The Economist Magazine – November 16, 2024 Preview
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The Economist Magazine – November 9, 2024 Preview
Donald Trump’s victory was resounding. His second term will be, too
Congress is not likely to be much of a constraint on him
Losers from Labour’s budget
Businesses and farmers will be hit with more tax
Germany’s political mess
Olaf Scholz finally runs out of patience with Christian Lindner
In praise of open-source AI
Their critics dwell on the dangers and underestimate the benefits
The best TV of 2024
The small screen claims some riveting shows this year, both new and returning
Culture: The Hedgehog Review – Fall 2024 Issue
THE HEDGEHOG REVIEW (FALL 2024): This issue’s theme is “In Need of Repair,” and it includes contributions from James Davison Hunter, Nicholas Carr, Martha Bayles, Olivier Zunz, Elias Crim, Aaron Horvath, Paul Scherz, Firmin DeBrabander, and John J. Lennon, as well as other reviews and essays from such contributors as Eugene McCarraher, Alan Jacobs, Paul Nedelisky, Rita Koganzon, Matthew Milliner, and Richard Hughes Gibson.
In Need of Repair
At the bottom of each of our system dysfunctions is a distinctive cultural disorder emerging from the many pressures of our rapidly modernizing world.
Supply Chain Sublime
The Material World is no place for humans. By Richard Hughes Gibson
Culture Wars: The Endgame
Nihilism’s Grip on American Democracy by James Davison Hunter
The Age of the Average
All the Little Data
The Pathologies of Precision Medicine
The Economist Magazine – November 2, 2024 Preview
A second Trump term comes with unacceptable risks
If The Economist had a vote, we would cast it for Kamala Harris
The British budget—big numbers, narrow vision
A bigger state but an irrational way to fund it
Does China need more stimulus?
The Communist Party may be hoarding fiscal firepower to offset a possible trade war
Focusing on ADHD
It should not be treated as a disorder
The Telegram: a new column on world affairs
The old order is dying. Our geopolitics columnist will tell you what’s coming next
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The Economist Magazine – October 26, 2024 Preview
The everything drugs
The doom loop in British prisons
Overcrowding leads to violence. Violence worsens a staffing crisis. A staffing crisis impedes rehabilitation
Our US election model: Trump ahead
With two weeks to go, the Republican candidate now has a slight lead
Inside Hizbullah’s finances
Why Israel is now bombing Lebanese banks
Putin’s plan to dethrone the dollar
He hopes this week’s BRICS summit will spark a sanctions-busting big bang
The Economist Magazine – October 19, 2024 Preview
The envy of the world
- The budget: how bad will it be? Rachel Reeves looks set to please no one for little return
- Inside Iran’s sanctions-busting An investigation by The Economist uncovers a multi-billion-dollar, America-defying network
- Russia’s spies go feral Vladimir Putin’s “everything, everywhere, all at once” strategy of assassination, arson, sabotage and hacking against the West
- Starship and the economics of space The rockets are nifty, but it is satellites that make SpaceX valuable
Analysis: ‘The American Economy’ (Oct. 19, 2024)
The envy of the world
The American economy has left other rich countries in the dust. Expect that to continue, argue Simon Rabinovitch and Henry Curr
The American economy has left other rich countries in the dust
American productivity still leads the world
Is higher inequality the price America pays for faster growth?
The shale revolution helped make America’s economy great
Why the American stockmarket reigns supreme
China’s yuan is nowhere close to displacing the greenback
What can stop the American economy now?
The Economist Magazine – October 12, 2024 Preview
The Trumpification of American policy
No matter who wins in November, Donald Trump has redefined both parties’ agendas
The front line of the tech war is in Asia
The two superpowers are vying for influence. China will not necessarily win
Who will control the next Congress?
The new president is much less likely than usual to see allies take charge on Capitol Hill
Britain should not hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
The Economist Magazine – October 6, 2024 Preview
The year that shattered the Middle East
Kill or be killed is the region’s new logic. Deterrence and diplomacy would be better
House prices: just getting going
Why property prices could keep rising for years
Will China’s stimulus work?
It will take more than a spectacular stockmarket rally to revive the economy
Britain’s Nigerian moment
A story of modern migration has had extraordinary results
Mapping a fruit fly’s brain
The first “connectome” of the brain of a complex adult animal has just been completed
The Economist Magazine – September 28, 2024 Preview
The war is going badly. Ukraine and its allies must change course
Time for credible war aims—and NATO membership
An Israel-Hizbullah war would be a disaster for both
Both must find a way to step back
War fever in Lebanon
Hizbullah seems to have miscalculated in its fight with Israel
What Donald Trump taught J.D. Vance
The vice-presidential candidate is devising his own tactics for bending the truth
Is the big state failing its citizens?
Why voters across the rich world are miserable
Youtube v Hollywood
Legions of self-taught film-makers are coming for the television industry
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