Leaders
After the chaos
A new macroeconomic era is emerging. What will it look like?
A great rebalancing between governments and central banks is under way
On a knife-edge
To win Brazil’s presidency, Lula should move to the centre
Another term for the populist Jair Bolsonaro would be bad for Brazil—and the world
Truss deficit
Britain’s Conservatives do not understand how much things have changed
The markets are a little calmer. The mess remains
Consultants under fire
Do McKinsey and other consultants do anything useful?
Though hated, they often provide a valuable service to the economy
Iron Man with a dodgy peace plan
How worried should you be about Elon Musk’s superpowers?
With great technological power comes great political responsibility
Letters
On the police in America, qualified-majority voting, Agatha Christie, Italy, Myanmar, Janus words
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Russia and Ukraine
Kirill Rogov on what Russians really think of the war in Ukraine
America’s 2022 midterms
Ro Khanna and Zach Wahls on how Democrats can win back factory towns
Briefing
Putin at bay
Ukraine’s military success is reshaping Russia as well as the war
Support for Vladimir Putin’s regime is narrowing fast
Tweet and sour
Elon Musk’s foray into geopolitics has Ukraine worried
His Starlink internet service has been crucial to the war effort
Europe
What’s the plan?
Can Italy’s Giorgia Meloni afford the things she wants?
Shadows of the past
The war in Ukraine has awakened memories in the Balkans
Britain
Fourth time unlucky
A chaotic conference fractures Liz Truss’s young premiership
Office for Budget Responsibility
Britain’s fiscal watchdog is caught up in a political storm
United States
The Florida model
Florida’s government subsidises people living in hurricane zones
Curdling badgers
Why Wisconsin has such odd politics
Winter is coming
Alaska’s Fat Bear Week proves conservation can be joyful
Lexington
What Donald Trump understands
Middle East & Africa
Let’s get this party started
Why political parties are a growth industry in Lesotho
Not a chance in Sahel
For the second time this year, soldiers stage a coup in Burkina Faso
An anti-ayatollah anthem
Iran’s repressive regime is being rocked by a song
The Americas
Bolsonarismo battles on
Brazil’s presidential election will go to a run-off
Isolated but not independent
Quebec elects François Legault’s fiercely nationalist party
Voices of the powerless
Cubans rage against the dying of the light
Asia
Victims fleecing victims
The gangs that kidnap Asians and force them to commit cyberfraud
A nation at a loss
Indonesia’s football tragedy puts the spotlight on its police force
Pantomime politics
India’s Congress party seems determined to prove its critics right
China
Interfering elders
How retired party officials make themselves heard in China
Class struggle
How academies for cadres shape China’s ruling class
Sinifying Shangri-La
Han Chinese seek spiritual salve in Tibetan Buddhism
International
Capitals of cool
How pop culture went multipolar
Special report
The ageing paradox
Elderly populations mean more government spending
Feedback loop
Is the world economy in a debt trap?
Greenbacks for greenery
The energy transition will be expensive
The long road back
The inflation problem will get better before it gets worse
Business
Bulletproof suits
Where next for management’s consiglieri?
Cleaning up its act
RWE, Germany’s biggest power company, is going green
Bartleby
The magic formula of management
A new look
Fashion gets a modern makeover
A social saga
Elon Musk is buying Twitter. Really. Probably
Finance & economics
The rumbling draws near
Financial markets are in trouble. Where will the cracks appear?
Striking oil producers
OPEC defies Joe Biden with a big output cut
Science & technology
The 2022 Nobel science prizes
This year’s Nobel science laureates have now been announced
Covid vaccines and menstruation
A study allays fears that covid vaccines harm menstrual cycles
Manx comets
Tailless comets could threaten Earth
The 2022 Nobel prize for chemistry
The Nobel chemistry prize goes for click-together molecules
Culture
Russian literature after the invasion
Yes, the Russian literary canon is tainted by imperialism
Scientific dynasties
Thomas and Julian Huxley were champions of Darwinism
Religion in the modern world
“To Sanctify the World” revisits the Second Vatican Council
American music
A new book explores the hidden history of the banjo
British fiction
William Boyd’s new novel is a rollicking tale of adventure
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail
Steady as she goes
Since 1311 bond yields have fallen with metronomic regularity
The Economist explains
The Economist explains
What is annexation?
The Economist explains
