Too good to be true: The contradiction at the heart of the world economy
The world this week
Leaders
Too good to be true
The world economy is defying gravity. That cannot last
Threats abound, including higher-for-longer interest rates
The Middle East
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
Trade wars: episode II
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
Lead poisoning
How to stop turmeric from killing people
Developing countries—especially India—should learn from Bangladesh
Coming of age
Why the rules on embryo experiments should be loosened
Lifting the 14-day rule would help researchers understand how organs develop
Trials and errors
Britain’s prisons show up wider flaws in government
The entire criminal-justice system is under strain
Letters
On donating organs, mental health, the Sagrada Família basilica, film lengths, James Bond, “Star Trek”
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Briefing
Higher for longer
Markets think interest rates could stay high for a decade or more
The economic consequences could be grim
Britain
Wasted time
The blight of Britain’s prisons
I swear, your honour. A lot
The covid-19 inquiry exposes chaos in Boris Johnson’s government
Introducing the VHS
How the rapid growth of virtual wards is helping the NHS
Sex and horses
The genius of Jilly Cooper, queen of British bonkbusters
Europe
Don’t look up
Trenches and tech on Ukraine’s southern front
The fracturing French left
The Middle East crisis is splitting the French opposition
Fear spurs the Poles
Beefing up Poland’s armed forces
United States
Cut chemists
A tax-cutting wave is sweeping over America’s states
All shook up
Can a Presley win Mississippi?
Medicine’s gilded age
Why doctors in America earn so much
Crime and governance
Why is America’s capital so violent?
Middle East & Africa
Civilians and the ground invasion
Why urban warfare in Gaza will be bloodier than in Iraq
The day after
Is a two-state solution possible after the Gaza war?
Ports in a storm
Ethiopia’s prime minister wants a Red Sea harbour
The Americas
The new narco network
Gang violence is spreading across Latin America
Dashed dreams of democracy
Venezuela’s Supreme Court tests President Joe Biden
Oh no, Canada
Canadians are starting to sour on migration
Asia
Asia’s dirty money
Singapore’s biggest money-laundering case has links to Chinese gamblers
Save our ghouls
A Tokyo district cracks down on Halloween
Death by turmeric
Bangladesh strikes a blow against lead poisoning
Choking a city
Politics hampers Delhi’s fight against air pollution
China
One leader, two philosophies
Xi Jinping is trying to fuse the ideologies of Marx and Confucius
Progress on one front
China and Bhutan aim to resolve a long-running border dispute
International
Views of the Middle East
The culture war over the Gaza war
Social media are not real life
Israel is more popular than social-media posts suggest
Business
Heady, with headaches
America’s economy is booming. Why aren’t its bosses happier?
Plastic surgery
OMV, Austria’s energy major, reimagines its future
Bangs for bucks
Can America’s weapons-makers adapt to 21st-century warfare?
Holding pattern
Can Israeli-Emirati business ties survive the Gaza war?
Finance & economics
Tariff Man Part Two
Donald Trump’s second term would be a protectionist nightmare
The joy of competition
American banks now offer customers a better deal
The tail that wags
Investors are paying close attention to the world’s safest assets
Indestructible
China’s economy is a mess. Why aren’t firms going under?
Free exchange
The Middle East’s economy is caught in the crossfire
Science & technology
When the map becomes the territory
Lab-grown models of embryos increasingly resemble the real thing
Ground truths
Could AI help find valuable mineral deposits?
Be rich in good deeds
A new gonorrhoea drug was developed by a non-profit foundation
Culture
Television
A golden age of TV is losing its shine
Artistic frenemies
A show on Manet and Degas examines creative rivalry
Surveillance, Inc.
Inside the secretive startup selling facial-recognition software
Come together
A new Beatles track is surprisingly soulful
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
When the laughter stops
Matthew Perry changed the way America spoke
The Economist explains
The Economist explains
Can Hamas’s casualty figures be trusted?
The Economist explains
Why Gaza’s refugee camps are so vulnerable
The Economist reads
The Economist reads