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Unpicking the thread: forced labour in Xinjiang
Unpicking the thread: forced labour in Xinjiang
Sanctions are tightening around the Chinese province amid suspicions of forced labour. Western firms that are reliant on... Read more
9 Sep 2020
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Ranked #2
Editor’s Picks: June 29th 2020
Editor’s Picks: June 29th 2020
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the next catastrop... Read more
28 Jun 2020
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And then, winter: ten years after the Arab Spring
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A revolutionary conflagration a decade ago has almost entirely flickered out. We ask what happened to all the optimism a... Read more
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Arms within reach: Israel's vaccination lead
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Checks and Balance: Ctrl Alt Delete
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Joe Biden faces multiple crises after four years that often resembled a denial-of-service attack on American governance.... Read more
22 Jan 2021
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Checks and Balance: Poor choices
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Congress must decide whether to extend federal aid for the unemployed beyond July. Ten million more Americans are out of... Read more
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Futurewatch: The death of cash
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As digital payments become the norm, will there be a need for cash? The Economist’s Finance editor Helen Joyce takes a l... Read more
4 Nov 2019
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Checks and Balance: California vice
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After a deliberately quiet few months, Presidential frontrunner Joe Biden seized the news cycle this week by announcing ... Read more
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Much to repair: Biden’s first day on the job
Much to repair: Biden’s first day on the job
The watchword was unity as Joe Biden took office—he struck a calming tone and got immediately to work. We analyse the ga... Read more
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Coming write-up: Chile votes to overhaul its constitution
Coming write-up: Chile votes to overhaul its constitution
The country has roundly rejected its dictatorship-era charter and mapped out how to fashion a new one. What do Chileans ... Read more
26 Oct 2020
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The Economist asks: Anna Wintour
The Economist asks: Anna Wintour
For more than 30 years as editor-in-chief of Vogue, Anna Wintour has been the gatekeeper of high style. Anne McElvoy ask... Read more
19 Jul 2019
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Checks and Balance: Out of control
Checks and Balance: Out of control
The United States is home to the world’s most renowned disease-fighting agency, the CDC. Americans might have expected i... Read more
17 Jul 2020
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Checks and Balance: The American way
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America has passed a grim milestone: 100,000 deaths from covid-19. Many Americans think the country has been hit uniquel... Read more
29 May 2020
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Futurewatch: The future of banking
Futurewatch: The future of banking
Futurewatch: The future of bankingWill the bricks and mortar of high-street banks be replaced by the silicon chips of da... Read more
11 Nov 2019
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Editor’s Picks: June 7th 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... Read more
7 Jun 2019
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Checks and Balance: Leaving today
Checks and Balance: Leaving today
New York became the epicentre of the pandemic when it first hit America. More than 25,000 New Yorkers have died of covid... Read more
1 Jan 2021
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The Economist asks: Where does power lie in America?
The Economist asks: Where does power lie in America?
Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams was the first African-American woman to win a major-party nomination for governor in 2018... Read more
25 Oct 2019
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Checks and Balance: Disruptor-in-chief
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How far has President Donald Trump delivered on his promise to remake American power in the world? With so much attentio... Read more
24 Jan 2020
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The Economist asks: What’s the future of the Republican party?
The Economist asks: What’s the future of the Republican party?
Ahead of the 2020 American presidential election, John Prideaux, The Economist's US editor, talks to Bill Weld, a former... Read more
29 Nov 2019
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The Economist Asks: Bill Gates
The Economist Asks: Bill Gates
Our editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes asks the philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft what it will take to defeat... Read more
20 Aug 2020
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