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Lover or Leaver? How Brexit...

06.24.2019

Exactly three years after the referendum result, it’s clear: Brexit has driven Britain a bit batty. We look into the grand societal divides that the vote exposed. In Istanbul, a repeat mayoral election reaches the same result: the ruling party ...

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06.24.2019 Lover or Leaver? How Brexit divided Britons Exactly three years after the referendum result, it’s clear: Brexit has driven Britain a bit batty. We look into the grand societal divides that the vote exposed. In Istanbul, a repeat mayoral election reaches the same result: the ruling party ...
06.21.2019 The Economist asks: Which Democrats can challenge Donald Trump in 2020? Anne McElvoy and John Prideaux, The Economist’s US editor, interview two distinctive hopefuls in the race to replace Donald Trump. Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, assesses America's role in the world and sets out his plan ...
06.21.2019 Blonde ambition: Boris’s bid for power Charming buffoon or cunning chameleon? Welcoming liberal or snarling Brexiteer? We ask why, despite having no guiding philosophy, Boris Johnson is so likely to become Britain’s prime minister. Our obituaries editor remembers the socialite Claus von Bülow, his sensational attempted-murder ...
06.20.2019 Editor’s Picks: June 20th 2019 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Boris Johnson is the favourite to become Britain's next Prime Minister (8:23). America’s future will be written in the two mega-states—California and Texas ...
06.20.2019 Hawks, stocks and peril: Iran-America brinkmanship Iran’s downing of an American drone today is just the latest source of tension between the countries. Where does it end? As facial-recognition technology improves, rising privacy concerns are hampering its adoption. And in Britain, advertisements that play to gender ...
06.19.2019 Babbage: Facebucks Facebook wants to create a global digital currency—what could possibly go wrong? Also, why billionaire Stephen Schwarzman, founder of Blackstone private-equity firm, is donating £150m to fund a humanities centre at Oxford University. And, what can be done to increase ...
06.19.2019 Moving stories: the UN’s refugee report The worldwide count of people forced from their homelands has increased sharply, again. What’s driving these movements, and what are governments doing about incoming refugees? The Democratic Republic of Congo is suffering the world’s second-largest outbreak of Ebola—we ask why ...
06.18.2019 Money talks: Banking bad Deutsche Bank plans to create a new division, a “bad bank”, which will hold tens of billions of euros of assets as part of an overhaul of it is operations. Will the remaining firm become profitable enough to satisfy regulators ...
06.18.2019 Florida Man: Trump’s re-election campaign America’s president heads back to the Sunshine State today to announce his candidacy. What to expect this time around? Muhammad Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, has died in court. We look back on his troubled leadership and ignominious end. ...
06.17.2019 Lam to the slaughter: Hong Kong’s shocking U-turn Calls for the resignation of Carrie Lam, the territory’s leader, are intensifying. Hong Kongers may have put a recent freedom-crimping bill on ice, but more challenges to their independence await. We speak to the mother of a child genius who ...
06.14.2019 The Economist asks: Armistead Maupin Anne McElvoy asks the creator of “Tales of the city” about what drew him back to 28 Barbary Lane and a new batch of tales of queer America. Fifty years on from the Stonewall riots that sparked the LGBT civil ...
06.14.2019 What’s yours has mines: the Gulf of Oman attack America has blamed Iran for yesterday’s tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman. If that’s true, Iran is playing a dangerous game that involves the whole of the region. The violent militias that control much of Rio de Janeiro might ...
06.13.2019 Editor’s Picks: June 13th 2019 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, huge demonstrations in Hong Kong have rattled the territory’s government. (8:50) America’s biggest defence merger highlights the changing nature of war (17:11) And, ...
06.13.2019 Vlad the un-jailer: the Ivan Golunov case An investigative journalist’s release may look like a press-freedom win in Russia—but it represents much more than that. Democratic presidential hopefuls have no shortage of transformative ideas, yet Senate arithmetic ensures there’s little hope of realising them. And, we visit ...
06.12.2019 Babbage: Space invaders The business opportunities from small satellite technology are infinite: from an ‘ambulance’ which rescues malfunctioning spacecraft to devices that can measure the oil level in a tanker from space. Are we on the verge of making gene-editing technology safer? And, ...
06.12.2019 Once more, with felines: half the world gets online Half of humanity is now online. What will the second half do when it logs on? The same as the first: friendly chat, personal expression and a lot of cat videos. Despite appearances, racism in America is actually going down; ...
06.11.2019 Money talks: All the presidents men There are no women in the running to take over as the next President of the European Central Bank. And, lessons from the Woodford Investment group—even star fund-managers can struggle to outperform the market. Also, why do German billionaires avoid ...
06.11.2019 Independence say: Hong Kong’s ongoing protests A proposed change to the judicial system is just the latest sign that mainland China is exerting pressure on Hong Kong’s autonomy. Authorities seem ready to quell further demonstrations. Although solitary confinement is widely condemned, it’s still common in America; ...
06.10.2019 No way to tweet a friend: Trump’s Mexico tariffs In the end, President Donald Trump’s tariff threat did what he had hoped: Mexico has pledged to tighten immigration flows. But such weaponisation of tariffs bodes ill for the future. China’s “green Great Wall” of trees—a bid to halt desertification—may ...
06.07.2019 Editor’s Picks: June 7th 2019 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the second half of humanity is joining the internet. Citizens of the emerging world will change the web and it will change them. ...
06.07.2019 Tory story: Britain’s next prime minister Today Theresa May stepped down as leader of the Conservative Party, and would-be replacements are already lining up. There’s little hope that any would be able to arrange an elegant exit from Europe. Also, we take a look at the ...
06.06.2019 The Economist asks: Who can lead Britain through Brexit? Anne McElvoy speaks to two candidates in the race to succeed Theresa May as Conservative leader and Britain's prime minister. She catches up with Rory Stewart, the international development secretary, who proposes a “citizens’ assembly” to solve Brexit. And she ...
06.06.2019 Basta! The EU challenges Italy’s finances European officials have threatened a substantial fine if Italy doesn’t shrink its debt and budget deficit. Whether or not it follows through, markets are already punishing the country. Tens of thousands of refugees have snuck into Canada from America, but ...
06.05.2019 Babbage: Fusing the future In this week’s Babbage, Alok Jha investigates the organisations and companies trying to crack a technology that could solve all of the world’s energy problems in a stroke—nuclear fusion. From Iter, the world's largest collaborative fusion experiment, to private start-ups ...
