What naked emperors and Super Bowl ads have in common economist.com/culture/2025... from The Economist

Don’t panic about the global fertility crash economist.com/leaders/2025... from The Economist

The sinister brilliance of Donald Trump’s security theatre economist.com/united-state... from The Economist

America’s Democrats all agree they messed up horribly to let Trump win. I went to Iowa, North Carolina and New York to ask them how they can win again economist.com/briefing/202...

How climate change could spread malaria economist.com/middle-east-... from The Economist

Across the rich world, politicians decry the dysfunction of the global asylum system. Might this be the least bad way to fix it? econ.st/4lX8x4m Photo: WFP/Julian Civiero

What if America’s red states are about to lose their cheap-housing advantage? economist.com/united-state... from The Economist

There is nothing wrong with seeking a better life. But when jobseekers and refugees crowd into the same funnel, malign consequences follow. Here is how the world’s asylum system could be redesigned

In war, incentives matter more than courage economist.com/culture/2025... from The Economist

The TV shows people risk death to watch economist.com/culture/2025... from The Economist

The stunning decline of the preference for having boys economist.com/leaders/2025... from The Economist

America’s tax on foreign investors could do more damage than tariffs economist.com/leaders/2025... from The Economist

Why the best time to be a dad is now economist.com/culture/2025... from The Economist

Europe’s free-speech problem economist.com/leaders/2025... from The Economist

How golden ages really start—and end economist.com/culture/2025... from The Economist

Reversing state capture is hard. Just ask South Africa, Bangladesh or Poland. Far better not to let it take root in the first place. economist.com/internationa... from The Economist

Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq

Is Elon Musk remaking America’s government, or breaking it? There are three possible outcomes for DOGE econ.st/42bGqGf

The judges Trump scorns should stand their ground economist.com/leaders/2025... from The Economist

The best way to curb the cruelty of the world’s worst regimes economist.com/culture/2025... from The Economist

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Rwanda does a Putin in Congo www.economist.com/leaders/2025... from The Economist

In Putin’s new Russian economy, even a harmless digital retailer can attract the attention of warlords www.economist.com/1843/2025/01... from The Economist

Why most countries should import more electricity www.economist.com/leaders/2025... from The Economist

How Donald Trump draws on ideas from 1897 www.economist.com/leaders/2025... from The Economist

Good summary of Donald Trump’s extraordinary list of immigration curbs, including the flagrantly unconstitutional www.economist.com/united-state... from The Economist

The awful economics of piracy: the Houthis make $2bn a year by extorting money from shippers, while inflicting $200bn of costs on the world. www.economist.com/interactive/... from The Economist

TikTok’s time is up. Can Donald Trump save it? www.economist.com/business/202... from The Economist

To catch up, Africa needs a capitalist revolution. Wonderfully argued cover story in this week’s Economist www.economist.com/leaders/2025... from The Economist

Outrageous for Trump to threaten force. But for America to buy Greenland might actually be good for Greenlanders www.economist.com/finance-and-... from The Economist

I wrote this week on Pete Hegseth's contention that women should not serve in combat. I look at the evidence from the past decade, including various experiments & studies. In practice, only tiny numbers of women are ever likely to serve in the infantry. www.economist.com/internationa...

Sex, drugs and bankruptcy: people over 55 are living more recklessly than the young www.economist.com/internationa... from The Economist

I went to Kerala, Mumbai and Bangalore to ask Indians how they are adapting to climate change. www.economist.com/asia/2025/01... from The Economist

They “won’t be retrained. They’ll move.” @arynbraun.bsky.social on Bakersfield, an oil town where drilling is dying www.economist.com/christmas-sp... from The Economist

Jimmy Carter showed how hard it is to be both an effective president and a truly good person. He was an inspiring ex-president, though www.economist.com/obituary/202... from The Economist

Wonderful obituary of a great man: Manmohan Singh, India’s economic freedom fighter www.economist.com/finance-and-... from The Economist

How better data could lead to better sex www.economist.com/christmas-sp... from The Economist

No light, no warmth, no women. Good wages, though. What it’s like mining in the Arctic www.economist.com/christmas-sp... from The Economist

The Nigerian preacher Putin hates www.economist.com/christmas-sp... from The Economist

Walking with people is a quick way to make friends www.economist.com/christmas-sp... from The Economist

A Bible-bashing, gun-toting governor holds lessons for today www.economist.com/christmas-sp... from The Economist

A podcast about cows www.economist.com/podcasts/202...

How the axolotl rose from obscurity to global stardom www.economist.com/christmas-sp... from The Economist

What a 70-year-old firebreathing lizard reveals about humanity www.economist.com/christmas-sp... from The Economist

How much happiness does money buy? www.economist.com/christmas-sp... from The Economist

When the law penalises good Samaritans www.economist.com/christmas-sp... from The Economist

A day in the life of Toyosu, the world’s greatest fish market www.economist.com/christmas-sp... from The Economist