Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon This week’s cover The humbling of Goldman Sachs The world economy’s inflation problem is easing China’s property slump is easing, but the relief will be short-lived What should Britain’s industrial strategy be? To save Egypt’s economy, get the army out of it Letters to the editor Brian Deese, John Podesta and Jake Sullivan on the Inflation Reduction Act How Goldman Sachs went from apex predator to Wall Street laggard Relaunching Rahul Gandhi, again The Philippines’ new president rewires the war on drugs Jacinda Ardern’s successor is unveiled Indonesia embraces resource nationalism The Rohingyas long for their homes in Myanmar, but cannot go back An anti-graft drive brings down Vietnam’s president China is trying to win over Westerners and private firms Does China’s softer tone extend to Taiwan? Chinese singles face the heat over the holiday What a new drama series reveals about China Congress is gridlocked. America’s statehouses are very much not Ron DeSantis wants to limit free speech in the name of free speech There is no easy escape from America’s debt-ceiling mess A shortage in America creates opportunities for nurses with wheels A violent dispute is impeding police reform in Atlanta What Edward Hopper saw A crisis of confidence in Egypt A populist plan to pay off private debts is another sign of Kuwait’s ills A white, gay, Zulu-speaking mayor is shaking up South African politics Togo promises development, not democracy Why bicycles are crucial to Congo’s cross-border trade As Lula takes over, Brazil’s economic prospects are looking up A trial in New York exposes US-Mexican counter-narcotics tensions A new generation of Argentine musicians is topping the charts After a steady first 100 days, choppier waters await Giorgia Meloni What Western tanks should give Ukraine in the next round of the war The state of the Bundeswehr is more dismal than ever Spain’s economy is recovering from the pandemic, but problems persist France sees a surprising surge in obesity Experience from a past crisis suggests Europe should shake off any complacency Britain’s carmaking industry is increasingly under threat Britain is beginning to protect its 1970s leisure centres Rishi Sunak’s hapless government Britain has fewer hospital beds than almost any other rich country Illness is stopping Britons from coming back to work How to conduct a sex survey Blat, the Soviet art of getting by, comes to Britain Most children in poor countries are being failed by their schools Big business is in for a rough earnings season Hindenburg’s critique of the Adani empire The curse of the corporate headshot Can Amazon deliver again? Elliott and fellow activist investors take on big tech How will Satya Nadella handle Microsoft’s ChatGPT moment? How the world economy could avoid recession Argentina and Brazil propose a bizarre common currency When professional stockpickers beat the algorithms What inflation means for the Big Mac index Christians fight about how to serve God and mammon Can China fix its property crisis? Have economists misunderstood inflation? Neurons are not the only brain cells that think Hormone tests for women’s fertility seem not to work A better way of keeping mosquitoes at bay is under development Wi-Fi signals could prove useful for spies How to measure how stress affects athletes’ performance How much innovation is necessary to see off fossil fuels? Kapka Kassabova traverses a landscape that time forgot Love, loss, history and exile in Aleksandar Hemon’s new novel How to eat to 100 England’s 17th century was a ferment of ideas and revolution A Broadway musical updates “Some Like It Hot” Economic data, commodities and markets Where have all America’s workers gone? What makes Germany’s Leopard 2 tank the best fit for Ukraine? Ronald Blythe recorded the passing, and continuance, of rural life Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)
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Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon This week’s cover The humbling of Goldman Sachs The world economy’s inflation problem is easing China’s property slump is easing, but the relief will be short-lived What should Britain’s industrial strategy be? To save Egypt’s economy, get the army out of it Letters to the editor Brian Deese, John Podesta and Jake Sullivan on the Inflation Reduction Act How Goldman Sachs went from apex predator to Wall Street laggard Relaunching Rahul Gandhi, again The Philippines’ new president rewires the war on drugs Jacinda Ardern’s successor is unveiled Indonesia embraces resource nationalism The Rohingyas long for their homes in Myanmar, but cannot go back An anti-graft drive brings down Vietnam’s president China is trying to win over Westerners and private firms Does China’s softer tone extend to Taiwan? Chinese singles face the heat over the holiday What a new drama series reveals about China Congress is gridlocked. America’s statehouses are very much not Ron DeSantis wants to limit free speech in the name of free speech There is no easy escape from America’s debt-ceiling mess A shortage in America creates opportunities for nurses with wheels A violent dispute is impeding police reform in Atlanta What Edward Hopper saw A crisis of confidence in Egypt A populist plan to pay off private debts is another sign of Kuwait’s ills A white, gay, Zulu-speaking mayor is shaking up South African politics Togo promises development, not democracy Why bicycles are crucial to Congo’s cross-border trade As Lula takes over, Brazil’s economic prospects are looking up A trial in New York exposes US-Mexican counter-narcotics tensions A new generation of Argentine musicians is topping the charts After a steady first 100 days, choppier waters await Giorgia Meloni What Western tanks should give Ukraine in the next round of the war The state of the Bundeswehr is more dismal than ever Spain’s economy is recovering from the pandemic, but problems persist France sees a surprising surge in obesity Experience from a past crisis suggests Europe should shake off any complacency Britain’s carmaking industry is increasingly under threat Britain is beginning to protect its 1970s leisure centres Rishi Sunak’s hapless government Britain has fewer hospital beds than almost any other rich country Illness is stopping Britons from coming back to work How to conduct a sex survey Blat, the Soviet art of getting by, comes to Britain Most children in poor countries are being failed by their schools Big business is in for a rough earnings season Hindenburg’s critique of the Adani empire The curse of the corporate headshot Can Amazon deliver again? Elliott and fellow activist investors take on big tech How will Satya Nadella handle Microsoft’s ChatGPT moment? How the world economy could avoid recession Argentina and Brazil propose a bizarre common currency When professional stockpickers beat the algorithms What inflation means for the Big Mac index Christians fight about how to serve God and mammon Can China fix its property crisis? Have economists misunderstood inflation? Neurons are not the only brain cells that think Hormone tests for women’s fertility seem not to work A better way of keeping mosquitoes at bay is under development Wi-Fi signals could prove useful for spies How to measure how stress affects athletes’ performance How much innovation is necessary to see off fossil fuels? Kapka Kassabova traverses a landscape that time forgot Love, loss, history and exile in Aleksandar Hemon’s new novel How to eat to 100 England’s 17th century was a ferment of ideas and revolution A Broadway musical updates “Some Like It Hot” Economic data, commodities and markets Where have all America’s workers gone? What makes Germany’s Leopard 2 tank the best fit for Ukraine? Ronald Blythe recorded the passing, and continuance, of rural life Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)