| 27-Mar-2025
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is throttling Turkey’s democracy
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| 27-Mar-2025
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Labour can still rescue Britain’s growth prospects
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But after a messy Spring Statement, the window of opportunity is narrowing
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| 27-Mar-2025
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The unpredictability of Trump’s tariffs will increase the pain
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Businesses are struggling to adjust
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| 27-Mar-2025
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Is Elon Musk remaking government or breaking it?
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So far, there is more destruction than creation
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| 27-Mar-2025
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Israel’s expansionism is a danger to others—and itself
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It risks turning hubris into disaster
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| 27-Mar-2025
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First, jab more babies
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As aid shrinks, donors and recipients should focus more on health
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| 7-May-2024
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Rogue Russia threatens the world, not just Ukraine
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The West must show its enemy is Vladimir Putin, not 143m ordinary Russians
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| 17-Mar-2024
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Making sense of the gulf between young men and women
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It’s complicated. But better schooling for boys might help
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| 17-Mar-2024
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The Gulf’s scramble for Africa is reshaping the continent
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Its increased influence brings economic rewards and political risks
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| 17-Mar-2024
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Oil’s endgame could be highly disruptive
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The oil shocks of the future will be driven by demand, not supply
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| 17-Feb-2025
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Why Japan’s economy remains a warning to others
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Low real rates, low growth and high debts are not going away
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| 17-Feb-2025
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America’s Supreme Court should reject the challenge to abortion drugs
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The case against mail-order mifepristone is legally and medically spurious
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| 17-Feb-2025
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Britain is the best place in Europe to be an immigrant
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What other countries can learn from its example
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| 17-Feb-2025
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At a moment of military might, Israel looks deeply vulnerable
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America should help it find a better strategy
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| 17-Feb-2025
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The hidden costs of Biden’s steel protectionism
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Uncertain political benefits do not justify the president’s vetoing a Japanese takeover of US Steel
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| 25-Mar-2024
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Why XL Bully dogs should be banned everywhere
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Big, strong and bred to kill, they are too dangerous to live with people
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| 17-Feb-2025
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The triple shock facing Europe’s economy
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After the energy crisis, Europe faces surging Chinese imports and the threat of Trump tariffs
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| 17-Feb-2025
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The AI doctor will see you…eventually
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Artificial intelligence holds huge promise in health care. But it also faces massive barriers
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| 17-Feb-2025
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Some advice to the corporate world’s know-it-alls
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With growth slowing, consulting firms like McKinsey need some counsel of their own
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| 17-Feb-2025
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The looming threat from Antarctica
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A big thaw will have unexpected consequences for the rest of the world
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| 17-Feb-2025
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Russia is gearing up for a big new push along a long front line
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Ukraine must prepare
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| 7-Oct-2024
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It’s time to curb triple-digit inflation
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The use of abbreviations has gone too far
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| 7-Oct-2024
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Central banks have spent down their credibility
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| 15-Jul-2024
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Xi Jinping’s misguided plan to escape economic stagnation
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It will disappoint China’s people and anger the rest of the world
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| 4-Apr-2024
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Beware a world without American power
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Donald Trump’s threat to dump allies would risk a nuclear free-for-all
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| 4-Apr-2024
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A chilling near-miss shows how today’s digital infrastructure is vulnerable
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This is how to protect the internet from malicious attacks
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| 4-Apr-2024
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What Boeing, Disney and others can learn from General Electric
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Lessons from the tenure of Larry Culp
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| 11-Feb-2025
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America should follow England’s lead on transgender care for kids
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Its approach is neither as harsh as in red states nor as lax as in blue states
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| 11-Feb-2025
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Global warming is coming for your home
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Who will pay for the damage?
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| 11-Feb-2025
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The rights and wrongs of assisted dying
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Britain’s next great social reform is coming. Here’s how it should work
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| 11-Feb-2025
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In praise of Peter Higgs
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The particle named after him became a selling point. For the man, it was a bit of a pain
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| 11-Feb-2025
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The short-sighted Israeli army
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Force alone cannot bring security
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| 11-Feb-2025
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True swing voters are extraordinarily rare in America
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We have found some
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| 15-Apr-2024
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How to locate the global south
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How a fuzzy, scorned term reflects geopolitical shifts
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| 7-Oct-2024
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America’s interest rates are unlikely to fall this year
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That will squeeze financial markets and the world economy
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| 19-Apr-2024
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Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z
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They are not doomed to be poor and anxious
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| 19-Apr-2024
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Israel should not rush to strike back at Iran
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Instead it should try a novel response to Iran’s missile attack: restraint
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| 18-Apr-2024
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India’s democracy needs a stronger opposition
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The Congress party is set for a drubbing in the world’s biggest election
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| 18-Apr-2024
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How to get more people into military uniforms
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Why mandatory military service makes sense for some countries but not others
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| 18-Apr-2024
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America’s moves against Chinese biotech will hurt patients at home
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The motives behind the BIOSECURE act are muddy
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| 3-Oct-2024
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Finally, America’s Congress does right by Ukraine
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Disaster has been dodged. But the political malaise that delayed the Ukraine funding bill remains
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| 25-Apr-2024
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Don’t be gloomy about Tesla and its EV rivals
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The industry has had a terrible few months. But demand is likely to pick up
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| 3-Oct-2024
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America’s latest aid will give Ukraine only a temporary reprieve
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The bitterness of the struggle in Washington is a sign of trouble ahead
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| 25-Apr-2024
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How strong is India’s economy?
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It isn’t the next China, but it could still transform itself and the world
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| 26-Apr-2024
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A mosquito-borne disease is spreading as the planet warms
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Dengue fever must be curbed
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| 25-Apr-2024
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Why leaving the ECHR would be a bad idea for Britain
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The next litmus test of Tory purity
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| 16-Oct-2024
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The wider lessons of Scotland’s political turmoil
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Humza Yousaf’s resignation is the latest in a string of setbacks
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| 16-Oct-2024
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Japan is wrong to try to prop up the yen
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Supporting the currency is expensive and futile
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| 16-Oct-2024
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Should American universities call the cops on protesting students?
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The principles involved in resolving campus protests are not that hard
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| 16-Oct-2024
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Emmanuel Macron’s urgent message for Europe
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The French president issues a dark and prophetic warning
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| 16-Oct-2024
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America’s reckless borrowing is a danger to its economy—and the world’s
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Without good luck or a painful adjustment, the only way out will be to let inflation rip
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| 16-Oct-2024
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How disinformation works—and how to counter it
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More co-ordination is needed, and better access to data
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| 16-Oct-2024
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Why South Africans are fed up after 30 years of democracy
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After a bright start the ANC has proved incapable of governing for the whole country
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| 16-Oct-2024
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How to pacify the world’s most violent region
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The iron-fist approach will not solve Latin America’s gang-violence problem
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| 16-Oct-2024
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The liberal international order is slowly coming apart
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Its collapse could be sudden and irreversible
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| 16-Oct-2024
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Threats to Europe’s economy are mounting. Finance can help fortify it
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Time to press ahead with banking and capital-market reforms
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| 16-Oct-2024
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What companies can expect if Labour wins Britain’s election
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The party that aspires to lead the country is courting business
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| 16-Oct-2024
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The world’s most improbable success story still needs to evolve
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Under Lawrence Wong, the city-state has a new chance to change
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| 16-Oct-2024
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How “judge-mandering” is eroding trust in America’s judiciary
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The assignment of judges to cases should be random, not political
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| 4-Dec-2024
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America’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs: bad policy, worse leadership
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The global trade system is disintegrating as you read this
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| 4-Dec-2024
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Is America dictator-proof?
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The many vulnerabilities, and enduring strengths, of America’s republic
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| 4-Dec-2024
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Big tech’s capex splurge may be irrationally exuberant
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Beware of overhype and overbuild
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| 4-Dec-2024
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Xi Jinping is subtler than Vladimir Putin—yet equally disruptive
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How to deal with Chinese actions that lie between war and peace
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| 4-Dec-2024
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Canada’s law to help news outlets is harming them instead
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Funding journalism with cash from big tech has become a fiasco
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| 4-Dec-2024
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Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidential term expires on May 20th
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What does that mean for his country?
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| 16-Oct-2024
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Rishi Sunak’s election call makes no sense, but is good news
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Whether an act of political genius or lunacy, Britons should welcome it
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| 22-May-2024
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A president’s death gives Iran’s regime a choice
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It will probably choose to keep alienating voters and antagonising the West
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| 16-Oct-2024
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Why paying women to have more babies won’t work
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Economies must adapt to baby busts instead
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| 16-Oct-2024
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How to save South Africa
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The rainbow nation needs an alternative to decline under the ANC
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| 16-Oct-2024
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What India’s clout in white-collar work means for the world
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In time its tech firms could be as formidable as China’s manufacturers
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| 16-Oct-2024
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The war-crimes case against the leaders of Israel and Hamas is flawed
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Politics and diplomacy, not courts, are the key to ending violence and starting two-state talks
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| 16-Oct-2024
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Hacking phones is too easy. Time to make it harder
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Regulators have avoided the problem for too long
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| 10-Feb-2025
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Incompetence or opacity: the choice facing British voters
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The first week of the election campaign points to a failure of political competition
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| 10-Feb-2025
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The pro-choice movement that could help Joe Biden win
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A backlash against abortion bans is energising the middle ground in America
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| 10-Feb-2025
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The three women who will shape Europe
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At a crucial moment they encapsulate the dilemma of how to handle populism
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| 10-Feb-2025
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What penny-pinching baby-boomers mean for the world economy
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They are saving like never before. But even that may not bring interest rates down
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| 10-Feb-2025
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Japan and South Korea are getting friendlier. At last
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As the world economy fragments, two export powerhouses see the virtue of chumminess
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| 31-May-2024
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The disgrace of a former American president
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But this prosecution of Donald Trump was wrongheaded and counter-productive
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| 10-Feb-2025
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South Africa stands on the brink of salvation—or catastrophe
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To prevent a coalition of chaos, Cyril Ramaphosa and the Democratic Alliance must do a deal
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| 4-Jun-2024
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What Claudia Sheinbaum’s victory might mean for Mexico
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The next president should break with her predecessor and mentor
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| 10-Feb-2025
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A triumph for Indian democracy
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The shock election result will change the country—ultimately for the better
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| 10-Feb-2025
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America’s billionaires should resist the urge to support Donald Trump
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A Trump victory would reward them. But not enough to justify the risks
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| 10-Feb-2025
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How the Labour Party could end Britain’s stagnation
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Even if the economy peps up, taxes will have to rise
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| 10-Feb-2025
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Morena’s landslide win threatens to take Mexico down a dangerous path
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The country’s newly elected president will need to show political courage
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| 10-Feb-2025
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Three reasons why it’s good news that robots are getting smarter
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They are becoming more capable, easier to program and better at explaining themselves
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| 15-Jul-2024
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Emmanuel Macron wants a snap election to get him out of a deep hole
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But he’s taking a big risk
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| 7-Oct-2024
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America seems immune to the world economy’s problems
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Elsewhere, political dysfunction and fiscal frailties are taking a toll
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| 14-Jun-2024
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How worrying is the rapid rise of Chinese science?
