The Economist
Should you worry about microplastics?
Little is known about the effects on humans—but limiting exposure to them seems prudent
Little is known about the effects on humans—but limiting exposure to them seems prudent
It should be more ambitious over getting closer to the EU
As the economy falters and the social compact frays, Xi Jinping wants to know
Can the EU regulate Donald Trump’s big tech bros?
The economics make sense, but the geopolitics are nerve-racking
His dark website, the Silk Road, was to crime what Napster was to music
Pope Francis has written the first memoir by a sitting pope. God help us
And it is more open and more efficient, too
Brazil’s current president, a titan of the Latin American left, has no apparent heirs
A change would also create huge practical problems
The United States’ southern neighbour is bracing for a wave of deportees and trapped migrants
And learning a lot about sanctions-busting
By pardoning violent offenders, he ignored his own team’s advice
And he needs to be clearer about what Britain wants
The success of cheap Chinese models threatens America’s technological lead
Usually. But the bigger problem is that they harm economic growth and innovation
The chancellor says it’s her number-one priority. We ask her what that means
An enormous prize is on offer. When might it be grasped?
And in Donald Trump, an imperialist president for the first time in over a century
Hamas and the Israeli far right both want to destabilise the West Bank
It’s build, baby, build
By pardoning violent offenders, he ignored his own team’s advice
America’s strangest and most surreal film-maker died on January 16th, aged 78
Whether it is a negotiating ploy remains to be seen
Donald Trump would need to build on its strengths, and subdue his own weaknesses
It would also create huge practical problems
Donald Trump’s pursuit of tariffs will make the world poorer—and America, too
Donald Trump’s pursuit of tariffs will make the world poorer—and America, too
But sceptics are wrong to call America First business as usual
Reasons not to panic about the tech-industrial complex
Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland are the front-runners
Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland are the front-runners
Jesse Eisenberg’s deceptively slight film asks big moral questions
His first immigration executive orders range from benign to belligerent
Donald Trump is the first president in more than 100 years to call for new American territory—including Mars
That could cause tensions with the Arab world—and Israel
But it may be a while before he unleashes a universal levy
The president had promised hefty levies immediately
The more reasoning it does, the more computer power it uses
Transparency and privacy can work together
But the ceasefire is not yet the end of the war