Leaders
Our election endorsement
A second Trump term comes with unacceptable risks
If The Economist had a vote, we would cast it for Kamala Harris
Mission unaccomplished
The British budget combines large numbers and a narrow vision
A bigger state but an irrational way to fund it
A very cold war
How to avoid anarchy in Antarctica
All that stands between the status quo and chaos is a fragile treaty
Capital control
Index funds want to continue being treated as “passive” investors
They should act like them, then
Think outside the box
ADHD should not be treated as a disorder
Adapting schools and workplaces for it can help far more
Letters
On the OECD and climate, violence against women, the NHS, AI and nuclear power, Britishisms
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Middle out, not trickle-down
Kamala Harris wants to invest and cut the cost of living, says Bharat Ramamurti
America’s election integrity
Respect election officials to preserve democracy, says an Arizona county supervisor
Briefing
A sting in the tail risks
How bad could a second Trump presidency get?
The damage to America’s economy, institutions and the world would be huge
Essay
Anti-politics is eating the West
When politics is about hating the other side, democracy suffers
Europe
Georgia’s election
Georgia’s ruling party crushes the country’s European dream
Survival mode
Ukraine is now struggling to cling on, not to win
Spanish floods
Floods in Spain cause death and devastation
The long road to peace
Turkey could soon strike a historic peace deal with the Kurds
Free roaming
The immigrants Europe quietly wants more of
Britain
Grievance politics
The extreme right after the riots in Britain
Life on the water
A growing number of Britons live on canal boats
Money, the media and power
Meet one of Britain’s most influential, least understood people
Middle East & Africa
The aftermath of the Israeli strikes
Iran needs a new national-security strategy
Diminished defences
Israel is keeping open the nuclear option
The not-quite-peace deal
Another African war looms
United States
Take this into a count
What to watch for on election night, and beyond
Young men on couches
Will Donald Trump’s bros turn out?
Campaign calculus: miss calculation
How wrong could America’s pollsters be?
Bringing down the House
The fight to win the most unruly institution in Washington
The Americas
US elections and Mexico
Triple trouble awaits Mexico if Donald Trump wins
Outshining Odysseus
Why Uruguayans rejected a government splurge
Asia
Neighbourhood strife
North Korea’s fanatical regime just got scarier
Prayer and profit
India’s startups pray for a Hindu super-app
Cut down to size
Pakistan’s politicians seize control of the judiciary
China
An insurance policy against MAGA
Why China may be saving its bazooka for Donald Trump
A discomforting deployment
North Korea’s aid to Russia raises difficult questions in China
Frightened by Halloween
China rounds up Batman, Donald Trump and the Buddha
Readers in exile
A new intellectual hub for Chinese émigrés in Washington
International
Diplomacy on ice
Intrigue, greed and hostility burn in the Antarctic
A column on world affairs
The Telegram: our new guide to a dangerous world
Business
The Medici and Michelangelo
What if Microsoft let OpenAI go free?
Oversubscribed
Too many people want to be social-media influencers
From shuddering to shuttering
Volkswagen’s woes illustrate Germany’s creeping deindustrialisation
Dig, baby, dig
China is tightening its grip on the world’s minerals
Bartleby
How to beat jet lag
Finance & economics
Presidential preoccupations
America’s glorious economy should help Kamala Harris
Death of despair
American men are getting back to work
In the crossfire
Donald Trump would leave Asia with only bad options
Economic rescue
Why China needs to fill its empty homes
Corporate heaven
Ireland’s government has an unusual problem: too much money
In search of lost revenue
Sin taxes are suffering from a shortage of sinners
Science & technology
Bivalve broadband
Heart-cockle shells may work like fibre-optic cables
The wrong stuff
Space may be worse for humans than thought
Blue-sky thinking
Airships may finally prove useful for transporting cargo
Culture
The queen of kawaii
Hello Kitty, still cute at 50
The theory of evolution
Darwin and Dawkins: a tale of two biologists
Back to black
Goth culture has returned from the dead
The Economist watches
The best film and TV featuring fictional American elections
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
The necklace in the bread