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If America wants to maintain its lead, it should focus less on keeping China down
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| 14-Jun-2024
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If a bestseller list shuns authors it dislikes, it should say so
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Bestseller lists are supposed to reflect sales, not political ideology
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| 14-Jun-2024
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A second Trump term: from unthinkable to probable
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Introducing our 2024 American election forecast model
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| 21-Jun-2024
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How to tax billionaires—and how not to
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Closing loopholes would be a better bet than a levy on unrealised capital gains
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| 17-Dec-2024
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Javier Milei’s next move could make his presidency—or break it
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Radical experiments with the currency could spell disaster
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| 21-Jun-2024
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India should liberate its cities and create more states
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It doesn’t need more government. It needs more governments
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| 4-Oct-2024
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The exponential growth of solar power will change the world
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An energy-rich future is within reach
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| 21-Jun-2024
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AI will transform the character of warfare
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Technology will make war faster and more opaque. It could also prove destabilising
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| 15-Jul-2024
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Emmanuel Macron’s project of reform is at risk
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A snap election in France reveals the flimsiness of his legacy
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| 26-Jun-2024
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Nigel Farage’s claim that NATO provoked Russia is naive and dangerous
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It is also a wilful misreading of history
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| 4-Oct-2024
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Simple steps to stop people dying from heatwaves
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As much of the world roasts, don’t despair
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| 27-Jun-2024
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Keir Starmer should be Britain’s next prime minister
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Why Labour must form the next government
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| 15-Jul-2024
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Macron has done well by France. But he risks throwing it all away
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After the election, populists of the right and left could hobble a centrist president
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| 27-Jun-2024
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LLMs now write lots of science. Good
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Easier and more lucid writing will make science faster and better
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| 15-Jul-2024
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A pivotal moment for China’s Communist Party
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Will Xi Jinping keep ignoring good advice at the party’s third plenum?
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| 27-Jun-2024
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What to make of Joe Biden’s plans for a second term
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His domestic agenda is underwhelming, unrealistic and better than the alternative
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| 23-Jul-2024
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Joe Biden should now give way to an alternative candidate
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His last and greatest political act would help rescue America from an emergency
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| 5-Jul-2024
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Why Biden must withdraw
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The president and his party portray themselves as the saviours of democracy. Their actions say otherwise
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| 5-Jul-2024
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Central banks are winning the battle against inflation. But the war is just getting started
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Politics and protectionism will make life difficult
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| 5-Jul-2024
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Hizbullah poses a grave threat to Israel
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But a war right now would be disastrous
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| 5-Jul-2024
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As Amazon turns 30, three factors will define its next decade
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It will have to deal with trustbusters, catch up on AI and revive its core business
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| 31-Dec-2024
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How spies should use technology
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Digital tools are transforming spycraft, but won’t replace human agents
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| 8-Jul-2024
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How to Trump-proof America’s alliances
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An essential step will be to let Ukraine into NATO
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| 5-Jul-2024
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Labour has won the British election. Now it has to seize the moment
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A volatile electorate and a strong showing for Reform UK are no reason for caution
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| 15-Jul-2024
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The French far right may not have peaked
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After winning 32% of the vote in parliamentary elections it will eye the presidency
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| 12-Jul-2024
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How to raise the world’s IQ
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Simple ways to make the next generation more intelligent
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| 11-Jul-2024
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How to prevent strongmen from hijacking the fight against dodgy money
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Egypt, India and Turkey are regular abusers
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| 12-Jul-2024
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Britain’s skewed election reinforces the case for voting reform. After 2029
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The new government has more important things to deal with first
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| 11-Jul-2024
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Faddish thinking is hobbling education in the rich world
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Test scores have been stagnant or worse for more than a decade
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| 15-Jul-2024
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Fortunately, Donald Trump’s would-be killer failed. What next?
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Politicians should try to lower the political temperature
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| 9-Aug-2024
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Millions of birds have died. How to stop humans dying, too
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As isolated human cases of H5N1 emerge, now is the time to prepare
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| 18-Jul-2024
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Euphoric markets are ignoring growing political risks
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Investors’ exuberance in the face of political ructions is unlikely to pay off
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| 18-Jul-2024
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Where would Donald Trump and J.D. Vance take America?
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The anti-globalist MAGA enthusiast is more consequential than the average veep pick
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| 20-Jul-2024
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Gaza could become “Mogadishu on the Med”
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Even if there is a ceasefire, its prospects are grim
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| 18-Jul-2024
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To halt Brazil’s decline, Lula needs to cut runaway public spending
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Investors have started to worry
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| 23-Jul-2024
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How Labour should reform Britain’s overstuffed prisons
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With no room for new prisoners, something has to change
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| 4-Oct-2024
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Joe Biden has given Democrats a second chance to win the White House
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If they are not to squander it, they must have a proper contest
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| 4-Oct-2024
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MAGA Republicans are wrong to seek a cheaper dollar
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It is hard to cast America as a victim of the global financial system
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| 4-Oct-2024
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Can Kamala Harris win?
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Joe Biden’s vice-president has an extraordinary opportunity. But she also has a mountain to climb
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| 30-Dec-2024
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A global gold rush is changing sport
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Fans may be cooling on the Olympics, but elsewhere technology is transforming how sport is watched
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| 20-Dec-2024
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How to ensure Africa is not left behind by the AI revolution
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Weak digital infrastructure is holding the continent back
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| 25-Jul-2024
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Germany’s failure to lead the EU is becoming a problem
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A weak chancellor and coalition rows are to blame
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| 21-Jan-2025
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Can Nicolás Maduro be stopped from stealing Venezuela’s election?
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Peaceful protests and judicious diplomacy offer some hope
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| 7-Oct-2024
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The Middle East must step back from the brink
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That still means starting with a ceasefire in Gaza
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| 28-Aug-2024
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Chinese companies are winning the global south
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Their expansion abroad holds important lessons for Western incumbents
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| 28-Aug-2024
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Genomic medicines can cost $3m a dose. How to make them affordable
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The treatments are marvels of innovation. Their pricing must be inventive, too
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| 28-Aug-2024
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How to make tourism work for locals and visitors alike
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Holidays don’t have to be hell
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| 28-Aug-2024
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Is the big state back in Britain?
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The risk is not too much interventionism, but too little audacity
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| 5-Aug-2024
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How to respond to the riots on Britain’s streets
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The violence demands robust policing, but it also requires cool heads
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| 4-Oct-2024
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Is Tim Walz the right vice-presidential running-mate for Kamala Harris?
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Progressives like him, but the presidential candidate will need to find ways to win over moderates
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| 8-Aug-2024
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Banning the opposition won’t save Thailand’s unpopular regime
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Once again, the army pretends its critics are anti-royal
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| 8-Aug-2024
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How to respond to the riots in Britain
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Punish the thugs. Stand up for immigration. And improve local services
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| 8-Aug-2024
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Bangladesh has ousted an autocrat. Now for the hard part
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A caretaker leader, Muhammad Yunus, must try to rebuild democracy
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| 4-Oct-2024
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Will America’s economy swing the election?
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It is not entering recession, but it is slowing down. That is bad news for Kamala Harris
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| 8-Aug-2024
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Why Ethiopia and Nigeria must press on with reforms
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Currency liberalisation alone is not enough
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| 3-Oct-2024
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The rights, wrongs and risks of Ukraine’s Kursk incursion
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Ukrainian forces should be careful not to overreach
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| 4-Oct-2024
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Our forecast puts Kamala Harris and Donald Trump neck and neck
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We relaunch our presidential-election model for a transformed race
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| 20-Dec-2024
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Reluctantly, America eyes building more nuclear weapons
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The superpower faces more adversaries, new technologies and less-confident allies
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| 16-Aug-2024
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Time to shine a light on the shadowy carry trade
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Transparency will help to avoid financial blow-ups
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| 17-Aug-2024
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America is sabotaging itself in the global battle for talent
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Some countries are much more serious about attracting the highly skilled
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| 4-Oct-2024
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Kamala Harris can beat Donald Trump. But how would she govern?
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Being a politician is about more than campaigning. More policy detail is needed
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| 22-Aug-2024
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How to attract Indian tourists
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Destinations are competing for the travelling rupee
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| 4-Oct-2024
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What to make of America’s topsy-turvy economy
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Don’t panic just yet
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| 22-Aug-2024
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Countries should act faster to curb the spread of mpox
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The slower the response, the more people will die
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| 22-Aug-2024
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Regulators are focusing on real AI risks over theoretical ones. Good
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Rules on safety may one day be needed. But not yet
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| 7-Oct-2024
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Why inflation fell without a recession
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High interest rates, not the passage of time, have restored price stability
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| 30-Aug-2024
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Why Sudan’s catastrophic war is the world’s problem
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It could kill millions—and spread chaos across Africa and the Middle East
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| 29-Aug-2024
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People should be paid for blood plasma
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Shortages are hampering the production of essential medicines
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| 29-Aug-2024
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Digital twins are fast becoming part of everyday life
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Welcome to the mirror world
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| 29-Aug-2024
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Donald Trump’s promise of “mass deportation” is unworkable
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Yet he could cause serious harm by trying
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| 5-Sep-2024
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As Brazil bans Elon Musk’s X, who will speak up for free speech?
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Free expression has become a culture war, and those who should defend it are staying quiet
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| 5-Sep-2024
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How to deal with the hard-right threat in Germany
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As extremists win more votes across Europe, forming moderate and effective governments is getting harder
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| 5-Sep-2024
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What to do about America’s killer cars
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The country’s roads are nearly twice as dangerous as the rich-world average. It doesn’t have to be that way
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| 7-Oct-2024
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The real problem with China’s economy
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The country risks making some of the mistakes the Soviet Union did
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| 5-Sep-2024
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A make-or-break moment for Mexico
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In America’s biggest trading partner the rule of law and democracy are under attack
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| 9-Oct-2024
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The Labour government’s worrying lack of ambition in Europe
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Sir Keir Starmer is trapped by the mindset of the post-Brexit years
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| 10-Oct-2024
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Mario Draghi’s best ideas are those Europe finds least comfortable
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The danger is that it picks the easy ones
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| 10-Oct-2024
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Nigeria’s catastrophic fuel crisis has a straightforward solution
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How to scrap a popular yet ruinous subsidy
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| 10-Oct-2024
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America’s election is mired in conflict
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Donald Trump’s conspiracy machine is already gearing up for election night
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| 10-Oct-2024
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How to finish Japan’s business revolution
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Tokyo-listed companies have become more friendly to shareholders, but the job is only half-done
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| 10-Oct-2024
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More storms are brewing in the South China Sea
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A dangerous new stage in the conflict is beginning
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| 18-Dec-2024
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Britain should let university tuition fees rise
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Domestic students have been paying less in real terms every year
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| 19-Sep-2024
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How the world’s poor stopped catching up
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Progress stalled around 2015. To restart it, liberalise
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| 23-Sep-2024
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The breakthrough AI needs
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A race is on to push artificial intelligence beyond today’s limits
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| 3-Oct-2024
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Let Ukraine hit military targets in Russia with American missiles
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Hitting back at the forces blasting Ukrainian cities is legal and proportionate
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| 19-Sep-2024
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After peak woke, what next?
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The influence of a set of illiberal ideas is waning. That creates an opportunity
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| 16-Oct-2024
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How worried should Sri Lanka be about its ex-Marxist president?
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He is not as bad as he sounds. But the risk of disappointment is high
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| 16-Oct-2024
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The sinking feeling caused by Labour’s clumsy start
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Britain’s new government is paying for the sins of the election campaign
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| 16-Oct-2024
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If you must raise taxes, raise VAT
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Taxing consumption is economically efficient and politically possible
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| 16-Oct-2024
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The war is going badly. Ukraine and its allies must change course
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Time for credible war aims—and NATO membership
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| 16-Oct-2024
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An Israel-Hizbullah war would be a disaster for both
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Both must find a way to step back
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| 16-Oct-2024
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YouTube’s do-it-yourself brigade is taking on Netflix and Disney
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Legions of self-taught film-makers are coming for the television industry
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| 4-Oct-2024
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The year that shattered the Middle East
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Kill or be killed is the region’s new logic. Deterrence and diplomacy would be better
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| 3-Oct-2024
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Don’t celebrate China’s stimulus just yet
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It will take more than a spectacular stockmarket rally to revive the economy
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| 3-Oct-2024
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Socially liberal and strong on defence, Japan’s new premier shows promise
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But he must ditch his more eccentric ideas if he is to control his party
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| 3-Oct-2024
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Dismantling Google is a terrible idea
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Despite its appeal as a political rallying cry
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| 3-Oct-2024
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A map of a fruit fly’s brain could help us understand our own
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A miracle of complexity, powered by rotting fruit
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| 10-Oct-2024
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Britain should not hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
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Once again, the Chagossians have been denied a say
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| 11-Oct-2024
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How Florida should respond to Hurricane Milton
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Storms like it raise uncomfortable questions about the state’s future
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| 10-Oct-2024
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The Trumpification of American policy
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No matter who wins in November, Donald Trump has redefined both parties’ agendas
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| 10-Oct-2024
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How high could the oil price go?
