The year as told through illustrations | The Economist

Dec 21st 2024

Harol Bustos Why America is vulnerable to a despot

Ben Hickey MAGA with Chinese characteristics

Mike Haddad America’s growing profits are under threat

Olivier Heiligers How bad could a second Trump presidency get?

Timo Lenzen What happened to the artificial-intelligence revolution?

Carl Godfrey How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America

Leon Edler A shift in the media business is changing what it is to be a sports fan

Rob en Robin Is your rent ever going to fall?

Armando Veve The Titanic Triassic

Kyle Ellingson Talent is scarce. Yet many countries spurn it

Nick Kempton How Ukraine is using AI to fight Russia

Vartika Sharma The first endometriosis drug in four decades is on the horizon

Hokyoung Kim Britain’s prison service is caught in a doom loop

Klawe Rzezcy 2024’s biggest revolution may yet devour its children

Eiko Ojala What is Britain’s Labour government for?

Paul Blow Why being wrong is good for you

Ricardo Rey The housing ladder, 1950-2005

Juanjo Gasull China’s economic model retains a dangerous allure

Twisha Patni Video games are the next big thing in film and television

Daniel Liévano AI will boost drug development in 2025

Celina Pereira Will Ali Khamenei and Donald Trump ever meet?

Álvaro Bernis China’s stockmarket nightmare is nowhere near over

Julia Kuo America’s assassination attempt on Huawei is backfiring

Chantal Jahchan Who are the swing voters in America?

Pablo Delcan America’s ten-year-old fentanyl epidemic is still getting worse

Maxime Mouysset Russian spies are back—and more dangerous than ever

Alberto Miranda Can Israel afford to wage war?

Nathalie Lees Researchers are questioning if ADHD should be seen as a disorder

Carl Godfrey Can the rich world escape its baby crisis?

Karan Singh Silicon returns to Silicon Valley

Ricardo Tomás The best books of 2024, as chosen by The Economist

Chloe Cushman Donald Trump’s second term will present new dangers for China

Allie Sulberg Could weight-loss drugs eat the world?

Giacomo Bagnara Must try harder

Nick Little The tech wars are about to enter a fiery new phase

Pete Ryan Justin Trudeau is unlikely to win the Canadian election

Blake Cale Elon Musk and Donald Trump seem besotted. Where is their bromance headed?

Joanne Joo Is Western culture stopping people from growing up?

Shira Inbar AI models make stuff up. How can hallucinations be controlled?

Javier Jaén China is suffering from a crisis of confidence