvres Social issues: One-stop policy shops Environmental concerns: Climate curious Going digital: Monopoly money Geopolitics and war: Caught in the crossfire Looking ahead: The curse of competence Central banks: Sources and acknowledgments Investor activism: The power of the proxy Climate change: Take this, sucker Netflix: Commercial brake Bartleby: Calling all sharks and dragons Technology: Hungry, hungry unicorns Schumpeter: Musk’s megaphone The Federal Reserve: Hawks take flight China’s economy: The hesitant v the urgent Debt in the euro zone: The Roman question Supply chains: Stronger links China Merchants Bank: Executive exit Entrepreneurship: Get up and go Buttonwood: Life above zero Free exchange: A spectre returns Human space flight: Suited, rebooted Space war: Launch break Archaeology: Light entertainment Biology: The worm turns Contraception: Tubular gels Art in China: Pretty as a picture Kingsley Amis at 100: With a little help from his friends Conflict and how to avoid it: The roads to war “Letter from an Unknown Woman”: Love’s labour’s lost Memorable lives: Down to the river Johnson: On the origin of languages Indicators: Economic data, commodities and markets Mariupol’s destruction: Scorched earth Peng Ming-min: A taste for freedom Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)

Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon Russia and Ukraine: Ivo Daalder says NATO enlargement didn’t go far enough Russia and Ukraine: Semyon Bychkov speaks out for creative freedom amid conflict Russia and Ukraine: Kaja Kallas on the atrocities in Ukraine France votes: Why Macron matters War crimes: To indict is right The world economy: Recession roulette The politics of paranoia: Imaginary hobgoblins Technology: After the smartphone Letters to the editor: On gay people in Florida, Hollywood, oligarchs, the Falklands war, school closures, exchange rates, Europe The French presidential election: Standing out from the crowd Sri Lanka: Lights out Pakistan’s political crisis: Not cricket Banyan: Enmeshed The Indo-Pacific: AUKUS goes hypersonic The Korean peninsula: Bursting into Hwasong Covid-19: Shanghai swoons Politics in Hong Kong: A new sheriff in town Food security: A big appetite Chaguan: The history boys Farming: Fields of gold The Supreme Court: Confirmation bias Unionisation at Amazon: Not quite primed The opioid epidemic: A lethal shift Filling your tank in New Jersey: To pump or not to pump? Surrogacy: Battlegrounds of the baby business Lexington: Bill Burns and the bear Sudan’s crisis: After the tyrant Corruption in Mozambique: Wine and punishment Sexism in Egypt: What would the neighbours think? Libya’s second city: Smashed and forgotten Taxes in the Arab world: Collecting from the wrong people Brazil’s election: How corrupt was Lula? Ukraine: After the battle The battlefield: The turning tide Educating refugees: From battleground to playground Ukraine and Turkey: Having it both ways in Istanbul Hungary’s election: Unstoppable strongman Charlemagne: Vaccinated against Viktor Immigration: Just what the doctor ordered Deliveries via the Thames: Bluer, greener Cost of living: The borrowers The attorney-general: A Johnsonian lawyer Channel 4: A great British sell-off? No-fault divorce: Putting asunder Bagehot: Of moral panics and ethical spasms Mercenaries: Vladimir’s army Headset wars: Seeing and believing Business education: Degrees of unconcern Elon Musk and Twitter: Another Musk-have Toshiba: In search of an ending Business in China: Double-entry book-keeping Bartleby: The value of clarity Schumpeter: The catfish effect The jobs boom: Too much of a good thing The Federal Reserve: Goodbye, QE. Hello, QT Housing in America: FOMO froth Buttonwood: Double-glazed Banking in India: A house united China’s economy: Looking in the side-mirror Currencies: Not so sterling Free exchange: Red swan over China Climate change: Tick, tick, tick Neuroscience: Frames of mind Perception: A rose by any other name Evolution: Bird-swatching Science and philosophy: Time v the machine New American fiction: The empire strikes back Authoritarian leaders: Men of the people Pioneering radio: Tapestries of sound Children’s news: Bullets and bulletins Johnson: Beyond the giga-zone Indicators: Economic data, commodities and markets Covid-19 in Asia: A tale of two surges Mario Terán: Man and myth Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)

Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Russia and Ukraine: Putin’s botched job Inflation: The chicken and the peg Free speech: No, Canada British politics: Factional dissipation Drug manufacturing: An injection of reality Letters: On peer review, Myanmar, pay, DNA, the Acropolis, vellum, Ottawa The Ukraine crisis: A grim look out Open-source intelligence: Watching the border Afghanistan in crisis: The limits of aid Japanese booze: Awamori? Go on then Public health: A million ways to die in the east Turkmenistan: Cut-rate khanate Banyan: Littoral, but not serious enough Biodiversity: Conservation conversation Nationality: Two passports, one problem Chaguan: “Zero covid” as a loyalty test America’s next mining boom: Between a rock and a hard place School politics: Going overboard Parent power: Total recall Post-office reform: Not yet signed, sealed or delivered Industrial policy: Hard-tech heartland Lexington: The fight for Catholic America Canada: No truck with Trudeau Bello: The mansion and the first son China and Africa: Chasing the dragon Food labels: The champagne of Benin Jihadists in the Sahel: French leave Tunisia: “RoboCop” hits a rough patch France: The Pécresse file Hungary: An unfair game Germany: Robert Habeck’s odyssey Charlemagne: A superhero sprouts in Brussels The Conservative Party: Old dudes Press freedom: Nobody’s business Essex: Not the only way Gender medicine: Trans action Bagehot: The shrinkflation state Digital geopolitics: The Russian stack The clothes business: The middle-market corset Education technology: Learnings growth Bartleby: Writing about leadership Schumpeter: Cyber-rattling Labour v capital: The battle of the markups Business districts: The true cost of empty offices Global retail banking: The Citi that was never finished Prediction markets: Punting profits Buttonwood: Behold the CrypSPACtaur Free exchange: The wonks’ weapons Rocket science: Ad astra, on the cheap Drug manufacturing: Cloning vaccine factories India’s past and present: A magnificent seven Life on Earth: Creatures of the deep past The story of PayPal: Making the mafia Debut fiction: Love and other demons World in a dish: Closer to the bone Artisanal pottery: Glaze of glory Back Story: The Western rides again Indicators: Economic data, commodities and markets Crime in America: Why have murders soared? John Hare: Look behind the Ranges Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)

Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Prostitution: A personal choice Trade and protectionism: No more grand bargains China’s far west: A Chechnya in the making Reforming Leviathan: Mandarin lessons Mexico’s reforms: Keep it up On assisted suicide, Gaza, Chinese journalism, business, Caliph Ibrahim, Panama’s hats, the Big Mac: Letters to the editor Prostitution and the internet: More bang for your buck Barack Obama’s message to business: Stop whining, I’m your friend Presidents and growth: Timing is everything Congressional elections: Immovable incumbents Colorado politics: Ground war Gun control: Bullets to the head Streetcars and urban renewal: Rolling blunder Regional accents: Mind that drawl, y’all Lexington: The George H.W. Bush revival Cuba and the outside world: Rekindling old friendships Brazil’s presidential-election campaign: A tightly scripted telenovela NAFTA’s junior partners: She loves me, she loves me not Bello: The palindrome of Kirchnerismo Thailand: Peace, order, stagnation Malaysian politics: What’s Malay for gerrymandering? India’s civil-service exams: The unlevel field Japan’s economy: Feeling the pinch Banyan: Neither truth nor justice Ethnic unrest: Spreading the net Alcohol consumption: The spirit level The Gaza war: Will the ceasefire hold? Gaza and the Arab world: A collective shrug Iraq’s civil war: Who wants to rescue the regime? Sexual mores in Iran: Throwing off the covers Science in Africa: On the rise Ethiopia and its press: The noose tightens Turkey’s election: Tyrant or steadying hand? Germany’s president: Preaching a new German gospel Russia and the West: How to lose friends War crimes in Kosovo: A country awaits Italy’s economy: Shrinking again Italy’s parliament: High-class errand boys London’s costly construction: Bodies, bombs and bureaucracy Architecture: New digs Scotland’s TV debate: Bravo, Darling London’s mayor: The blond bombshell Lady Warsi: Unilateral action Soldiers and human rights: Lawyers to right of them, lawyers to left of them The Welsh language: Dragonian measures The British diaspora: And don’t come back Civil-service reform: Modernising the mandarins Women in politics: Treating the fair sex fairly Ebola: Fear and loathing Mergers and acquisitions: Coming unstuck Bernie Ecclestone: Irony alert Travel websites: David vs two Goliaths Unilever: In search of the good business Schumpeter: Leading light World trade: Bailing out from Bali Buttonwood: Practice makes imperfect Banco Espírito Santo: Sharing the pain European banking tests: Exam nerves Hong Kong’s finances: Going with the flow Ghana and the IMF: Time for thrift Free exchange: Tilted marine HIV and MS: Antithesis, synthesis? Cometary science: Rosetta's stone Arctic science: A glide-path to knowledge Science in Japan: Stress test Revolution and war in Ukraine: I witness Artificial intelligence: Clever cogs America’s bureaucracy: Sins of commissions South Korea’s soft power: Soap, sparkle and pop New American theatre: A 21st-century “Seagull” Inside al-Qaeda: There and back again Obituary: Peter Hall Obituary: Output, prices and jobs Obituary: Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates Obituary: The Economist commodity-price index Obituary: The Economist poll of forecasters, August averages Obituary: Markets Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index The Economist poll of forecasters, August averages Markets