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Geopolitical risk is rising. But so is the supply of oil
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| 10-Oct-2024
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The front line of the tech war is in Asia
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The two superpowers are vying for influence. China will not necessarily win
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| 31-Dec-2024
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Starship will change what is possible beyond Earth
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The successful test-flight of SpaceX’s massive new space vehicle promises a host of new projects, including the colonisation of Mars
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| 11-Nov-2024
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How the Biden administration botched America’s sanctions against Iran
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With the financial deterrent undermined, only military deterrence is left
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| 21-Oct-2024
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America’s economy is bigger and better than ever
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Will politics bring it back to Earth?
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| 21-Oct-2024
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Britain’s budget risks being a huge missed opportunity
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Rachel Reeves looks set to please no one for little return
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| 21-Oct-2024
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Canada’s Trudeau trap
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How the world’s most reasonable country grew sick of centre-left liberalism
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| 18-Feb-2025
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Elon’s $1m voter
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Mr Musk’s scheme to boost Donald Trump is legally questionable and bad for democracy
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| 18-Feb-2025
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The blistering rally in gold augurs ill for the power of the dollar
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Central banks are shifting away from the greenback
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| 18-Feb-2025
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It’s not just obesity. Drugs like Ozempic will change the world
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As they become cheaper, they promise to improve billions of lives
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| 18-Feb-2025
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Decarceration is the key to better prisons
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Britain is not the only rich country that needs a radical change in approach
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| 18-Feb-2025
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Time to shake up Asia’s sleepy monopolies
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The cosy links between politics and business impose large costs on a dynamic region
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| 1-Nov-2024
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ADHD should not be treated as a disorder
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Adapting schools and workplaces for it can help far more
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| 1-Nov-2024
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The British budget combines large numbers and a narrow vision
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A bigger state but an irrational way to fund it
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| 1-Nov-2024
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A second Trump term comes with unacceptable risks
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If The Economist had a vote, we would cast it for Kamala Harris
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| 1-Nov-2024
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Index funds want to continue being treated as “passive” investors
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They should act like them, then
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| 11-Nov-2024
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How to avoid anarchy in Antarctica
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All that stands between the status quo and chaos is a fragile treaty
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| 11-Nov-2024
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Welcome to Trump’s world
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His sweeping victory will shake up everything
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| 7-Nov-2024
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How to protect India’s shareholder capitalism from itself
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A surge in equity investment is threatened by risky derivatives trading
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| 7-Nov-2024
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A scourge that damages babies’ brains is coming back
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Yet iodine deficiency is startlingly easy to prevent
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| 11-Nov-2024
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Europe needs to wake up and look after itself
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The biggest obstacle is Germany, which now urgently needs elections
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| 7-Nov-2024
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Why open-source AI models are good for the world
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Their critics dwell on the dangers and underestimate the benefits
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| 14-Nov-2024
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After the revolution, Bangladesh is stable. For the moment
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Muhammad Yunus, the interim leader, needs to set a date for elections
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| 15-Nov-2024
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How to avoid global chaos in the next ten weeks
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Risks abound in the limbo between now and Donald Trump’s swearing-in
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| 21-Nov-2024
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Matt Gaetz’s nomination to be attorney-general is an ill omen
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It shows how far Donald Trump is willing to go to dominate the machinery of government
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| 14-Nov-2024
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What’s about to hit the world economy?
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Trumponomics tees off
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| 14-Nov-2024
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Everything about climate change may seem grim. It isn’t
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The fight for a stable climate will be fought using technology
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| 14-Nov-2024
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China should not wait to stimulate its economy
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It is heading into a trade war
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| 18-Dec-2024
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Germany cannot afford to wait to relax its debt brake
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It should move before the election
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| 29-Nov-2024
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Why British MPs should vote for assisted dying
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A long-awaited liberal reform is in jeopardy
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| 22-Nov-2024
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Elon Musk is Donald Trump’s disrupter-in-chief
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The entrepreneur will be let loose on America’s government
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| 18-Dec-2024
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Too many master’s courses are expensive and flaky
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Governments should help postgraduates get a better deal
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| 21-Nov-2024
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From Nixon to China, to Trump to Tehran
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Iran is weak. For America’s next president that creates an opportunity
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| 29-Nov-2024
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Peace in Lebanon is just a start
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Donald Trump must build on Joe Biden’s belated success
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| 2-Dec-2024
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Tariff threats will do harm, even if Donald Trump does not impose them
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The risk of a trade war is uncomfortably high
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| 17-Dec-2024
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Javier Milei: “My contempt for the state is infinite”
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Argentina’s president is idolised by the Trumpian right. They should get to know him better
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| 29-Nov-2024
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How to make a success of peace talks with Vladimir Putin
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The key is robust security guarantees for Ukrainians
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| 29-Nov-2024
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Lessons from the failure of Northvolt
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Governments blew billions on a battery champion. Time to welcome foreign investors instead
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| 20-Jan-2025
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Joe Biden abused a medieval power to pardon his son
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The president’s reversal is understandable, humane and wrong
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| 12-Dec-2024
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Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea should resign, or be impeached
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His coup attempt was foiled. But grave tests still remain for the country
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| 6-Dec-2024
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France steps into deep trouble
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It has no government and no budget, and is politically gridlocked
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| 6-Dec-2024
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America’s gambling boom should be celebrated, not feared
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The gambling frenzy is mostly about people being free to enjoy themselves
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| 6-Dec-2024
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NASA is an obvious target for Elon Musk’s axe
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Its Moon programme is a mess. But DOGE is likely to struggle to cut it to size
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| 13-Dec-2024
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America’s searing market rally brings new risks
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Financial innovation is just as much to blame as the technological sort
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| 13-Dec-2024
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Multilateral institutions are turning away from the poorest countries
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Even bail-outs are getting expensive
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| 18-Dec-2024
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Can you read as well as a ten-year-old?
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Adults in rich countries are less literate than they were a decade ago. That requires attention
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| 13-Dec-2024
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How the new Syria might succeed or fail
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Much will go wrong. But for now, celebrate a tyrant’s fall
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| 13-Dec-2024
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What Spain can teach the rest of Europe
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Our number-crunching suggests it was the best-performing rich economy in 2024
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| 19-Dec-2024
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Keep the Caucasus safe from Russia
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Georgia’s protesters and president need help
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| 19-Dec-2024
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How to give money to good causes
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Let a balance of morals, liberty and efficiency be your guide
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| 19-Dec-2024
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What to make of 2024
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A turbulent year has shed fresh light on some important truths
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| 7-Feb-2025
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Global warming is speeding up. Another reason to think about geoengineering
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Reducing sulphur emissions saves lives. But it could also be hastening planetary warming
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| 19-Dec-2024
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The Economist’s country of the year for 2024
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The winner toppled a tyrant and seems headed for something better
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Finland’s seizure of a tanker shows how to fight Russian sabotage
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The growing threat to undersea cables demands a robust response
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| 24-Mar-2025
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The Starmer government looks a poor guardian of England’s improving schools
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It is fiddling with what works and not yet dealing with what doesn’t
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Tech is coming to Washington. Prepare for a clash of cultures
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Out of Trumpian chaos and contradiction, something good might just emerge
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Smarter incentives would help India adapt to climate change
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It is the biggest test case for how hot, hard-up countries can cope
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| 24-Mar-2025
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To see what European business could become, look to the Nordics
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The region produces an impressive number of corporate giants
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| 24-Mar-2025
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The Putinisation of central Europe
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Austria could soon get its most extreme chancellor since the 1940s
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Mark Zuckerberg’s U-turn on fact-checking is craven—but correct
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Social-media platforms should not be in the business of defining truth
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Donald the Deporter
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Could a man who makes ugly promises of mass expulsion actually fix America’s immigration system?
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Just because Indonesia has nickel doesn’t mean it should make EVs
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Economic nationalists are making a reckless bet
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| 24-Mar-2025
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The capitalist revolution Africa needs
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The world’s poorest continent should embrace its least fashionable idea
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Pete Hegseth’s culture war will weaken America’s armed forces
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Donald Trump’s nominee for defence risks driving away talent
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Health warnings about alcohol give only half the story
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Enjoyment matters as well as risk
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Much of the damage from the LA fires could have been averted
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The lesson of the tragedy is that better incentives will keep people safe
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Rising bond yields should spur governments to go for growth
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The bond sell-off may partly reflect America’s productivity boom
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Donald Trump will upend 80 years of American foreign policy
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A superpower’s approach to the world is about to be turned on its head
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Houthi Inc: the pirates who weaponised globalisation
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Their Red Sea protection racket is a disturbing glimpse into an anarchic world
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| 24-Mar-2025
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How to improve clinical trials
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Involving more participants can lead to new medical insights
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Tariffs will harm America, not induce a manufacturing rebirth
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Donald Trump’s pursuit of tariffs will make the world poorer—and America, too
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| 24-Mar-2025
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America has an imperial presidency
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And in Donald Trump, an imperialist president for the first time in over a century
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Chinese AI is catching up, posing a dilemma for Donald Trump
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The success of DeepSeek and other Chinese modelmakers threatens America’s lead
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Sir Keir Starmer should aim higher in his reset with the EU
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And he needs to be clearer about what Britain wants
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| 24-Mar-2025
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To make electricity cheaper and greener, connect the world’s grids
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Less than 3% of the world’s power is internationally traded—a huge wasted opportunity
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Rwanda does a Putin in Congo
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To understand the seizure of Goma, consider a parallel with Ukraine
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| 24-Mar-2025
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The real meaning of the DeepSeek drama
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The Chinese model-maker has panicked investors. But it is good for the users of AI
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| 24-Mar-2025
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By cutting off assistance to foreigners, America hurts itself
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Donald Trump’s chaotic aid freeze makes his country weaker
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Milei, Modi, Trump: an anti-red-tape revolution is under way
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Done right, deregulation could kick-start economic growth
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| 24-Mar-2025
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How to use “maximum pressure” to stop an Iranian bomb
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The Islamic Republic is closer than ever to obtaining nukes
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Despite fears of a global tax war, Donald Trump has a chance to make peace
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A global minimum tax on companies ought to be acceptable to America
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| 24-Mar-2025
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America’s scheme for Gaza contains much to regret
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As well as some hard truths
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| 24-Mar-2025
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The vast and sophisticated global enterprise that is Scam Inc
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Online fraud leaves nobody safe
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| 24-Mar-2025
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It’s not over: Donald Trump could still blow up global trade
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Ideology, complacent markets and a need for revenue may still lead to big tariffs
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| 24-Mar-2025
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The meaning of Donald Trump’s war on woke workers
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A worthwhile idea is straying into cruelty and, possibly, illegality
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| 24-Mar-2025
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How Labour can unshackle Britain’s most innovative region
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It will have to confront the charge of elitism
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| 24-Mar-2025
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After DeepSeek, America and the EU are getting AI wrong
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Europe has a chance to catch up, whereas America should ease up
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Can Friedrich Merz save Germany—and Europe?
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He is on track to win the election, but to fix Europe he will have to fix his country first
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Will Donald Trump and Elon Musk wreck or reform the Pentagon?
