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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – OCTOBER 4, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue featuresRussia tests the West

Vladimir Putin is testing the West—and its unity

NATO must resist Russia’s efforts to corrode it from within

The White House’s plan for Gaza deserves praise

America, Israel and perhaps Hamas have changed their positions

Donald Trump’s cure for drug prices is worse than the disease

The problem is not greedy pharma firms

The new SCOTUS term will reshape America’s constitution

If the justices do not check an overmighty president, the country will suffer

Unleash the robotaxi revolution

Across the West, safety rules are standing in the way of progress

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER 27, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue featuresFree speech in America‘…

Donald Trump is trying to silence his critics. He will fail

But the country could still lose

The desperate search for superstar talent

Too much potential goes to waste

Fixing the rot in Ukraine

Things are going wrong away from the front line. Europe needs to help

How to stop AI’s “lethal trifecta”

Coders need to start thinking like mechanical engineers

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER 20, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue featuresHow Israel is losing America

How Israel is losing America

Public opinion is souring even in Israel’s strongest ally. Israelis should worry

America’s monetary policy risks getting too loose

Jobs growth is probably weak because of low migration, not a cold economy

What Elon Musk gets wrong about Europe’s hard right

He imagines a continental revolt against Islam and elites

India could be a different kind of AI superpower

It won’t look like America or China. It could still be a winner

China’s 200m gig workers are a warning for the world

What a giant precarious workforce reveals about the future of jobs

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER 13, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue featuresThe $3trn bet on AI‘…

What if the $3trn AI investment boom goes wrong?

Even if the technology achieves its potential, plenty of people will lose their shirts

Don’t panic about the global fertility crash

A world with fewer people would not be all bad

Israel’s Qatarstrophic error 

Its extra-territorial campaign against terrorists has to have limits

The Kremlin’s plot to kill NATO’s credibility

The alliance needs an emphatic response to Russian air incursions

Nitazenes: another failure of drug prohibition

As countries crack down on fentanyl, a new synthetic opioid takes off

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue featuresAmerica’s missing opposition

Donald Trump is unpopular. Why is it so hard to stand up to him?

Republicans are servile. Courts are slow. Can the Democrats rouse themselves?

How Europe’s hard right threatens the economy

At best, the continent should expect stagnation, at worst a bond-market rout

Xi Jinping’s anti-American party

To see the cost of Trump’s bullying, tally the world leaders flocking to China 

Schools should banish smartphones from the classroom

Grades will rise—and pupils will be happier

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – AUGUST 30, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘What Brazil Can Teach America’

Brazil offers America a lesson in democratic maturity

It is a test case for how countries recover from a populist fever

Humiliation, vindication—and a giant test for India

Trump has triggered a trade and defence crisis: how should Modi respond?

How much danger is America’s central bank in?

Whether Lisa Cook stays or goes, important norms have been broken

France’s government is on the brink of collapse, again

Emmanuel Macron looks likely to lose another prime minister over an attempt to curb public debt

Don’t forget the downsides of China’s innovation push

China’s industrial policy attracts fans abroad, critics at home

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – AUGUST 23, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features All-American silicon‘…

Donald Trump’s fantasy of home-grown chipmaking

To remain the world’s foremost technological power, America needs its friends

A new opposition could be a healthy sign for Syria

Ahmed al-Sharaa, the new president, needs to bring his critics closer

Who will America’s president listen to next on Ukraine?

The problem with Donald Trump’s fast-moving, unpredictable diplomacy

Pregnant women need protecting from heatwaves

As temperatures rise, so must understanding of the risks

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – AUGUST 16, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features How to win at foreign policy

How to win at foreign policy

Donald Trump’s capricious dealmaking destabilizes the world

Xi Jinping’s weaponisation of rare-earth elements will ultimately backfire

How the West can break China’s grip on these vital minerals

America and its Asian allies need to spend more to deter China

It should be a two-way street

The shutdown of ocean currents could freeze Europe

When climate change poses a strategic threat, it needs a strategic response

Why South Africa should scrap Black Economic Empowerment

The ruling party’s flagship policy is a cause of the country’s problems, not a solution

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – AUGUST 9, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features Why Israel must hold itself to account

Why Israel must hold itself to account

And how it can be made to do so

Donald Trump’s awful trade policy will outlast him

He thinks America is winning. It is not

Buy now, pay later gets a bad rap. But it could be useful

Provided lenders open up

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – AUGUST 2, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features Greenlash‘ –

The climate needs a politics of the possible

To win voters’ consent, policymakers must offer pragmatism and hope

What opponents of the EU-US trade deal get wrong

Internal reform matters more than external trade

America is easing chip-export controls at exactly the wrong time

The ban on sales to China was working, and should be kept in place