06.05.2019 Same as the old boss? Crackdown in Sudan Nearly two months after staging a coup, military leaders have brutally cracked down on protesters in Sudan. Talks with the opposition have fallen apart—as have hopes for a resurgent Sudanese democracy. We examine the rise in gun violence in Latin ...
06.04.2019 Money talks: Tariffs at dawn President Trump has started using import tariffs to win political as well as economic battles. What will be the impact of his latest threats to impose tariffs on Mexican goods? Also, how the US Federal Reserve is preparing for the ...
06.04.2019 Thirty years of forgetting: Tiananmen On the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square tragedy, our correspondents reflect on a dark and confusing day—and the Chinese government’s efforts to suppress the memory of it. Could such widespread dissent flare up in today’s China? Also, why laws ...
06.03.2019 Get pomped up: Trump’s British visit President Donald Trump kicks off his state visit to Britain with some opening shots at London's mayor Sadiq Khan. But larger issues will take center stage. Amid Brexit, a leadership contest and simmering security tensions, we discuss the strains to ...
05.31.2019 The Economist asks: Who will run tomorrow’s top companies? Anne McElvoy asks Ursula Burns about how she became the first black woman to run a Fortune 500 company. She explains why she now champions gender quotas, having vehemently opposed them. And, as AI threatens more traditional jobs, how CEOs ...
05.31.2019 Protectionist racket: trade-war rhetoric As President Donald Trump threatens new tariffs on Mexican goods, retaliatory ones between China and America are starting to bite. That puts China’s party leaders—and their hardening nationalist message—in a tricky spot. We examine how the global grounding of Boeing’s ...
05.30.2019 Editor’s Picks: May 30th 2019 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Britain’s constitutional time-bomb. Brexit is already a political crisis—sooner or later it will become a constitutional one too. How floods and storms in ...
05.30.2019 Likudn’t: Israel’s political crisis For the first time since Israel’s founding, efforts to form a government have failed. What will the resulting snap election mean for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu? Alleged meddling in the Czech judiciary has sparked protests; it seems that challenges to ...
05.29.2019 Babbage: Rash behaviour The measles resurgence around the world has been blamed on parents refusing to vaccinate their children but is vaccinating children enough? Also, how a new glove for humans is teaching robots how to feel. And Kenneth Cukier asks Carl Benedikt ...
05.29.2019 Baba Go Slow: Nigeria’s President gets another term Muhammadu Buhari earned the nickname “Baba Go Slow” for a lackadaisical approach to reform as Nigeria’s president. He mismanaged the economy, failed to tackle corruption and has been unable to restrain the terrorist group Boko Haram. Will he be more ...
05.28.2019 Money talks: Just the job The received wisdom is that work is becoming low-paid and precarious, with jobs lost to automation and the gig economy. The data say otherwise. What does the jobs boom in the rich world mean for the global economy? Also, will ...
05.28.2019 Continental breakfast: European elections Europe’s voters have shown they are not happy with traditional parties. But even as the Brexit Party surged in Britain, populists across the continent found elections to the European Parliament tougher than expected, while the Green Party made a strong ...
05.27.2019 The world ahead: Food for thought After the successful stockmarket flotation of Beyond Meat, maker of the Beyond Burger, we assess the potential impact of meat substitutes on global meat consumption. Also, is space tourism about to take off? And what can be done to preserve ...
05.24.2019 The Economist asks: Are the Victorians a model for Brexit Britain? With Theresa May on her way out of 10 Downing Street and Britain no closer to achieving the Brexit she promised, Anne McElvoy takes the long view. She asks Jacob Rees-Mogg, a Conservative MP, and Tristram Hunt, director of the ...
05.24.2019 This May hurt: British politics Britain’s prime minister Theresa May has at last revealed the date she will step down. She had the unenviable task of trying to deliver Brexit, which she failed to, and her successor may not fare any better. President Donald Trump ...
05.23.2019 Editor’s Picks: May 23rd 2019 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party has won a second landslide victory. The prime minister, Narendra Modi, should make better use of his latest ...
05.23.2019 Repeat performance: India’s election Narendra Modi’s BJP appears to have won a convincing re-election victory. What will that mean for India and the region? We look back on the life of Bob Hawke, a former Australian prime minister who convinced the world that his ...
05.22.2019 Babbage: Data to the rescue Access to the right data can be as valuable in humanitarian crises as water or medical care, but it can also be dangerous. Misused or in the wrong hands, the same information can put already vulnerable people at further risk. ...
05.22.2019 Ibiza remix: Austria and the European fringe As a scandal involving Austria’s hard-right Freedom party causes the government to unravel, we examine the fringe parties of Europe and their chances in this week’s European election. As tech billionaires continue to indulge their obsession with space travel, we ...
05.21.2019 Money talks: When the chips are down How will the Trump administration’s restrictions affect Huawei—can the world’s second biggest smartphone maker adapt to not doing business with America? Michael Froman, a former US trade representative and the vice-chairman of MasterCard, discusses how private companies themselves can promote ...
05.21.2019 In a heartbeat: abortion in America The strict anti-abortion bills cropping up in multiple American states aren’t expected to become the law of the land—but proponents want them to chip away at Roe v Wade, which is. Attacks on albinos have risen ahead of Malawi’s presidential ...
05.20.2019 Battle for legitimacy: Afghanistan v the Taliban After 18 years and almost a trillion dollars to fight the Taliban, Afghanistan’s government still struggles for legitimacy; we ask why. A list of the world’s ultra-rich reveals a disproportionate number of self-made female billionaires from China—but the trend isn’t ...
05.17.2019 The Economist asks: Cass Sunstein Anne McElvoy asks Cass Sunstein, a former advisor to Barack Obama and co-author of "Nudge", how far the state should define our quest for personal freedom. They discuss how we might need a GPS to navigate through life, the limits ...
05.17.2019 Private iniquity? The Abraaj case Not long ago, Abraaj was one of the world’s highest-profile private-equity firms. We take a look at its spectacular downfall, and the fate of its charismatic boss, Arif Naqvi. This weekend Australian voters will elect a new parliament. How can ...
05.16.2019 Editor’s Picks: May 16th 2019 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, as the rivalry between China and the United States grows, surging sanctions create both risks and unexpected business opportunities. Why the feeble Afghan ...
05.16.2019 May, EU live in interesting times: Brexit As party leaders grill Britain’s prime minister—and with a looming European election the country was due to avoid—we examine how the Brexit mess is dissolving party allegiances. Turkey was once seen as a success story in dealing with Syrians fleeing ...