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America’s security depends upon their success
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Countering China’s diplomatic coup
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China has turned much of the global south against Taiwan. That could be laying the ground for forced unification
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| 24-Mar-2025
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The Lucy Letby case shows systemic failure and a national malaise
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Whether or not the neonatal nurse is guilty of murder, her saga is revealing
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Reciprocal tariffs really mean chaos for global trade
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America has tried reciprocity before, and discovered its flaws
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Donald Trump: the would-be king
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America is fated to wage a titanic struggle over the power of the president
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| 24-Mar-2025
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How Europe must respond as Trump and Putin smash the post-war order
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The region has had its bleakest week since the fall of the Iron Curtain. The implications have yet to sink in
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| 24-Mar-2025
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How to help young Africans thrive
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As the rest of the world ages, young Africans are becoming more important
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| 24-Mar-2025
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Xi Jinping wants the private sector to thrive again
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| 27-Feb-2025
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Germany’s election victor must ditch its debt rules—immediately
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Friedrich Merz has weeks to shore up his country’s defences
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| 27-Feb-2025
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CRISPR technologies hold enormous promise for farming and medicine
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| 28-Feb-2025
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Donald Trump has begun a mafia-like struggle for global power
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But the new rules do not suit America
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| 28-Feb-2025
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Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working
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More wealth means more money for baby-boomers to pass on. That is dangerous for capitalism and society
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| 27-Feb-2025
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Prabowo Subianto takes a chainsaw to Indonesia’s budget
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The result? More money for the president’s boondoggles
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| 3-Mar-2025
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Western leaders must seize the moment to make Europe safe
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As they meet in London, Vladimir Putin will sense weakness
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| 6-Mar-2025
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The lesson from Trump’s Ukrainian weapons freeze
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And the grim choice facing Volodymyr Zelensky
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| 6-Mar-2025
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A fantastic start for Friedrich Merz
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The incoming chancellor signals massive increases in defence and infrastructure spending
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| 10-Mar-2025
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Donald Trump’s economic delusions are already hurting America
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The president and reality are drifting apart
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| 6-Mar-2025
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The demise of foreign aid offers an opportunity
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Donors should focus on what works. Much aid currently does not
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| 6-Mar-2025
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Britain’s leader has found purpose abroad. He needs it at home too
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But do the clothes fit?
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| 6-Mar-2025
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Lifting sanctions on Syria seems mad, until you consider the alternative
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Without a reprieve, the country will become a failed state
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| 14-Mar-2025
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Trump’s erratic policy is harming the reputation of American assets
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Like the stockmarket, the dollar is also suffering from falling confidence and rising confusion
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| 14-Mar-2025
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Will Vladimir Putin really agree to stop his killing machine?
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The offer of a ceasefire creates a dilemma for the Kremlin
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| 14-Mar-2025
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America’s bullied allies need to toughen up
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To avoid being crushed, they need a better plan than flattery and concessions
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| 14-Mar-2025
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The new economics of immigration
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A fresh critique of migration is gaining ground. Liberals must take it seriously
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| 14-Mar-2025
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With Manus, AI experimentation has burst into the open
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The old ways of ensuring safety are becoming increasingly irrelevant
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| 14-Mar-2025
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Time is running out for Syria’s president
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He must share power if he is to hold his country together
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| 20-Mar-2025
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Britain at last takes aim at worklessness
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But Labour’s other economic policies risk undermining its efforts
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| 20-Mar-2025
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The trap Vladimir Putin has set for Donald Trump
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The Russian president wants to suggest that Ukraine is just a detail in a wider relationship
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| 20-Mar-2025
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If you can’t find a place to rent, blame the government
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Foolish crusades against landlords have made housing shortages worse
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| 20-Mar-2025
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How to enhance humans
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Finding ways to live much longer—and better—shouldn’t be left to the cranks
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| 20-Mar-2025
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The judges Trump scorns should stand their ground
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The rule of law is at stake
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| 27-Mar-2025
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First, jab more babies |
As aid shrinks, donors and recipients should focus more on health
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| 27-Mar-2025
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Is Elon Musk remaking government or breaking it? |
So far, there is more destruction than creation
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| 27-Mar-2025
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Israel’s expansionism is a danger to others—and itself |
It risks turning hubris into disaster
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| 27-Mar-2025
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The unpredictability of Trump’s tariffs will increase the pain |
Businesses are struggling to adjust
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| 26-Mar-2025
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Labour can still rescue Britain’s growth prospects |
But after a messy Spring Statement, the window of opportunity is narrowing
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| 25-Mar-2025
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is throttling Turkey’s democracy |
But no one outside Turkey seems to care
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| 20-Mar-2025
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The judges Trump scorns should stand their ground |
The rule of law is at stake
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| 20-Mar-2025
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How to enhance humans |
Finding ways to live much longer—and better—shouldn’t be left to the cranks
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| 19-Mar-2025
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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
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| 20-Mar-2025
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If you can’t find a place to rent, blame the government |
Foolish crusades against landlords have made housing shortages worse
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| 19-Mar-2025
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The trap Vladimir Putin set for Donald Trump |
The Russian president wants to suggest that Ukraine is just a detail in a wider relationship
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| 18-Mar-2025
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Britain at last takes aim at worklessness |
But Labour’s other economic policies risk undermining its efforts
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| 13-Mar-2025
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Time is running out for Syria’s president |
He must share power if he is to hold his country together
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| 13-Mar-2025
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With Manus, AI experimentation has burst into the open |
The old ways of ensuring safety are becoming increasingly irrelevant
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| 13-Mar-2025
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America’s bullied allies need to toughen up |
They need a better plan than flattery and concessions
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| 13-Mar-2025
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The new economics of immigration |
A fresh critique of migration is gaining ground. Liberals must take it seriously
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| 12-Mar-2025
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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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| 12-Mar-2025
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Will Vladimir Putin really agree to stop his killing machine? |
The offer of a ceasefire creates a dilemma for the Kremlin
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| 6-Mar-2025
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Lifting sanctions on Syria seems mad, until you consider the alternative |
Without a reprieve, the country will become a failed state
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| 6-Mar-2025
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Britain’s leader has found purpose abroad. He needs it at home too |
But do the clothes fit?
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| 6-Mar-2025
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Donald Trump’s economic delusions are already hurting America |
The president and reality are drifting apart
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| 6-Mar-2025
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The demise of foreign aid offers an opportunity |
Donors should focus on what works. Much aid currently does not
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| 5-Mar-2025
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A fantastic start for Friedrich Merz |
The incoming chancellor signals massive increases in defence and infrastructure spending
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| 4-Mar-2025
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The lesson from Trump’s Ukrainian weapons freeze |
And the grim choice facing Volodymyr Zelensky
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| 1-Mar-2025
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Western leaders must seize the moment to make Europe safe |
As they meet in London, Vladimir Putin will sense weakness
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| 27-Feb-2025
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Prabowo Subianto takes a chainsaw to Indonesia’s budget |
The result? More money for the president’s boondoggles
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| 24-Feb-2025
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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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| 27-Feb-2025
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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
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| 27-Feb-2025
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Donald Trump has begun a mafia-like struggle for global power |
But the new rules do not suit America
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| 26-Feb-2025
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CRISPR technologies hold enormous promise for farming and medicine |
Don’t waste it
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| 24-Feb-2025
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Germany has mere weeks to shore up its defences |
Friedrich Merz must ditch its debt rules—fast
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| 24-Feb-2025
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Germany’s election victor must ditch its debt rules—fast |
Friedrich Merz has weeks to shore up his country’s defences
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| 20-Feb-2025
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Donald Trump, the would-be king |
America is fated to wage a titanic struggle over the power of the president
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| 20-Feb-2025
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Xi Jinping wants the private sector to thrive again |
Within limits
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| 20-Feb-2025
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How to help young Africans thrive |
As the rest of the world ages, young Africans are becoming more important
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| 20-Feb-2025
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How Europe must respond as Trump and Putin smash the post-war order |
The region has had its bleakest week since the fall of the Iron Curtain. The implications have yet to sink in
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| 20-Feb-2025
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Donald Trump: the would-be king |
America is fated to wage a titanic struggle over the power of the president
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| 20-Feb-2025
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A moment of great peril for Ukraine and Europe |
Donald Trump’s disdain for alliances and liking for strongmen threatens the transatlantic alliance
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| 19-Feb-2025
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Reciprocal tariffs really mean chaos for global trade |
America has tried reciprocity before, and discovered its flaws
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| 13-Feb-2025
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The Lucy Letby case shows systemic failure and a national malaise |
Whether or not the neonatal nurse is guilty of murder, her saga is revealing
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| 13-Feb-2025
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Countering China’s diplomatic coup |
China has turned much of the global south against Taiwan. That could be laying the ground for forced unification
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| 13-Feb-2025
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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
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| 13-Feb-2025
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Will Donald Trump and Elon Musk wreck or reform the Pentagon? |
America’s security depends upon their success
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| 12-Feb-2025
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After DeepSeek, America and the EU are getting AI wrong |
Europe has a chance to catch up, whereas America should ease up
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| 6-Feb-2025
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The vast and sophisticated global enterprise that is Scam Inc |
Online fraud leaves nobody safe
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| 6-Feb-2025
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How Labour can unshackle Britain’s most innovative region |
It will have to confront the charge of elitism
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| 6-Feb-2025
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The meaning of Donald Trump’s war on woke workers |
A worthwhile idea is straying into cruelty and, possibly, illegality
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| 6-Feb-2025
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It’s not over: Donald Trump could still blow up global trade |
Ideology, complacent markets and a need for revenue may still lead to big tariffs
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| 6-Feb-2025
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America’s scheme for Gaza contains much to regret |
As well as some hard truths
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| 6-Feb-2025
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The vast, sophisticated and fast-growing global enterprise that is Scam Inc |
Online scamming leaves nobody safe
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| 30-Jan-2025
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Milei, Modi, Trump: an anti-red-tape revolution is under way |
Done right, deregulation could kick-start economic growth
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| 30-Jan-2025
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Despite fears of a global tax war, Donald Trump has a chance to make peace |
A global minimum tax on companies ought to be acceptable to America
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| 30-Jan-2025
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How to use “maximum pressure” to stop an Iranian bomb |
The Islamic Republic is closer than ever to obtaining nukes
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| 30-Jan-2025
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By cutting off assistance to foreigners, America hurts itself |
Donald Trump’s chaotic aid freeze makes his country weaker
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| 30-Jan-2025
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Around the world, an anti-red-tape revolution is taking hold |
Done right, deregulation could kick-start economic growth
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| 29-Jan-2025
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The real meaning of the DeepSeek drama |
The Chinese model-maker has panicked investors. But it is good for the users of AI
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| 28-Jan-2025
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Rwanda does a Putin in Congo |
To understand the seizure of Goma, consider a parallel with Ukraine
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| 23-Jan-2025
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Sir Keir Starmer should aim higher in his reset with the EU |
And he needs to be clearer about what Britain wants
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| 23-Jan-2025
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To make electricity cheaper and greener, connect the world’s grids |
Less than 3% of the world’s power is internationally traded—a huge wasted opportunity
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| 23-Jan-2025
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Chinese AI is catching up, posing a dilemma for Donald Trump |
The success of cheap Chinese models threatens America’s technological lead
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| 23-Jan-2025
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America has an imperial presidency |
And in Donald Trump, an imperialist president for the first time in over a century
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| 21-Jan-2025
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Tariffs will harm America, not induce a manufacturing rebirth |
Donald Trump’s pursuit of tariffs will make the world poorer—and America, too
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| 21-Jan-2025
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Tariffs will spark retaliation, not a manufacturing renaissance |
Donald Trump’s pursuit of tariffs will make the world poorer—and America, too
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| 16-Jan-2025
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How to improve clinical trials |
Involving more participants can lead to new medical insights
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| 16-Jan-2025
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Houthi Inc: the pirates who weaponised globalisation |
Their Red Sea protection racket is a disturbing glimpse into an anarchic world
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| 16-Jan-2025
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Donald Trump will upend 80 years of American foreign policy |
A superpower’s approach to the world is about to be turned on its head
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| 16-Jan-2025
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Rising bond yields should spur governments to go for growth |
The bond sell-off may partly reflect America’s productivity boom
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| 15-Jan-2025
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Much of the damage from the LA fires could have been averted |
The lesson of the tragedy is to craft better incentives to keep people safe
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| 9-Jan-2025
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Just because Indonesia has nickel doesn’t mean it should make EVs |
Economic nationalists are making a reckless bet
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| 9-Jan-2025
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Health warnings about alcohol give only half the story |
Enjoyment matters as well as risk
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| 9-Jan-2025
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Pete Hegseth’s culture war will weaken America’s armed forces |
Donald Trump’s nominee for defence risks driving away talent
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| 9-Jan-2025
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Donald the Deporter |
Could a man who makes ugly promises of mass expulsion actually fix America’s immigration system?
