Tag Archives: The Economist Magazine

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

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JULY 19, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Winning the war on cancer’…

The world is winning the war on cancer

Progress has been remarkable. Death rates are down substantially, and are likely to fall further

Trump’s U-turn on Russia is utterly cynical—and welcome

His pivot on supplying arms could help Ukraine

To survive the AI age, the web needs a new business model

Artificial intelligence has undermined the internet’s central bargain

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JULY 5, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features Big, beautiful…bonkers

Trumponomics 2.0 will erode the foundations of America’s prosperity

The Big Beautiful Bill is symptomatic of a wider malaise

China is building an entire empire on data

It will change the online economy and the evolution of artificial intelligence

How A-listers are shaking up the consumer-goods business

Hailey Bieber, Rihanna and Ryan Reynolds are among a new cohort of celebrity entrepreneurs

William Ruto is taking Kenya to a dangerous place

The president’s authoritarian instincts are propelling a spiral of violence

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JUNE 28, 2025 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features How to win the peace…

How to win peace in the Middle East

After the bombs should come a plan to reset the region

RFK’s loopy approach to vaccines endangers Americans

Donald Trump’s health secretary undermines global public health, too

How the defence bonanza will reshape the global economy

As they spend big, politicians must resist using one pot of money to achieve many goals

Chinese brands are sweeping the world. Good

From fast food to video games, new marques are making their mark

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JUNE 21, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (June 19, 2025): The latest issue features ‘How will this end?‘….

Where will the Iran-Israel war end?

In a worse place if Donald Trump rushes in

To keep Russia out and America in, NATO must spend more

European members need a hard date to boost their defence budgets

Japan’s government bonds: this time it won’t end well

Even as interest costs mount, politicians promise hando

Why MAGA’s pro-natalist plans are ill-conceived

Efforts to deliver a baby boom either fail or cost a fortune

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JUNE 14, 2025 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (June 12, 2025): The latest issue features ‘American disorder’

When a radical performance artist has command of an army

Donald Trump’s troop deployment in LA could yet backfire

The world must escape the manufacturing delusion

Governments’ obsession with factories is built on myths—and will be self-defeating

How to curb organised crime without shredding civil rights

Ecuador is a test case in the fight against global gangs

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JUNE 7, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The June 7, 2025 issue features ‘Phew, it’s a girl!’ – The stunning decline of boy preference…

The stunning decline of the preference for having boys

Millions of girls were aborted for being girls. Now parents often lean towards them

America’s tax on foreign investors could do more damage than tariffs

Provisions in the Republican budget are a dangerous step

The West is rethinking how to fight wars

Ukraine’s daring raid on Russia has lessons for European armed forces. But they need cash, too

Myanmar is a demonstration of Chinese hegemony in action

China is playing all sides in the country’s bloody civil war

Africa’s most admired dictator rolls the dice

Kagame’s intervention in Congo threatens his legacy at home