The Economist Magazine (July 29, 2023 issue): The overstretched CEO; Larry Fink demonised – All he wanted to do was save the planet while making his firm a fortune. Henry Tricks meets the face of woke capitalism; The greatest bank heist ever – Criminals stole $2.5bn from Iraq’s largest state bank in broad daylight. Nicolas Pelham follows their trail, and more…

The overstretched CEO

Companies are increasingly caught up in governments’ competing aims. What to do?

The world should not let Vladimir Putin abandon the grain deal

Here is how to get him to sign up again

Israel has lurched closer to constitutional chaos

But there are still ways to step back from the brink