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| 9-Jan-2025
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Just because Indonesia has nickel, doesn’t mean it should make EVs |
Economic nationalists are making a reckless bet
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| 9-Jan-2025
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The capitalist revolution Africa needs |
The world’s poorest continent should embrace its least fashionable idea
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| 8-Jan-2025
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Mark Zuckerberg’s U-turn on fact-checking is craven—but correct |
Social-media platforms should not be in the business of defining truth
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| 7-Jan-2025
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The Putinisation of central Europe |
Austria could soon get its most extreme chancellor since the 1940s
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| 2-Jan-2025
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To see what European business could become, look to the Nordics |
The region produces an impressive number of corporate giants
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| 2-Jan-2025
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Smarter incentives would help India adapt to climate change |
It is the biggest test case for how hot, hard-up countries can cope
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| 2-Jan-2025
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Tech is coming to Washington. Prepare for a clash of cultures |
Out of Trumpian chaos and contradiction, something good might just emerge
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| 1-Jan-2025
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The Starmer government looks a poor guardian of England’s improving schools |
It is fiddling with what works and not yet dealing with what doesn’t
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| 1-Jan-2025
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Finland’s seizure of a tanker shows how to fight Russian sabotage |
The growing threat to undersea cables demands a robust response
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| 19-Dec-2024
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The Economist’s country of the year for 2024 |
The winner toppled a tyrant and seems headed for something better
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| 19-Dec-2024
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Global warming is speeding up. Another reason to think about geoengineering |
Reducing sulphur emissions saves lives. But it could also be hastening planetary warming
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| 19-Dec-2024
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What to make of 2024 |
A turbulent year has shed fresh light on some important truths
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| 19-Dec-2024
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How to give money to good causes |
Let a balance of morals, liberty and efficiency be your guide
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| 18-Dec-2024
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Keep the Caucasus safe from Russia |
The protesters and the president need help
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| 12-Dec-2024
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What Spain can teach the rest of Europe |
Our number-crunching suggests it was the best-performing rich economy in 2024
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| 12-Dec-2024
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Multilateral institutions are turning away from the poorest countries |
Even bail-outs are getting expensive
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| 12-Dec-2024
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Can you read as well as a ten-year-old? |
Adults in rich countries are less literate than they were a decade ago. That requires attention
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| 12-Dec-2024
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How the new Syria might succeed or fail |
Much will go wrong. But for now, celebrate a tyrant’s fall
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| 11-Dec-2024
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America’s searing market rally brings new risks |
Financial innovation plays just as much of a role as the technological sort
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| 5-Dec-2024
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NASA is an obvious target for Elon Musk’s axe |
Its Moon programme is a mess. But DOGE is likely to struggle to cut it to size
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| 4-Dec-2024
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France steps into deep trouble |
It has no government and no budget, and is politically gridlocked
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| 5-Dec-2024
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America’s gambling boom should be celebrated, not feared |
The gambling frenzy is mostly about people being free to enjoy themselves
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| 4-Dec-2024
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Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea should resign, or be impeached |
His coup attempt was foiled. But grave tests still remain for the country
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| 4-Dec-2024
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France’s parliament fires the prime minister |
The country now has no budget and no government
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| 4-Dec-2024
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol should resign, or be impeached |
His coup attempt was foiled. But grave tests still remain for the country
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| 4-Dec-2024
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A coup attempt in South Korea was foiled. But grave tests remain |
President Yoon Suk Yeol should resign immediately, or be impeached
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| 2-Dec-2024
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Joe Biden abused a medieval power to pardon his son |
The president’s reversal is understandable, humane and wrong
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| 28-Nov-2024
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Lessons from the failure of Northvolt |
Governments blew billions on a battery champion. Time to welcome foreign investors instead
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| 28-Nov-2024
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Tariff threats will do harm, even if Donald Trump does not impose them |
The risk of a trade war is uncomfortably high
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| 28-Nov-2024
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Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs will do harm, even if he does not impose them |
The risk of a trade war is uncomfortably high
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| 28-Nov-2024
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Javier Milei: “My contempt for the state is infinite” |
Argentina’s president is idolised by the Trumpian right. They should get to know him better
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| 28-Nov-2024
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How to make a success of peace talks with Vladimir Putin |
The key is robust security guarantees for Ukrainians
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| 27-Nov-2024
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Peace in Lebanon is just a start |
Donald Trump must build on Joe Biden’s belated success
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| 21-Nov-2024
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Elon Musk is Donald Trump’s disrupter-in-chief |
The entrepreneur will be let loose on America’s government
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| 21-Nov-2024
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From Nixon to China, to Trump to Tehran |
Iran is weak. For America’s next president that creates an opportunity
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| 21-Nov-2024
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Too many master’s courses are expensive and flaky |
Governments should help postgraduates get a better deal
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| 21-Nov-2024
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Why British MPs should vote for assisted dying |
A long-awaited liberal reform is in jeopardy
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| 21-Nov-2024
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The opportunities—and dangers—for Trump’s disrupter-in-chief |
Elon Musk is given the ultimate target: America’s government
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| 20-Nov-2024
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Germany cannot afford to wait to relax its debt brake |
The risk of fringe parties winning a blocking minority is too great
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| 14-Nov-2024
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China should not wait to stimulate its economy |
It is heading into a trade war
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| 14-Nov-2024
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China should not wait to stimulate its economy |
It is heading into a trade war
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| 13-Nov-2024
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After the revolution, Bangladesh is stable. For the moment |
Muhammad Yunus, the interim leader, needs to set a date for elections
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| 14-Nov-2024
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Matt Gaetz’s nomination to be attorney-general is an ill omen |
It shows how far Donald Trump is willing to go to dominate the machinery of government
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| 14-Nov-2024
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What’s about to hit the world economy? |
Trumponomics tees off
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| 14-Nov-2024
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Everything about climate change may seem grim. It isn’t |
The fight for a stable climate will be fought using technology
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| 13-Nov-2024
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How to avoid global chaos in the next ten weeks |
Risks abound in the limbo between now and Donald Trump’s swearing-in
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| 7-Nov-2024
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Why open-source AI models are good for the world |
Their critics dwell on the dangers and underestimate the benefits
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| 7-Nov-2024
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Europe needs to wake up and look after itself |
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| 7-Nov-2024
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A scourge that damages babies’ brains is coming back |
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| 7-Nov-2024
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How to protect India’s shareholder capitalism from itself |
A surge in equity investment is threatened by risky derivatives trading
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| 6-Nov-2024
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Welcome to Trump’s world |
His sweeping victory will shake up everything
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| 31-Oct-2024
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How to avoid anarchy in Antarctica |
All that stands between the status quo and chaos is a fragile treaty
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| 31-Oct-2024
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Index funds want to continue being treated as “passive” investors |
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| 31-Oct-2024
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A second Trump term comes with unacceptable risks |
If The Economist had a vote, we would cast it for Kamala Harris
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| 30-Oct-2024
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The British budget combines large numbers and a narrow vision |
A bigger state but an irrational way to fund it
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| 30-Oct-2024
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ADHD should not be treated as a disorder |
Adapting schools and workplaces for it can help far more
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| 24-Oct-2024
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Time to shake up Asia’s sleepy monopolies |
The cosy links between politics and business impose large costs on a dynamic region
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| 24-Oct-2024
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Decarceration is the key to better prisons |
Britain is not the only rich country that needs a radical change in approach
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| 24-Oct-2024
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The blistering rally in gold augurs ill for the power of the dollar |
Central banks are shifting away from the greenback
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| 24-Oct-2024
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It’s not just obesity. Drugs like Ozempic will change the world |
As they become cheaper, they promise to improve billions of lives
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| 23-Oct-2024
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Elon’s $1m voter |
Mr Musk’s scheme to boost Donald Trump is legally questionable. But it is definitely bad for democracy
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| 29-Oct-2023
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Israel faces agonising choices in the battle for Gaza |
But with Hamas in charge there can be no peace process
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| 2-Nov-2023
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The world economy is defying gravity. That cannot last |
Threats abound, including higher-for-longer interest rates
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| 2-Nov-2023
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Britain’s prisons show up wider flaws in government |
The entire criminal-justice system is under strain
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| 2-Nov-2023
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Why the rules on embryo experiments should be loosened |
Lifting the 14-day rule would help researchers understand how organs develop
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| 2-Nov-2023
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How to stop turmeric from killing people |
Developing countries—especially India—should learn from Bangladesh
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| 2-Nov-2023
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Trump’s tariff plans would be disastrous for America and the world |
You may think his worst ideas won’t get far. Sadly, on trade he has been singularly influential
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| 2-Nov-2023
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Why Israel must fight on |
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is taking a terrible toll. But unless Hamas’s power is broken, peace will remain out of reach
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| 8-Nov-2023
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Time to take a wrecking ball to realtors’ fees in America |
A court case is a first step to ending a racket
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| 9-Nov-2023
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How scary is China? |
America must understand China’s weaknesses as well as its strengths
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| 9-Nov-2023
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The dawn of the omnistar |
How artificial intelligence will transform fame
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| 9-Nov-2023
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More welcoming migration policies require borders that are secure |
Let more people in legally, swiftly exclude those who come illegally
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| 9-Nov-2023
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How to fix Britain’s legislative problems |
Parliament is failing at its most basic function—scrutinising laws
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| 9-Nov-2023
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Giorgia Meloni’s “mother of all reforms” is a power grab |
Italians should reject their prime minister’s demagogic proposal
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| 16-Nov-2023
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The rights and wrongs of Israel and Hamas at al-Shifa hospital |
Why Israel must meet and exceed the requirements of the laws of war
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| 16-Nov-2023
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Donald Trump poses the biggest danger to the world in 2024 |
What his victory in America’s election would mean
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| 16-Nov-2023
