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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – FEBRUARY 21, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Robin Hood state‘

Don’t go after the rich to fix broken budgets

It will not work, and is wrong in principle

Vladimir Putin is caught in a vice of his own making

Russia’s president cannot win the war, but fears peace

Saudi Arabia and the Emirates must resolve their own differences

America’s neglect is allowing an unwelcome tension to fester between two of its allies

Why insider trading isn’t always bad

At least on prediction markets

How to improve American legislators’ lot

Doing so would be good for members of Congress, and for democracy

Business, Finance, Magazines, Opinion, Politics, Reviews

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – FEBRUARY 14, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Why social media bans won’t work‘

Don’t ban teenagers from social media

Restrictions would do more harm than good

The world’s most powerful woman

Japan’s prime minister has earned a once-in-a-generation chance to remake her country. Will she seize it?

The Epstein files tell a story of justice denied

Prosecutors have moved far too slowly

The rich world should beware Brazilification

When governments are indebted, high interest rates wreak havoc

Britain’s predicament will get worse before it gets better

With Sir Keir Starmer weakened, the government 

Business, Economics, Magazines, Management, Reviews

Harvard Business Review – MARCH/APRIL 2026

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March–April 2026

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: Why Great Innovations Fail to Scale: Breakthrough ideas need a special kind of leader to help them flourish.

Gen AI Won’t Make Your Employees Experts

But it can help novices perform better and faster.

The HBR Interview with Outgoing Walmart CEO Doug McMillon

His advice to fellow executives: “Listen to your gut.”

Why Gen AI Feels So Threatening to Workers

And what leaders can do to ease the anxiety.

Business, Finance, Magazines, Opinion, Politics, Reviews

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – FEBRUARY 7, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The dangerous dollar‘…

The age of a treacherous, falling dollar

Those holding American assets will have to get used to it

As global press freedom dwindles, corrupt politicians rejoice

Less scrutiny, more booty

How to think about new risks of nuclear proliferation

In a might-makes-right world, many countries may conclude that only nukes can keep them safe

The new Bangladesh is only half built

Whoever wins the coming election has a lot to do

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JANUARY 31, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The ICE test‘

ICE’s impunity is a formula for more violence

Is America’s president building his own paramilitary militia?

Xi Jinping’s purge should worry the world

Installing his yes-men to lead the army could be dangerous for Taiwan

The weak yen and the weakening dollar are signs of financial fragility

But neither Japan nor America should meddle with exchange rates

Haters on the right and left are wrong about London

It’s a hub, not a hellhole. Labour should give it more love

Africa’s two biggest economies may be turning the corner

As Nigeria and South Africa revive, the continent’s growth may outpace Asia’s in 2026

Stop panicking about AI. Start preparing

There is time to adapt. Use it wisely

Business, Finance, Magazines, Opinion, Politics, Reviews

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JANUARY 24, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The true danger posed by Donald Trump‘

The true danger posed by Donald Trump

Despite a tactical retreat, great risks remain

The odd thing about Modi’s mojo

Constraints make India’s prime minister govern better

Trump’s Board of Peace is a distraction from the real work in Gaza

America’s president has unusual power to impose peace; he must continue to use it

Chinese AI is a risk for Europe. So is shunning it

Especially now that America is becoming a less reliable partner

Britain’s good idea for custom genetic medicines

A way to tackle the tricky economics of drugs designed for one person

Business, Finance, Magazines, Opinion, Politics, Reviews

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JANUARY 17, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Horror in Iran’…

What the collapse of Iran’s regime would mean

Thousands have died and America has threatened to strike back against the horror there

America’s gunboat capitalism will make the world poorer

And Donald Trump’s use of companies as a tool of state will make it no safer

A private memo from central banks to governments

You come at the king (of finance), 

Without democracy, Donald Trump’s Venezuelan oil quest will fail

Sidelining the democratic opposition and its leader, María Corina Machado, would be a mistake

America has coped with worse things than Donald Trump

Lessons from history for the next three years

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JANUARY 10, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Donroe delusion‘…

In Donald Trump’s world, the strong take what they can

That will be bad for America—and everyone else

Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist success

Protectionism is failing to revive manufacturing

Does Japan have a “foreigner problem”?

Yes—but it is not what populist politicians say it is

AI is transforming the pharma industry for the better

It is changing the way drugs are discovered and tested

France is paralysed, and everyone is to blame

The budgetary impasse is just one symptom of collective political uselessness

Business, Finance, Magazines, Opinion, Politics, Reviews

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JANUARY 3, 2026 PREVIEW

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

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

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – DECEMBER 20, 2025 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Holiday double issue’

China proved its strengths in 2025—and Donald Trump helped

It was a good year for Xi Jinping

Two months in, the Gaza ceasefire is floundering

The consequences will ripple beyond the Middle East

The Economist’s country of the year for 2025

Which country improved the most this year?

What Novo Nordisk, OpenAI and Pop Mart have in common

All three have suffered the curse of overnight success