The Economist-20250426

The Economist

Language: English

Publisher: calibre

Published: Apr 26, 2025

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Articles in this issue: Politics Business The weekly cartoon Trump is a revolutionary. Will he succeed? The man Britain cannot ignore President Trump’s attacks on the Fed are not over Africans need jobs. The rest of the world needs workers How Canada went from preachy to pragmatic How to keep AI models on the straight and narrow The challenges faced by Brazil’s Supreme Court, and more To see off the Trump challenge, Canada must fix its productivity problem, says Michael Ignatieff Emigration from Africa will change the world J.D. Vance flies into a giant trade storm in India Taiwan flogs America drones “not made in China” What’s at stake as Singapore goes to the polls India and Pakistan could come to blows over Kashmir How the global south forgot its own birthday Amid a trade war, Xi Jinping may be purging China’s armed forces China’s $38,000 baby formula China’s fine diners switch from American to Aussie beef Who will stop Donald Trump’s drive for unchecked power? How courts might stop Donald Trump’s attack on civil society Expect more chaos in Donald Trump’s tariff policies Donald Trump hopes to become a one-man deregulator How Donald Trump plans to ramp up deportations America’s poster-in-chief is very, very online How Donald Trump caused a political earthquake in Canada Bolivia’s wild politics are dragging it into the abyss Why Ukraine is losing the war for African opinion The Mauritius miracle is losing its sheen Is Donald Trump about to bomb Iran or rebuild it? The Druze’s influence outweighs their numbers The pope phoned a priest in Gaza every day France is a far healthier country than America Why Italy’s defence spending lags far behind Europe wants Sweden’s minerals. That’s more bad news for the Sami The Kremlin’s grey-zone war in the Black Sea shows its real intent America is selling a Ukraine peace plan. No one is buying, yet Europe’s reluctant reset with Turkey Nigel Farage leads a movement that is hungrier and better organised Ice cream and immigration at the Farage show Can a six-year-old startup revive the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper? Why Britain’s police forces have taken to cultivating cannabis Donald Trump’s antics mean new boldness is needed in UK-EU links Britain’s 20-20-20-20 vision Trump’s red-hot war on terror Learning to love the cluster bomb The coming struggle to choose the next pope The ugly task of Putin-proofing your border Peter Thiel doubles down on patriotism in the Trump era America won’t be able to bully the world into buying more gas Even Republicans are falling out of love with Tesla For Volkswagen, things go from bad to wurst How Donald Trump might steal Christmas Shopping malls are making a comeback in America The early lives of bosses Watch out, Elon Musk. Chinese robots are coming Why American tech stocks are newly vulnerable Trump wants a certain kind of immigrant: the uber-rich Will China’s shoppers cushion the Trumpian blow? Should investors spend the trade war in India? Not just Trump: Asia has a trade problem of its own making Economists don’t know what’s going on Unlike everyone else, Americans and Britons still shun the office What price cool? $31 a month, according to students Trump’s sovereign-wealth fund won’t make America richer AI models can learn to conceal information from their users Lethal fungi are becoming drug-resistant—and spreading Australia’s dingoes are becoming a distinct species How to form good habits, and break bad ones: trick your brain The Vietnam war made American culture bolder and more varied The NFL has turned the draft into thrilling television They sing and dance—but rarely show their faces. Meet VTubers An old, leisurely way to watch television drama is back in vogue TikTok is changing the perfume business Exploring the mysteries of the Louvre Economic data, commodities and markets Pope Francis changed the Catholic church, but not as much as he hoped Trump’s first 100 days, and beyond