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The Economist Magazine – May 10, 2025 Preview

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (May 8, 2025): The latest issue features ‘All grown up: Saudi Arabia’s surprising transformation‘…

Saudi Arabia is pulling off an astonishing transformation

Muhammad bin Salman is going from troublemaker to peacemaker

What Putin wants—and how Europe should thwart him

Many Europeans are complacent about the threat Russia poses—and misunderstand how to deter its president

Luck stands between de-escalation and disaster for India and Pakistan

Sooner or later, the luck will run out

The war in Gaza must end

America should press Binyamin Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire, then press Hamas to disarm

Donald Trump is right to ditch Joe Biden’s chip-export rules

Time to get realistic

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The Economist Magazine —- May 3, 2025 Preview

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (May 1, 2025): The latest issue features ‘The Taiwan test‘….

A superpower crunch over Taiwan is coming

China has a new chance to call America’s bluff

Investors’ risky bet: they can shrug off the trade war

The relief they are banking on needs to come fast

India must prove Pakistan’s complicity in the attack in Kashmir

It would then have every right to strike back

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The Economist Magazine – April 26, 2025 Preview

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (April 24, 2025): The latest issue features Trump’s first 100 days, and beyond….

Trump is a revolutionary. Will he succeed?

He has already done lasting harm to America

President Trump’s attacks on the Fed are not over

Jerome Powell wins a reprieve. But expect more showdowns between the White House and the Fed

Africans need jobs. The rest of the world needs workers

Migration from Africa is a mega-trend that transcends today’s populist surge

How to keep AI models on the straight and narrow

Interpretability techniques are powerful, but must be used with care

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The Economist Magazine – April 19, 2025 Preview

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (April 16, 2025): The latest issue features How a dollar crisis would unfold…

How a dollar crisis would unfold

If investors keep selling American assets, a grim fate awaits the world economy

In its pursuit of a policy, Donald Trump’s government is content to destroy a man

What’s at stake in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Zuckerberg on trial: why Meta deserves to win

Social media has plenty of problems. Lack of competition isn’t one of them

Brazil’s Supreme Court is on trial

How a superstar judge illuminates an excessive concentration of power

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The Economist Magazine – April 5, 2025 Preview

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (April 3, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Ruination day: How to limit global damage‘….

President Trump’s mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc

But the rest of the world can limit the damage

How America could end up making China great again

A big beautiful opportunity

Lift sanctions to give Syria a chance of rebuilding

Our poll shows Syrians trust their new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa. So should the West

Why the IMF should bail out a serial deadbeat

Under President Javier Milei, Argenti

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The Economist Magazine – March 22, 2025 Preview

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (March 20, 2025): The latest issue features Rise of the superhuman….

How to enhance humans

Finding ways to live much longer—and better—shouldn’t be left to the cranks

The trap Vladimir Putin has set for Donald Trump

The Russian president wants to suggest that Ukraine is just a detail in a wider relationship

The judges Trump scorns should stand their ground

The rule of law is at stake

Dreams of improving the human race are no longer science fiction

But the “enhancement” industry is still hobbled by out-of-date regulation

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The Economist Magazine – March 15, 2025 Preview

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (March 13, 2025): The latest issue features America’s new foreign policy…

America’s bullied allies need to toughen up

To avoid being crushed, they need a better plan than flattery and concessions

The new economics of immigration

A fresh critique of migration is gaining ground. Liberals must take it seriously

Trump’s erratic policy is harming the reputation of American assets

Like the stockmarket, the dollar is also suffering from falling confidence and rising confusion

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The Economist Magazine – March 8, 2025 Preview

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (March 6, 2025): The latest issue features ‘The Revised Economic Outlook’….

Donald Trump’s economic delusions are already hurting America

The president and reality are drifting apart

The demise of foreign aid offers an opportunity

Donors should focus on what works. Much aid currently does not

A fantastic start for Friedrich Merz

The incoming chancellor signals massive increases in defence and infrastructure spending

The lesson from Trump’s Ukrainian weapons freeze

And the grim choice facing Volodymyr Zelensky

Lifting sanctions on Syria seems mad, until you consider the alternative

Without a reprieve, the country will become a failed sta

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The Economist Magazine – March 1, 2025 Preview

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Don’s New World Order’…

Donald Trump has begun a mafia-like struggle for global power

But the new rules do not suit America

Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working

More wealth means more money for baby-boomers to pass on. That is dangerous for capitalism and society

Germany’s election victor must ditch its debt rules—immediately

Friedrich Merz has weeks to shore up his country’s defences 

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The Economist Magazine – February 15, 2025 Preview

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (February 13, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Battle for the Pentagon‘ – Can Donald Trump remake American defense?

Will Donald Trump and Elon Musk wreck or reform the Pentagon?

America’s security depends upon their success

After DeepSeek, America and the EU are getting AI wrong

Europe has a chance to catch up, whereas America should ease up

Countering China’s diplomatic coup

China has turned much of the global south against Taiwan. That could be laying the ground for forced unification

Can Friedrich Merz save Germany—and Europe?

He is on track to win the election, but to fix Europe he will have to fix his country first