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Will Japan rediscover its dynamism? |
Rising prices and animal spirits give it a long-awaited opportunity
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| 16-Nov-2023
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If Labour is to succeed in power, it must fix the Treasury |
The finance ministry protects the country from disaster—but also holds it back
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| 16-Nov-2023
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To supercharge science, first experiment with how it is funded |
Too much of researchers’ time is spent filling in forms
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| 16-Nov-2023
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The world is ignoring war, genocide and famine in Sudan |
America is distracted, the UN is not interested
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| 20-Nov-2023
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In Argentina Javier Milei faces an economic crisis |
The radical libertarian is taking over a country on the brink
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| 22-Nov-2023
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Britain’s autumn statement got business taxes right |
It also cynically handed out an illusory windfall
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| 22-Nov-2023
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The fallout from the weirdness at OpenAI |
Sam Altman is set to return, but the episode holds some disturbing lessons
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| 23-Nov-2023
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Lessons from the ascent of the United Arab Emirates |
How to thrive in a fractured world
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| 23-Nov-2023
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Progress on climate change has been too slow. But it’s been real |
And the world needs to learn from it
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| 29-Nov-2023
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How America should manage the next stage of the Gaza war |
For the sake of Israel and a two-state solution, America has to get tougher with its ally
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| 30-Nov-2023
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A new age of the worker will overturn conventional thinking |
Around the rich world, wage gaps are shrinking
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| 30-Nov-2023
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Putin seems to be winning the war in Ukraine—for now |
His biggest asset is Europe’s lack of strategic vision
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| 30-Nov-2023
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What does Henry Kissinger’s diplomacy have to teach the world? |
A grasp of the subtle interplay between interests, values and the use of force is still useful
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| 30-Nov-2023
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Germany is in a bizarre fiscal mess of its own making |
Three steps to resolve the fiscal panic
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| 30-Nov-2023
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What the world must do to tame methane |
The world needs a deal during COP28 to limit a nasty source of emissions
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| 2-Dec-2023
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Rainforests provide a public good. The world should pay to conserve them |
An ambitious Brazilian plan launched at the COP could help
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| 5-Dec-2023
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Covid-19 was a disaster for the world’s schoolchildren |
The costs of wasting brainpower are huge
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| 6-Dec-2023
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A messy contest is coming to a head behind Donald Trump |
Our poll tracker sheds light on that competition. It may yet matter
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| 7-Dec-2023
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Bashing hedge funds that trade Treasuries could cost taxpayers money |
Why fears about the “basis trade” are overblown
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| 7-Dec-2023
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How to stop over-medicalising mental health |
What the world could learn from Britain’s flawed approach
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| 7-Dec-2023
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Israel and Palestine: How peace is possible |
A peace process can go wrong in many ways, but a real possibility exists that it could go right
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| 7-Dec-2023
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Green protectionism will slow the energy transition |
Expanding renewable-power capacity is becoming ever harder
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| 8-Dec-2023
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Why Europe is particularly good at big science |
CERN and the Very Large Telescope may be European successes. But there is bounty to share
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| 12-Dec-2023
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Britain’s Parliament should have killed Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda bill |
A bad law to deliver a bad policy is too high a price for Tory unity
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| 13-Dec-2023
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In a first, COP28 targets the root cause of climate change |
Now to turn diplomacy into action
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| 13-Dec-2023
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The Fed gives in to the clamour for looser money |
Its doveish policymaking looks premature—and leaves Europe’s central banks in an awkward spot
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| 14-Dec-2023
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Can you have a healthy democracy without a common set of facts? |
America’s presidential election is a test of that proposition
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| 14-Dec-2023
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Rishi Sunak’s strategic genius |
The Rwanda policy is bad. But the Conservatives are the real problem
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| 14-Dec-2023
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London’s resilience is a lesson to policymakers everywhere |
The virtues of services, scale and immigration are on full display
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| 14-Dec-2023
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Iran’s regime is weaker than it looks, and therefore more pliable |
America should deter it from escalating the Gaza war, but also engage with it
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| 18-Dec-2023
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Why Congo’s chaotic election matters |
The country is a vortex of instability at the heart of Africa
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| 19-Dec-2023
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The US Navy confronts a new Suez crisis |
Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping threaten global trade
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| 20-Dec-2023
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Technology is helping Santa Claus come to town more efficiently |
A letter to shareholders of Father Christmas Global Inc
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| 20-Dec-2023
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The Economist’s country of the year for 2023 |
It is possible to enact painful economic reforms and still get re-elected
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| 20-Dec-2023
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Economists had a dreadful 2023 |
Mistaken recession calls were just part of it
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| 20-Dec-2023
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How to detoxify the politics of migration |
Doom-mongers on both the left and the right are wrong
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| 3-Jan-2024
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Binyamin Netanyahu is botching the war. Time to sack him |
To be safe, Israel needs new leadership
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| 4-Jan-2024
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The man supposed to stop Donald Trump is an unpopular 81-year-old |
In failing to look past Joe Biden, Democrats have shown cowardice and complacency
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| 4-Jan-2024
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Can India, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia be the next great economies? |
Several countries are making bold—and risky—bets on growth
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| 4-Jan-2024
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Is America’s raging bull market exhausted, or taking a breath? |
Investors have a slight hangover
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| 4-Jan-2024
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How backing Ukraine is key to the West’s security |
And why its leaders need to start saying so
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| 10-Jan-2024
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“No-strings giving” is transforming philanthropy |
The rich can donate their money quickly and wisely
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| 11-Jan-2024
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An influx of Chinese cars is terrifying the West |
But it should keep its markets open to cheap, clean vehicles
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| 11-Jan-2024
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How to cut through the cacophony over DEI |
Outrage on right and left obscures both the costs of DEI and the benefits of diversity
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| 11-Jan-2024
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America fights back |
The war against the Houthis is part of an escalating struggle for the seas
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| 11-Jan-2024
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Why Olaf Scholz is no Angela Merkel |
Germany is unable and unwilling to lead Europe
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| 18-Jan-2024
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Donald Trump is winning. Business, beware |
What a second term would mean for American business and the economy
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| 18-Jan-2024
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How America accidentally made a free-money machine for banks |
The Federal Reserve should switch it off
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| 18-Jan-2024
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Narendra Modi’s illiberalism may imperil India’s economic progress |
Fulfilling his great-power dream requires restraint, not abandon
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| 18-Jan-2024
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AI-generated content is raising the value of trust |
Who did the posting will soon matter more than what was posted
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| 18-Jan-2024
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Charging Israel with genocide makes a mockery of the ICJ |
And it diverts attention from the real humanitarian crisis in Gaza
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| 24-Jan-2024
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Giorgia Meloni’s not-so-scary right-wing government |
Liberal fears have so far proved overblown
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| 25-Jan-2024
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The risks to global finance from private equity’s insurance binge |
Funding pensions with private assets holds promise—but needs scrutiny
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| 25-Jan-2024
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African governments are using courts to sway elections |
The abuse of judiciaries is harming democracy. Here’s how to stop it
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| 25-Jan-2024
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AI holds tantalising promise for the emerging world |
It could help boost human capital, and ultimately growth
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| 25-Jan-2024
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How the border could cost Biden the election |
To keep Trump out of power, the Democrats need to make an offer on immigration policy
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| 25-Jan-2024
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Vietnam needs a new leader |
Doubts about the health of Nguyen Phu Trong have become a political liability
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| 1-Feb-2024
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Egypt doesn’t deserve a bail-out, but should get one |
The Middle East cannot afford the collapse of its most populous country
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| 1-Feb-2024
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How to end the Middle East’s agony |
War is spreading across the region. There is an alternative
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| 1-Feb-2024
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The end of the social network |
As Facebook turns 20, social apps are being transformed
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| 1-Feb-2024
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How to fix British defence |
It needs more money and more people, but also reform
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| 1-Feb-2024
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The evidence in favour of charter schools in America has strengthened |
Meanwhile, both parties have run away from them
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| 2-Feb-2024
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Gangsters in El Salvador are terrified of strongman Nayib Bukele |
He protects citizens from crime. But who will protect them from him?
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| 7-Feb-2024
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House Republicans are helping Vladimir Putin |
Their cynicism over Ukraine weakens America and makes the world less safe
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| 8-Feb-2024
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Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the future |
They are reshaping the balance between humans and technology in war
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| 8-Feb-2024
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Has Xi Jinping lost control of the markets? |
As a property crisis drags the economy into deflation, confidence is seeping away
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| 8-Feb-2024
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What Jokowi’s inglorious exit means for Indonesia |
The outgoing president is playing kingmaker to a controversial ex-general
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| 8-Feb-2024
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Donald Tusk tries to restore Poland’s rule of law |
Repairing the damage done by the last government will take grit and patience
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| 8-Feb-2024
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The dismissal of Valery Zaluzhny is a crucial new phase in the war |
Unfortunately, President Zelensky risks getting it wrong
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| 12-Feb-2024
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Europe must hurry to defend itself against Russia—and Donald Trump |
The ex-president’s invitation to Vladimir Putin to attack American allies is an assault on NATO. Ultimately, that is bad for America
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| 13-Feb-2024
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Another bank subsidy America should kill off |
The Federal Home Loan Banks offer loans to Wall Street that are too cheap
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| 14-Feb-2024
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Pakistan is out of friends and out of money |
A botched election and an economic crisis show how low it has fallen
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| 15-Feb-2024
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The growing peril of national conservatism |
It’s dangerous and it’s spreading. Liberals need to find a way to stop it
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| 15-Feb-2024
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As San Francisco builds the future of technology, can it rebuild itself? |
People feared a doom loop. Reality has been more surprising
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| 15-Feb-2024
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How not to do a megaproject |
The lessons of HS2 for Britain and beyond
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| 15-Feb-2024
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A new answer to the biggest climate conundrum |
Will electrification of industry live up to its promise?
