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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – AUGUST 8, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Lessons from Chinese AI’

Why AI is a risk to Communist China

It is not as well placed to take advantage of the technology as many people think

How AI is breaking the British state

Equipped with models and agents, citizens could bring government to a halt

Gulf states should make a deal with Iran on Hormuz

How to make Iranian blackmail less painful

Governments are making a dangerous bet on the AI boom

To see why, look to the bond markets

Republicans and Democrats uniting against animal testing are wrong

Experimenting on animals remains essential for human well-being

How to end Sudan’s brutal, forgotten conflict

There is a sliver of a chance of a ceasefire. It must be grabbed

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – AUGUST 1, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The global currency beef’ – Lessons from 40 years of the Big Mac Index

What the Big Mac index reveals about a global currency beef

It highlights economic problems—and helps explain how to solve them

It is past time to upgrade to post-quantum encryption

When the quantum breakthrough comes, data being harvested today will be exposed

China is testing America’s defence lines in Asia

The allies must work to strengthen themselves, but also to strengthen America’s commitment

Europe’s fires are just the start

They are not a new normal. But worse can nonetheless be expected

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JULY 25, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Should You Be Afraid Of Elon Musk?’…

Should you be afraid of Elon Musk?

Artificial intelligence is charging ahead. Not even its creators know how to keep up

Lebanon has a chance to break free of Hizbullah

With better government, it could become a business hub once again

Prediction markets need better rules

Their capricious settlement mechanisms are putting off serious investors

Britain’s troublingly nostalgic new prime minister

In an era of change, Andy Burnham promises to rewind the clock

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JULY 18, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Degradation in progress’…

Donald Trump’s gutting of the Department of Justice

What the degraded institution means for America

It’s too darn hot. Blame global dimming

Earth is absorbing a lot more sunshine

Donald Trump’s blind alley

America’s president looks bereft of good options for solving the stand-off in the Gulf

China’s rulers have a woman problem

Antagonism between the sexes does nothing to address China’s demographic problems

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JULY 11, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The man who would change Russia‘…

The man who would change Russia

A leading oligarch speaks out, warning of the looming disaster facing his country

Two cheers for Trump Accounts

The grubby scheme contains the seeds of a good idea

England needs fewer council homes, not more

Andy Burnham’s plan is no way to ease the housing crisis

A no-brainer for protecting your brain

One simple vaccination may dramatically reduce the risk of dementia

Who is capable of evil?

Stop lowering the age of criminal responsibility

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MONTHLY REVIEW MAGAZINE – JULY/AUGUST 2026 PREVIEW

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MONTHLY REVIEW MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Global Structural Crisis of Capital’…

The Global Structural Crisis of Capital

The notion of a “global structural crisis of capital” defining our times was first introduced by István Mészáros in the third edition of his Marx’s Theory of Alienation in 1971, and in his Isaac Deutscher Memorial Lecture, “The Necessity of Social Control” that same year.2 In 1995 in Beyond Capital, Mészáros distinguished the emerging, epochal structural crisis of capital from the cyclical and conjunctural crises that are “capital’s natural mode of existence.” 

Capitalism and Cognition: The Fate of Science in a System in Decline

Tech Billionaires, the AI Threat, and Resistance

Value Chains in the Digital Age: Labor Exploitation and Systemic Ecocide

Imperialism in a Full World: Neomercantilism and the Return of the Zero-Sum Game

Why Can China Resist Financialization?

Monetary Policy and Capitalism

U.S. Imperialism Resurgent

Between the Times: Privatized Keynesianism, Permanent Catastrophe, and the Task of an Economy of Social Production

On the Economic Crisis of Capitalism

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JULY 4, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘America at 250’

America is anxious, and awesomely powerful

Restlessness is what prevents the republic from sinking into stagnation

America should not imprison frontier AI

Fable is free. But the technology desperately needs better regulations4 min read

Turkey and Israel should trade energy, not insults

Both have much to gain from being less belligerent

Venezuela’s earthquakes are partly America’s problem

The government’s response has been dire. Its patron has a duty to help

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JUNE 20, 2026 PREVIEW

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America's AI power grab | June 20th 2026 | The Economist

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘America’s AI power grab’ – Anthropic and the geopolitics of frontier models….

AI has granted America vast new power

Its government is now the gatekeeper to frontier models—and most compute

Donald Trump gambles that Iran wants money more than power

The peace deal is all carrot and no stick

Don’t restrict Chinese biotech

Patients benefit from faster, cheaper treatments, wherever they are invented

India’s new economy still faces an old problem

Family-run conglomerates make the stock market a tricky place to invest

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JUNE 13, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘A World Cup paradox’ – The global fragmentation of fun….

The World Cup paradox

How the rules of both entertainment and soft power are being rewritten

Donald Trump’s least bad option in Iran

He must swallow his pride and accept a deal worse than the pre-war status quo

The Federal Reserve must soon give Donald Trump bad news

Kevin Warsh, the unlucky new chairman, has seen his case for lower interest rates disintegrate

For its own sake, China should change its growth model

It is suffering economic costs for its industrial dominance 

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JUNE 6, 2026 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The rise of Gen-Z socialism‘….

How to fight back against Gen-Z socialism

The me-first doctrine is a threat to prosperity

India’s surprise baby bust is a warning to the world

It is not just rich places that are becoming less fertile

Europe needs Ukraine’s help just as badly as the other way round

The EU should start drafting a full accession treaty now

America’s decaying Treasury market needs a fix

High debt, disjointed markets and pugnacious trade policy all threaten the world’s safe asset

How to make football more exciting

The World Cup is wonderful. It could be even better