Growing barriers: Why Europe’s single market is at risk
The world this week
Leaders
Chips with everything
How the world will change as computers spread into everyday objects
The “Internet of Things” will fundamentally change the relationship between consumers and producers
Talking chop
America will have to resume negotiations with the Taliban eventually
It cannot win the war in Afghanistan by force of arms. But it should not cut and run
A way forward?
Huawei has made a peace offering that deserves consideration
The idea of selling off its 5G intellectual property is not so outlandish
Growing barriers
Why Europe’s single market is at risk
The continent’s best hope of revival lies in reanimating its great economic project
Letters
On sea levels, democracy, property, Taiwan, India, London, Europe, Jacob Rees-Mogg
Letters to the editor
Briefing
An unconscious uncoupling
The economic policy at the heart of Europe is creaking
The health of the single market is vital for the future of Europe’s economy
Europe
Emmanuel Macron faces the rage of the aged
Another French president tries pension reform
Von der Leyen’s line-up
The new top jobs in Europe
Moscow’s slap to Putin
Local elections embarrass the Kremlin
Not going quietly
The Turkish rappers who rib the regime
Render unto God
Why so many non-religious Europeans pay church taxes
Charlemagne
Why Europe should take the lead on trade
Britain
Watchers in the dark
Europe ponders how to avoid blame for no-deal
Hire education
Britain signals an about-turn on immigration
Divided they fall
How pacts and tactical voting could sway the coming British election
Out with the new
Cabinet churn is disrupting Britain’s government
Bagehot
When two tribes go to lunch
Middle East & Africa
The magician’s latest trick
Will Binyamin Netanyahu’s vow to annex part of the West Bank work?
A wide-open race
Tunisia’s election features fed-up voters and bizarre candidates
Of cashews and cash
Mozambique’s nut factories have made a cracking comeback
Hate thy neighbour
Xenophobic violence flares in South Africa
Grave threats
Even in death, Robert Mugabe worries his successor
United States
Third strike
What to expect after John Bolton’s exit
Just past the post
What a Republican victory in North Carolina means for 2020
Highbrow organising
Beleaguered unions seek members beyond the factory floor
Categorical shift
New rules in California could reshape the gig economy
Vaped and confused
A deadly outbreak casts a dark cloud over e-cigarettes
Friends with benefits
Facebook has unleashed a new dating service
Lexington
A full-court press
The Americas
Asia
Life after Dhaka
Bangladesh tries to muffle the siren song of the capital
International
The parrots eat ’em all
A dire scarcity of drugs is worsening, in part, because they are so cheap
Technology Quarterly
Ubiquitous computing
Drastic falls in cost are powering another computer revolution
From the home to the office
Companies are taking advantage of their new ability to track their workers
Computerised farming
Sensors and AI are finding their way into the barnyard
Throwaway technology
How to build a disposable microchip
Cyber security
A connected world will be a playground for hackers
When humans are connected
Hugo Campos has waged a decade-long battle for access to his heart implant
Business
Bartleby
The eyes have it
Romancing the stones
Alrosa is betting on natural diamonds
Profit motor
Porsche is small but highly lucrative
Schumpeter
The Redmond doctrine
Finance & economics
A porcine phenomenon
Soaring pork prices hog headlines and sow discontent in China
Exceptionable exceptionalism
Were Mauricio Macri’s mainstream policies doomed from the start?
Science & technology
Name that dune
The sound of sand reveals its source
Fountain of youth
Uncovering how the body ages is leading to drugs to reverse it
Culture
The descent of man
Nicholas Lemann traces the history of American corporations
The fractured lands
A technicolour history of Brooklyn
The air of freedom
A counter-revolutionary love story from Hong Kong
Economic & financial indicators
Graphic detail
Austrian economics
Austria’s 100-year bond has delivered stunning returns
Obituary
Rule by the whip