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| 16-Feb-2024
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What Navalny’s death means for Russia, Putin and the world |
Fear and greed drive Russia’s regime. The opposition leader struck at both
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| 21-Feb-2024
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Sanctions are not the way to fight Vladimir Putin |
There is no substitute for military aid to Ukraine
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| 22-Feb-2024
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Do not expect America’s interest rates to fall just yet |
The risk of a second wave of inflation remains too great
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| 22-Feb-2024
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Europe is caught between Putin and Trump |
Russian aggression and American wavering reveal how ill-equipped Europe is
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| 22-Feb-2024
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How to prevent another catastrophic regional war in Congo |
The world needs to press Rwanda to pull back its forces
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| 22-Feb-2024
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The world needs more critical minerals. Governments are not helping |
Just obtaining a permit takes a remarkably long time
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| 26-Feb-2024
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The perils of a Le Pen presidency |
Even three years out, the prospect is alarming
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| 28-Feb-2024
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How to put Russia’s frozen assets to work for Ukraine |
Exploit them to the full, but legally
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| 28-Feb-2024
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How to build a British voter |
Labour is assembling an electoral coalition that is young and broad, but volatile too
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| 29-Feb-2024
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To see India’s future, go south |
The country’s regional division could make it—or break it
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| 29-Feb-2024
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A golden age for stockmarkets is drawing to a close |
Share prices may be surging, but even AI is unlikely to drive a repeat of the past decade’s performance
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| 29-Feb-2024
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Fentanyl cannot be defeated without new tactics |
Suppression works even less well than with other narcotics
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| 29-Feb-2024
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Autocracies are exporting autocracy to their diasporas |
The new danger from transnational repression
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| 6-Mar-2024
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Xi Jinping’s hunger for power is hurting China’s economy |
A new economic plan won’t end deflation, even as he sidelines his prime minister
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| 6-Mar-2024
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Britain’s budget cuts taxes on the promise of productivity gains |
Jeremy Hunt has got it the wrong way round
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| 7-Mar-2024
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Three big risks that might tip America’s presidential election |
Third parties, the Trump trials and the candidates’ age introduce a high degree of uncertainty
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| 7-Mar-2024
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A frenzy of innovation in obesity drugs is under way |
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are printing money now. But they will not be a stagnant duopoly
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| 7-Mar-2024
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How to fix the Ivy League |
Its supremacy is being undermined by bad leadership
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| 12-Mar-2024
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Time for TikTok to cut its ties to China |
To stay on Western screens, the video app needs new owners
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| 14-Mar-2024
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America’s extraordinary economy keeps defying the pessimists |
Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have ideas that endanger it
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| 14-Mar-2024
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Rogue Russia threatens the world, not just Ukraine |
The West must show its enemy is Vladimir Putin, not 143m ordinary Russians
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| 14-Mar-2024
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Making sense of the gulf between young men and women |
It’s complicated. But better schooling for boys might help
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| 14-Mar-2024
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The Gulf’s scramble for Africa is reshaping the continent |
Its increased influence brings economic rewards and political risks
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| 14-Mar-2024
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Oil’s endgame could be highly disruptive |
The oil shocks of the future will be driven by demand, not supply
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| 19-Mar-2024
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Why Japan’s economy remains a warning to others |
Low real rates, low growth and high debts are not going away
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| 20-Mar-2024
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America’s Supreme Court should reject the challenge to abortion drugs |
The case against mail-order mifepristone is legally and medically spurious
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| 21-Mar-2024
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Britain is the best place in Europe to be an immigrant |
What other countries can learn from its example
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| 21-Mar-2024
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At a moment of military might, Israel looks deeply vulnerable |
America should help it find a better strategy
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| 21-Mar-2024
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The hidden costs of Biden’s steel protectionism |
Uncertain political benefits do not justify the president’s vetoing a Japanese takeover of US Steel
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| 25-Mar-2024
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Why XL Bully dogs should be banned everywhere |
Big, strong and bred to kill, they are too dangerous to live with people
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| 27-Mar-2024
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The triple shock facing Europe’s economy |
After the energy crisis, Europe faces surging Chinese imports and the threat of Trump tariffs
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| 27-Mar-2024
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The AI doctor will see you…eventually |
Artificial intelligence holds huge promise in health care. But it also faces massive barriers
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| 27-Mar-2024
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Some advice to the corporate world’s know-it-alls |
With growth slowing, consulting firms like McKinsey need some counsel of their own
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| 27-Mar-2024
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The looming threat from Antarctica |
A big thaw will have unexpected consequences for the rest of the world
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| 27-Mar-2024
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Russia is gearing up for a big new push along a long front line |
Ukraine must prepare
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| 30-Mar-2024
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It’s time to curb triple-digit inflation |
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| 3-Apr-2024
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Central banks have spent down their credibility |
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| 4-Apr-2024
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Xi Jinping’s misguided plan to escape economic stagnation |
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| 4-Apr-2024
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Beware a world without American power |
Donald Trump’s threat to dump allies would risk a nuclear free-for-all
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| 4-Apr-2024
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A chilling near-miss shows how today’s digital infrastructure is vulnerable |
This is how to protect the internet from malicious attacks
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| 4-Apr-2024
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What Boeing, Disney and others can learn from General Electric |
Lessons from the tenure of Larry Culp
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| 10-Apr-2024
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America should follow England’s lead on transgender care for kids |
Its approach is neither as harsh as in red states nor as lax as in blue states
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| 11-Apr-2024
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Global warming is coming for your home |
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| 11-Apr-2024
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The rights and wrongs of assisted dying |
Britain’s next great social reform is coming. Here’s how it should work
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| 11-Apr-2024
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In praise of Peter Higgs |
The particle named after him became a selling point. For the man, it was a bit of a pain
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| 11-Apr-2024
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The short-sighted Israeli army |
Force alone cannot bring security
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| 11-Apr-2024
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True swing voters are extraordinarily rare in America |
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| 12-Apr-2024
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How to locate the global south |
How a fuzzy, scorned term reflects geopolitical shifts
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| 17-Apr-2024
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America’s interest rates are unlikely to fall this year |
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| 18-Apr-2024
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Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z |
They are not doomed to be poor and anxious
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| 18-Apr-2024
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Israel should not rush to strike back at Iran |
Instead it should try a novel response to Iran’s missile attack: restraint
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| 18-Apr-2024
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India’s democracy needs a stronger opposition |
The Congress party is set for a drubbing in the world’s biggest election
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| 18-Apr-2024
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How to get more people into military uniforms |
Why mandatory military service makes sense for some countries but not others
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| 18-Apr-2024
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America’s moves against Chinese biotech will hurt patients at home |
The motives behind the BIOSECURE act are muddy
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| 20-Apr-2024
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Finally, America’s Congress does right by Ukraine |
Disaster has been dodged. But the political malaise that delayed the Ukraine funding bill remains
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| 24-Apr-2024
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Don’t be gloomy about Tesla and its EV rivals |
The industry has had a terrible few months. But demand is likely to pick up
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| 24-Apr-2024
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America’s latest aid will give Ukraine only a temporary reprieve |
The bitterness of the struggle in Washington is a sign of trouble ahead
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| 25-Apr-2024
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How strong is India’s economy? |
It isn’t the next China, but it could still transform itself and the world
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| 25-Apr-2024
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A mosquito-borne disease is spreading as the planet warms |
Dengue fever must be curbed
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| 25-Apr-2024
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Why leaving the ECHR would be a bad idea for Britain |
The next litmus test of Tory purity
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| 29-Apr-2024
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The wider lessons of Scotland’s political turmoil |
Humza Yousaf’s resignation is the latest in a string of setbacks
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| 30-Apr-2024
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Japan is wrong to try to prop up the yen |
Supporting the currency is expensive and futile
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| 1-May-2024
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Should American universities call the cops on protesting students? |
The principles involved in resolving campus protests are not that hard
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| 2-May-2024
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Emmanuel Macron’s urgent message for Europe |
The French president issues a dark and prophetic warning
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| 2-May-2024
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America’s reckless borrowing is a danger to its economy—and the world’s |
Without good luck or a painful adjustment, the only way out will be to let inflation rip
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| 2-May-2024
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How disinformation works—and how to counter it |
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| 2-May-2024
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Why South Africans are fed up after 30 years of democracy |
After a bright start the ANC has proved incapable of governing for the whole country
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| 8-May-2024
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How to pacify the world’s most violent region |
The iron-fist approach will not solve Latin America’s gang-violence problem
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| 9-May-2024
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The liberal international order is slowly coming apart |
Its collapse could be sudden and irreversible
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| 9-May-2024
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Threats to Europe’s economy are mounting. Finance can help fortify it |
Time to press ahead with banking and capital-market reforms
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| 9-May-2024
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What companies can expect if Labour wins Britain’s election |
The party that aspires to lead the country is courting business
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| 9-May-2024
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The world’s most improbable success story still needs to evolve |
Under Lawrence Wong, the city-state has a new chance to change
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| 9-May-2024
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How “judge-mandering” is eroding trust in America’s judiciary |
The assignment of judges to cases should be random, not political
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| 15-May-2024
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America’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs: bad policy, worse leadership |
The global trade system is disintegrating as you read this
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| 16-May-2024
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Is America dictator-proof? |
The many vulnerabilities, and enduring strengths, of America’s republic
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| 16-May-2024
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Big tech’s capex splurge may be irrationally exuberant |
Beware of overhype and overbuild
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| 16-May-2024
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Xi Jinping is subtler than Vladimir Putin—yet equally disruptive |
How to deal with Chinese actions that lie between war and peace
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| 16-May-2024
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Canada’s law to help news outlets is harming them instead |
Funding journalism with cash from big tech has become a fiasco
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| 16-May-2024
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Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidential term expires on May 20th |
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| 22-May-2024
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Rishi Sunak’s election call makes no sense, but is good news |
Whether an act of political genius or lunacy, Britons should welcome it
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| 22-May-2024
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A president’s death gives Iran’s regime a choice |
It will probably choose to keep alienating voters and antagonising the West
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| 23-May-2024
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Why paying women to have more babies won’t work |
Economies must adapt to baby busts instead
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| 23-May-2024
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How to save South Africa |
The rainbow nation needs an alternative to decline under the ANC
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| 23-May-2024
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What India’s clout in white-collar work means for the world |
In time its tech firms could be as formidable as China’s manufacturers
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| 23-May-2024
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The war-crimes case against the leaders of Israel and Hamas is flawed |
Politics and diplomacy, not courts, are the key to ending violence and starting two-state talks
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| 23-May-2024
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Hacking phones is too easy. Time to make it harder |
Regulators have avoided the problem for too long
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| 29-May-2024
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Incompetence or opacity: the choice facing British voters |
The first week of the election campaign points to a failure of political competition
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| 30-May-2024
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The pro-choice movement that could help Joe Biden win |
A backlash against abortion bans is energising the middle ground in America
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| 16-Oct-2024
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Starship will change what is possible beyond Earth |
The successful test-flight of SpaceX’s massive new space vehicle promises a host of new projects, including the colonisation of Mars
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| 17-Oct-2024
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Canada’s Trudeau trap |
How the world’s most reasonable country grew sick of centre-left liberalism
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| 17-Oct-2024
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How the Biden administration botched America’s sanctions against Iran |
With the financial deterrent undermined, only military deterrence is left
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| 17-Oct-2024
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America’s economy is bigger and better than ever |
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| 17-Oct-2024
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Britain’s budget risks being a huge missed opportunity |
Rachel Reeves looks set to please no one for little return
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| 16-Oct-2024
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Starship will change what is possible beyond the Earth |
The success of SpaceX’s massive new space vehicle promises a host of new projects, including the colonisation of Mars
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| 10-Oct-2024
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The front line of the tech war is in Asia |
The two superpowers are vying for influence. China will not necessarily win
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| 10-Oct-2024
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The Trumpification of American policy |
No matter who wins in November, Donald Trump has redefined both parties’ agendas
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| 10-Oct-2024
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How high could the oil price go? |
Geopolitical risk is rising. But so is the supply of oil
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| 9-Oct-2024
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How Florida should respond to Hurricane Milton |
Storms like it raise uncomfortable questions about the state’s future
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| 9-Oct-2024
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Britain should not hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius |
Once again, the Chagossians have been denied a say
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| 3-Oct-2024
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A map of a fruit fly’s brain could help us understand our own |
A miracle of complexity, powered by rotting fruit
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| 3-Oct-2024
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Dismantling Google is a terrible idea |
Despite its appeal as a political rallying cry
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| 3-Oct-2024
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Socially liberal and strong on defence, Japan’s new premier shows promise |
But he must ditch his more eccentric ideas if he is to control his party
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| 3-Oct-2024
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The year that shattered the Middle East |
Kill or be killed is the region’s new logic. Deterrence and diplomacy would be better
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| 3-Oct-2024
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Don’t celebrate China’s stimulus just yet |
It will take more than a spectacular stockmarket rally to revive the economy
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| 26-Sep-2024
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YouTube’s do-it-yourself brigade is taking on Netflix and Disney |
Legions of self-taught film-makers are coming for the television industry
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| 26-Sep-2024
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An Israel-Hizbullah war would be a disaster for both |
Both must find a way to step back
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| 26-Sep-2024
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The war is going badly. Ukraine and its allies must change course |
Time for credible war aims—and NATO membership
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| 26-Sep-2024
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If you must raise taxes, raise VAT |
Taxing consumption is economically efficient and politically possible
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| 26-Sep-2024
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The sinking feeling caused by Labour’s clumsy start |
Britain’s new government is paying for the sins of the election campaign
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| 25-Sep-2024
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How worried should Sri Lanka be about its ex-Marxist president? |
He is not as bad as he sounds. But the risk of disappointment is high
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| 30-May-2024
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The three women who will shape Europe |
At a crucial moment they encapsulate the dilemma of how to handle populism
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| 30-May-2024
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What penny-pinching baby-boomers mean for the world economy |
They are saving like never before. But even that may not bring interest rates down
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| 30-May-2024
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Japan and South Korea are getting friendlier. At last |
As the world economy fragments, two export powerhouses see the virtue of chumminess
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| 30-May-2024
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The disgrace of a former American president |
But this prosecution of Donald Trump was wrongheaded and counter-productive
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| 1-Jun-2024
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South Africa stands on the brink of salvation—or catastrophe |
To prevent a coalition of chaos, Cyril Ramaphosa and the Democratic Alliance must do a deal
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| 3-Jun-2024
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What Claudia Sheinbaum’s victory might mean for Mexico |
The next president should break with her predecessor and mentor
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| 5-Jun-2024
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A triumph for Indian democracy |
The shock election result will change the country—ultimately for the better
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| 6-Jun-2024
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America’s billionaires should resist the urge to support Donald Trump |
A Trump victory would reward them. But not enough to justify the risks
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| 6-Jun-2024
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How the Labour Party could end Britain’s stagnation |
Even if the economy peps up, taxes will have to rise
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| 6-Jun-2024
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Morena’s landslide win threatens to take Mexico down a dangerous path |
The country’s newly elected president will need to show political courage
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| 6-Jun-2024
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Three reasons why it’s good news that robots are getting smarter |
They are becoming more capable, easier to program and better at explaining themselves
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| 10-Jun-2024
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Emmanuel Macron wants a snap election to get him out of a deep hole |
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| 12-Jun-2024
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America seems immune to the world economy’s problems |
Elsewhere, political dysfunction and fiscal frailties are taking a toll
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| 13-Jun-2024
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How worrying is the rapid rise of Chinese science? |
If America wants to maintain its lead, it should focus less on keeping China down
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| 13-Jun-2024
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If a bestseller list shuns authors it dislikes, it should say so |
Bestseller lists are supposed to reflect sales, not political ideology
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| 13-Jun-2024
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A second Trump term: from unthinkable to probable |
Introducing our 2024 American election forecast model
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| 19-Jun-2024
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How to tax billionaires—and how not to |
Closing loopholes would be a better bet than a levy on unrealised capital gains
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| 19-Jun-2024
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Javier Milei’s next move could make his presidency—or break it |
Radical experiments with the currency could spell disaster
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| 20-Jun-2024
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India should liberate its cities and create more states |
It doesn’t need more government. It needs more governments
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| 20-Jun-2024
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The exponential growth of solar power will change the world |
An energy-rich future is within reach
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| 20-Jun-2024
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Emmanuel Macron’s project of reform is at risk |
A snap election in France reveals the flimsiness of his legacy
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| 20-Jun-2024
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AI will transform the character of warfare |
Technology will make war faster and more opaque. It could also prove destabilising
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| 22-Jun-2024
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Nigel Farage’s claim that NATO provoked Russia is naive and dangerous |
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| 26-Jun-2024
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Simple steps to stop people dying from heatwaves |
As much of the world roasts, don’t despair
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| 27-Jun-2024
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Keir Starmer should be Britain’s next prime minister |
Why Labour must form the next government
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| 27-Jun-2024
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Macron has done well by France. But he risks throwing it all away |
After the election, populists of the right and left could hobble a centrist president
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| 27-Jun-2024
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LLMs now write lots of science. Good |
Easier and more lucid writing will make science faster and better
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| 27-Jun-2024
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A pivotal moment for China’s Communist Party |
Will Xi Jinping keep ignoring good advice at the party’s third plenum?
