Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon This week’s covers How worried should you be about AI disrupting elections? How paranoid nationalism corrupts How to stop a three-way nuclear arms-race To fix broken mortgage markets, look to Denmark America’s new drug-pricing rules have perverse consequences Letters to the editor Nicholas Bloom predicts a working-from-home Nike swoosh How cynical leaders are whipping up nationalism to win and abuse power Japan is preparing for a massive earthquake What now for Thailand’s weed industry? A mercurial billionaire, Terry Gou, shakes up Taiwan’s presidential race North Korea’s borders are creaking open South-East Asian democracy is declining China has embraced pets, but animal welfare is still a problem China’s Communist Party has co-opted ancient music China is stoking anger over Japan’s release of nuclear wastewater An old health insurance scheme in China may have saved millions When China thought America might invade AI will change American elections, but not in the obvious way Cities are suing car manufacturers over auto theft. They have a case An explosion of lawsuits is not making websites more accessible Romance (as a category) is far from dead Joe Biden’s re-election bid is in trouble Wagner’s customers will have to adjust to new leadership Zimbabwe’s flawed election ensures that its pariah status endures The coup in Gabon is part of an alarming trend Why Libya’s cackhanded Israel diplomacy is bad for America, too Chile is still haunted by the coup in September 1973 Inside Ukraine’s drone war against Putin Thousands of Ukrainian men are avoiding military service Business leaders worry about the rise of the AfD Why Europe is a magnet for more Americans A sexism scandal in Spanish football hides the country’s progress Can Scotland help Labour form Britain’s next government? Political dysfunction in Northern Ireland is the new normal A blunder costs a British town billions Britain’s smaller cities desperately need better transport Why Britain is so bad at diagnosing cancer Who is to blame in Britain for delayed and cancelled flights? Britons should watch GB News, carefully A new nuclear arms race looms Amazon has Hollywood’s worst shows but its best business model From social-media stars to the Mexican army, everyone wants to run an airline America’s plan to cut drug prices comes with unpleasant side-effects India’s scandal-hit Adani Group forges on The rise of the Asian activist investor The best bosses know how to subtract work Cherish your Uber drivers. Soon they will be robots How can American house prices still be rising? Which country’s genius deserves the €500 note? Europe’s economy looks to be heading for trouble Germany’s economic model is sputtering. So are its banks High bond yields imperil America’s financial stability China’s shadow-banking industry threatens its financial system How will politicians escape enormous public debts? Some forms of chronic pain are particularly mysterious How to write a bestseller Betty Friedan and America’s forgotten feminists Long feared, volcanoes help the planet How the pocket calculator paved the way for the digital age Some developers are pushing back against violent video games Chinese food is more diverse than Western eaters might think Economic data, commodities and markets Wagner routinely targets civilians in Africa What is “friendshoring”? Andriy Pilshchykov pleaded for F-16s to be sent to Ukraine Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)
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Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon This week’s covers How worried should you be about AI disrupting elections? How paranoid nationalism corrupts How to stop a three-way nuclear arms-race To fix broken mortgage markets, look to Denmark America’s new drug-pricing rules have perverse consequences Letters to the editor Nicholas Bloom predicts a working-from-home Nike swoosh How cynical leaders are whipping up nationalism to win and abuse power Japan is preparing for a massive earthquake What now for Thailand’s weed industry? A mercurial billionaire, Terry Gou, shakes up Taiwan’s presidential race North Korea’s borders are creaking open South-East Asian democracy is declining China has embraced pets, but animal welfare is still a problem China’s Communist Party has co-opted ancient music China is stoking anger over Japan’s release of nuclear wastewater An old health insurance scheme in China may have saved millions When China thought America might invade AI will change American elections, but not in the obvious way Cities are suing car manufacturers over auto theft. They have a case An explosion of lawsuits is not making websites more accessible Romance (as a category) is far from dead Joe Biden’s re-election bid is in trouble Wagner’s customers will have to adjust to new leadership Zimbabwe’s flawed election ensures that its pariah status endures The coup in Gabon is part of an alarming trend Why Libya’s cackhanded Israel diplomacy is bad for America, too Chile is still haunted by the coup in September 1973 Inside Ukraine’s drone war against Putin Thousands of Ukrainian men are avoiding military service Business leaders worry about the rise of the AfD Why Europe is a magnet for more Americans A sexism scandal in Spanish football hides the country’s progress Can Scotland help Labour form Britain’s next government? Political dysfunction in Northern Ireland is the new normal A blunder costs a British town billions Britain’s smaller cities desperately need better transport Why Britain is so bad at diagnosing cancer Who is to blame in Britain for delayed and cancelled flights? Britons should watch GB News, carefully A new nuclear arms race looms Amazon has Hollywood’s worst shows but its best business model From social-media stars to the Mexican army, everyone wants to run an airline America’s plan to cut drug prices comes with unpleasant side-effects India’s scandal-hit Adani Group forges on The rise of the Asian activist investor The best bosses know how to subtract work Cherish your Uber drivers. Soon they will be robots How can American house prices still be rising? Which country’s genius deserves the €500 note? Europe’s economy looks to be heading for trouble Germany’s economic model is sputtering. So are its banks High bond yields imperil America’s financial stability China’s shadow-banking industry threatens its financial system How will politicians escape enormous public debts? Some forms of chronic pain are particularly mysterious How to write a bestseller Betty Friedan and America’s forgotten feminists Long feared, volcanoes help the planet How the pocket calculator paved the way for the digital age Some developers are pushing back against violent video games Chinese food is more diverse than Western eaters might think Economic data, commodities and markets Wagner routinely targets civilians in Africa What is “friendshoring”? Andriy Pilshchykov pleaded for F-16s to be sent to Ukraine Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)