THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features The angst over affordability

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The truth about affordability

Voters in rich countries are angry about prices. Politicians could make things worse

OpenAI’s cash burn will be one of the big bubble questions of 2026

There is a dark side to the model-maker’s stunning growth

Cruise-ship catering

How to spend $1.5m on ingredients

Jane Austen, economist

It depends how you count their wealth

The sultans of slang

What street talk reveals about Anglophone civilisation

The origin of dogs

The strange symbiosis between two hyper-predators: humans and hounds