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| 27-Jun-2024
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What to make of Joe Biden’s plans for a second term |
His domestic agenda is underwhelming, unrealistic and better than the alternative
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| 28-Jun-2024
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Joe Biden should now give way to an alternative candidate |
His last and greatest political act would help rescue America from an emergency
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| 4-Jul-2024
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Why Biden must withdraw |
The president and his party portray themselves as the saviours of democracy. Their actions say otherwise
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| 4-Jul-2024
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Central banks are winning the battle against inflation. But the war is just getting started |
Politics and protectionism will make life difficult
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| 4-Jul-2024
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Hizbullah poses a grave threat to Israel |
But a war right now would be disastrous
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| 4-Jul-2024
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As Amazon turns 30, three factors will define its next decade |
It will have to deal with trustbusters, catch up on AI and revive its core business
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| 4-Jul-2024
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How spies should use technology |
Digital tools are transforming spycraft, but won’t replace human agents
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| 4-Jul-2024
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How to Trump-proof America’s alliances |
An essential step will be to let Ukraine into NATO
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| 5-Jul-2024
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Labour has won the British election. Now it has to seize the moment |
A volatile electorate and a strong showing for Reform UK are no reason for caution
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| 10-Jul-2024
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The French far right may not have peaked |
After winning 32% of the vote in parliamentary elections it will eye the presidency
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| 11-Jul-2024
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How to raise the world’s IQ |
Simple ways to make the next generation more intelligent
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| 11-Jul-2024
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How to prevent strongmen from hijacking the fight against dodgy money |
Egypt, India and Turkey are regular abusers
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| 11-Jul-2024
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Britain’s skewed election reinforces the case for voting reform. After 2029 |
The new government has more important things to deal with first
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| 11-Jul-2024
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Faddish thinking is hobbling education in the rich world |
Test scores have been stagnant or worse for more than a decade
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| 14-Jul-2024
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Now wake the brave |
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| 14-Jul-2024
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Fortunately, Donald Trump’s would-be killer failed. What next? |
Politicians should try to lower the political temperature
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| 17-Jul-2024
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Millions of birds have died. How to stop humans dying, too |
As isolated human cases of H5N1 emerge, now is the time to prepare
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| 18-Jul-2024
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Euphoric markets are ignoring growing political risks |
Investors’ exuberance in the face of political ructions is unlikely to pay off
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| 18-Jul-2024
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How Labour should reform Britain’s overstuffed prisons |
With no room for new prisoners, something has to change
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| 18-Jul-2024
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To halt Brazil’s decline, Lula needs to cut runaway public spending |
Investors have started to worry
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| 18-Jul-2024
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Gaza could become “Mogadishu on the Med” |
Even if there is a ceasefire, its prospects are grim
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| 18-Jul-2024
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Where would Donald Trump and J.D. Vance take America? |
The anti-globalist MAGA enthusiast is more consequential than the average veep pick
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| 21-Jul-2024
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Joe Biden has given Democrats a second chance to win the White House |
If they are not to squander it, they must have a proper contest
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| 24-Jul-2024
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MAGA Republicans are wrong to seek a cheaper dollar |
It is hard to cast America as a victim of the global financial system
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| 25-Jul-2024
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Can Kamala Harris win? |
Joe Biden’s vice-president has an extraordinary opportunity. But she also has a mountain to climb
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| 25-Jul-2024
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A global gold rush is changing sport |
Fans may be cooling on the Olympics, but elsewhere technology is transforming how sport is watched
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| 25-Jul-2024
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How to ensure Africa is not left behind by the AI revolution |
Weak digital infrastructure is holding the continent back
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| 25-Jul-2024
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Germany’s failure to lead the EU is becoming a problem |
A weak chancellor and coalition rows are to blame
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| 31-Jul-2024
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Can Nicolás Maduro be stopped from stealing Venezuela’s election? |
Peaceful protests and judicious diplomacy offer some hope
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| 31-Jul-2024
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The Middle East must step back from the brink |
That still means starting with a ceasefire in Gaza
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| 1-Aug-2024
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Chinese companies are winning the global south |
Their expansion abroad holds important lessons for Western incumbents
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| 1-Aug-2024
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Genomic medicines can cost $3m a dose. How to make them affordable |
The treatments are marvels of innovation. Their pricing must be inventive, too
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| 1-Aug-2024
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How to make tourism work for locals and visitors alike |
Holidays don’t have to be hell
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| 1-Aug-2024
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Is the big state back in Britain? |
The risk is not too much interventionism, but too little audacity
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| 4-Aug-2024
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How to respond to the riots on Britain’s streets |
The violence demands robust policing, but it also requires cool heads
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| 7-Aug-2024
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Is Tim Walz the right vice-presidential running-mate for Kamala Harris? |
Progressives like him, but the presidential candidate will need to find ways to win over moderates
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| 7-Aug-2024
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Banning the opposition won’t save Thailand’s unpopular regime |
Once again, the army pretends its critics are anti-royal
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| 8-Aug-2024
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How to respond to the riots in Britain |
Punish the thugs. Stand up for immigration. And improve local services
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| 8-Aug-2024
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Bangladesh has ousted an autocrat. Now for the hard part |
A caretaker leader, Muhammad Yunus, must try to rebuild democracy
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| 8-Aug-2024
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Will America’s economy swing the election? |
It is not entering recession, but it is slowing down. That is bad news for Kamala Harris
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| 8-Aug-2024
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Why Ethiopia and Nigeria must press on with reforms |
Currency liberalisation alone is not enough
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| 14-Aug-2024
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The rights, wrongs and risks of Ukraine’s Kursk incursion |
Ukrainian forces should be careful not to overreach
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| 15-Aug-2024
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Our forecast puts Kamala Harris and Donald Trump neck and neck |
We relaunch our presidential-election model for a transformed race
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| 15-Aug-2024
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Reluctantly, America eyes building more nuclear weapons |
The superpower faces more adversaries, new technologies and less-confident allies
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| 15-Aug-2024
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Time to shine a light on the shadowy carry trade |
Transparency will help to avoid financial blow-ups
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| 15-Aug-2024
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America is sabotaging itself in the global battle for talent |
Some countries are much more serious about attracting the highly skilled
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| 22-Aug-2024
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Kamala Harris can beat Donald Trump. But how would she govern? |
Being a politician is about more than campaigning. More policy detail is needed
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| 22-Aug-2024
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How to attract Indian tourists |
Destinations are competing for the travelling rupee
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| 22-Aug-2024
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What to make of America’s topsy-turvy economy |
Don’t panic just yet
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| 22-Aug-2024
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Regulators are focusing on real AI risks over theoretical ones. Good |
Rules on safety may one day be needed. But not yet
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| 22-Aug-2024
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Countries should act faster to curb the spread of mpox |
The slower the response, the more people will die
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| 28-Aug-2024
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Why inflation fell without a recession |
High interest rates, not the passage of time, have restored price stability
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| 29-Aug-2024
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Why Sudan’s catastrophic war is the world’s problem |
It could kill millions—and spread chaos across Africa and the Middle East
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| 29-Aug-2024
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People should be paid for blood plasma |
Shortages are hampering the production of essential medicines
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| 29-Aug-2024
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Donald Trump’s promise of “mass deportation” is unworkable |
Yet he could cause serious harm by trying
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| 29-Aug-2024
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Digital twins are fast becoming part of everyday life |
Welcome to the mirror world
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| 3-Sep-2024
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As Brazil bans Elon Musk’s X, who will speak up for free speech? |
Free expression has become a culture war, and those who should defend it are staying quiet
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| 4-Sep-2024
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How to deal with the hard-right threat in Germany |
As extremists win more votes across Europe, forming moderate and effective governments is getting harder
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| 5-Sep-2024
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What to do about America’s killer cars |
The country’s roads are nearly twice as dangerous as the rich-world average. It doesn’t have to be that way
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| 5-Sep-2024
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The real problem with China’s economy |
The country risks making some of the mistakes the Soviet Union did
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| 5-Sep-2024
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A make-or-break moment for Mexico |
In America’s biggest trading partner the rule of law and democracy are under attack
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| 5-Sep-2024
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The Labour government’s worrying lack of ambition in Europe |
Sir Keir Starmer is trapped by the mindset of the post-Brexit years
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| 10-Sep-2024
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Mario Draghi’s best ideas are those Europe finds least comfortable |
The danger is that it picks the easy ones
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| 11-Sep-2024
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Nigeria’s catastrophic fuel crisis has a straightforward solution |
How to scrap a popular yet ruinous subsidy
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| 12-Sep-2024
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America’s election is mired in conflict |
Donald Trump’s conspiracy machine is already gearing up for election night
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| 12-Sep-2024
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How to finish Japan’s business revolution |
Tokyo-listed companies have become more friendly to shareholders, but the job is only half-done
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| 12-Sep-2024
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More storms are brewing in the South China Sea |
A dangerous new stage in the conflict is beginning
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| 18-Sep-2024
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Britain should let university tuition fees rise |
Domestic students have been paying less in real terms every year
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| 19-Sep-2024
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How the world’s poor stopped catching up |
Progress stalled around 2015. To restart it, liberalise
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| 19-Sep-2024
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The breakthrough AI needs |
A race is on to push artificial intelligence beyond today’s limits
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| 19-Sep-2024
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After peak woke, what next? |
The influence of a set of illiberal ideas is waning. That creates an opportunity
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| 19-Sep-2024
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Let Ukraine hit military targets in Russia with American missiles |
Hitting back at the forces blasting Ukrainian cities is legal and proportionate
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