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Lover or Leaver? How Brexit divided Britons

The Economist asks: Which Democrats can challenge Donald Trump in 2020?

Blonde ambition: Boris’s bid for power

Editor’s Picks: June 20th 2019

Hawks, stocks and peril: Iran-America brinkmanship

Babbage: Facebucks

Moving stories: the UN’s refugee report

Money talks: Banking bad

Florida Man: Trump’s re-election campaign

Lam to the slaughter: Hong Kong’s shocking U-turn

The Economist asks: Armistead Maupin

What’s yours has mines: the Gulf of Oman attack

Editor’s Picks: June 13th 2019

Vlad the un-jailer: the Ivan Golunov case

Babbage: Space invaders

Once more, with felines: half the world gets online

Money talks: All the presidents men

Independence say: Hong Kong’s ongoing protests

No way to tweet a friend: Trump’s Mexico tariffs

Editor’s Picks: June 7th 2019

Tory story: Britain’s next prime minister

The Economist asks: Who can lead Britain through Brexit?

Basta! The EU challenges Italy’s finances

Babbage: Fusing the future

Same as the old boss? Crackdown in Sudan

Money talks: Tariffs at dawn

Thirty years of forgetting: Tiananmen

Get pomped up: Trump’s British visit

The Economist asks: Who will run tomorrow’s top companies?

Protectionist racket: trade-war rhetoric

Editor’s Picks: May 30th 2019

Likudn’t: Israel’s political crisis

Babbage: Rash behaviour

Baba Go Slow: Nigeria’s President gets another term

Money talks: Just the job

Continental breakfast: European elections

The world ahead: Food for thought

The Economist asks: Are the Victorians a model for Brexit Britain?

This May hurt: British politics

Editor’s Picks: May 23rd 2019

Repeat performance: India’s election

Babbage: Data to the rescue

Ibiza remix: Austria and the European fringe

Money talks: When the chips are down

In a heartbeat: abortion in America

Battle for legitimacy: Afghanistan v the Taliban

The Economist asks: Cass Sunstein

Private iniquity? The Abraaj case

Editor’s Picks: May 16th 2019

May, EU live in interesting times: Brexit

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