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What’s at stake for Poland in Europe’s election

2025-05-31

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Poland has become Europe’s most overlooked military and economic power, but it risks throwing away this influence in its presidential election. With two very different paths the country could take, will Poland cement or ruin its standing in Europe?

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El Salvador’s president is locking up his critics

2025-05-30

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El Salvador’s President Bukele imprisoned thousands in his crackdown on crime, winning praise from Donald Trump and the American right. But now the president is using repressive tactics on his critics too

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Courts block Trump’s tariffs: what happens next?

2025-05-29

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America’s Court of International Trade has unanimously struck down many of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Henry Curr, our economics editor, examines the president’s remaining options for his trade war

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The Gaza death toll may be higher than reported

2025-05-28

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The death toll in Gaza may be higher than reported. New research suggests tens of thousands of people may be missing from the official count #gaza #palestine #palestinian #waringaza

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Why America is heading for a budget crisis

2025-05-25

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Donald Trump’s tax cuts are reckless when the federal deficit is so high. America does have more fiscal leeway than other countries but the Republican party is testing its limits. Our economics editor, Henry Curr, explains why

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Trump’s attack on Harvard will hurt America #donaldtrump #harvard

2025-05-24

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John Prideaux, our US editor, explains why it will also have a real cost for scientific progress around the world

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Does Vladimir Putin want a peace deal?

2025-05-23

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Vladimir Putin doesn’t just want a ceasefire in Ukraine, he wants total victory. The legitimacy of Russian rulers is dependent on military triumph and war has become the organising principle of Putin's Russia. Arkady Ostrovsky, our Russia editor, explains why

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Is Myanmar’s junta bombing its own citizens?

2025-05-21

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After thousands were injured or killed by a devastating earthquake in March, reports emerged of airstrikes hitting schools, villages and monasteries. The Economist has used open-source intelligence to understand what’s happening in this hidden conflict

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Why Gen X is the real loser generation

2025-05-20

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Millennials and Gen Z get all the media attention—but spare a thought for Gen X, who have actually had it pretty rough, as our senior economics writer, Callum Williams, explains Listen to the rest of the episode: https://econ.st/43k5P0U Why Gen X is the real loser generation: https://econ.st/3H2VS0h Sign up to our daily newsletter: https://econ.st/4j03fmq

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Why Gen X is the real loser generation

2025-05-20

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Gen Z, millennials and baby-boomers all complain that they have it the worst. But middle-aged Gen Xers are the real losers, as our senior economics writer, Callum Williams, explains

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Insider tips for public speaking

2025-05-19

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Looking to improve your public speaking? Guy Kawasaki, chief evangelist at Canva and host of multiple successful TED Talks, shares his top tips on season two of Boss Class

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Who decides what a job is worth?

2025-05-19

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Should men and women doing different jobs be paid the same on the basis that their work is of “equal value”? Courts are saying yes, thanks to equal-value laws aimed at addressing sex-based pay discrimination. We explain why this is a flawed denial of the markets

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Weekly Market Pulse: No Free Lunches

2025-05-19

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2025-05-19

Moody’s Ratings downgrades United States ratings to Aa1 from Aaa; changes outlook to stable New York, May 16, 2025 — Moody’s Ratings (Moody’s) has downgraded the Government of United States of America’s (US) long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to Aa1 from Aaa and changed the outlook to stable from negative.

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Why can’t you stop scrolling?

2025-05-16

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Stuck in a scroll hole? Professor of neurology, Richard Cytowic, explains why we can’t get off our phones on Babbage, our science and technology podcast

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One of the world’s longest conflicts ending

2025-05-15

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One of the world’s longest conflicts ending. For 40 years the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, has been waging an armed insurgency against Turkey. But now the PKK, which Turkey and many countries consider a terrorist group, is laying down arms and disbanding

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Living on Meds, Vitamin C and Ibogaine: American Precarity

2025-05-14

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2025-05-14

Favoring capital over wage earners is the long-established policy of both political parties. Cribbing a line from a Grateful Dead song ("ain't it a shame") seems appropriate when discussing the prospects of America's burgeoning Precariat Class who are increasingly depending on tips, side hustles, credit cards and buy now, pay later schemes to survive in a stupidly high-cost economy where all the media-hyped "GDP growth" benefits the few at the...

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Why words for mother are similar around the world

2025-05-14

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Why do some words, like the ones for “mother” and “father”, sound so similar in completely unrelated languages? Our language correspondent, Lane Greene, has one explanation. We have corrected a mistake in this video, thanks to the eagle-eyed viewers who flagged it

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Why America is right to lift sanctions on Syria

2025-05-14

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American sanctions were originally imposed on the Assad regime for atrocities including chemical attacks on civilians. But with Syria’s new administration in charge, they have outlived their purpose. Our editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, explains why

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Why Trump admires Saudi Arabia

2025-05-13

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In Donald Trump’s first term his first foreign visit was to Saudi Arabia. Eight years later he headed there again, but he’ll find it’s a very different country as our business affair editor, Rachana Shanbhogue, explains 00:00 How Saudi Arabia has changed 02:52 Why does MBS have Trump’s ear? 04:22 The social transformation 05:25 The economic transformation 07:30 What’s at stake? Listen to the rest of the episode: https://econ.st/42V1Nx1 Saudi...

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The One Real Economic Indicator: "Upgrade to Premium"

2025-05-12

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2025-05-12

If you want to escape immiseration, that option is available--upgrade to Premium. I propose we set aside the conventional economic measures (GDP, unemployment, corporate profits, etc.) in favor of a more real-world metric: how many times we're hectored to "upgrade to Premium" to regain services that were once part of what we already paid for.

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