# Economist Wire


## Posts

- [Democrats need to understand: Americans think they’re worse](https://economistwire.com/blog/2024/11/07/democrats-need-to-understand-americans-think-theyre-worse/): Blaming America for Donald Trump’s success only guarantees more of it
- [How will business deal with Donald Trump this time?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2024/11/07/how-will-business-deal-with-donald-trump-this-time/): Very carefully
- [Why Volodymyr Zelensky may welcome Donald Trump’s victory](https://economistwire.com/blog/2024/11/07/why-volodymyr-zelensky-may-welcome-donald-trumps-victory/): Disillusion with Joe Biden has reached deep levels
- [Germany’s fractious coalition falls apart—and how!](https://economistwire.com/blog/2024/11/07/germanys-fractious-coalition-falls-apart-and-how/): Olaf Scholz finally runs out of patience with Christian Lindner
- [How bad could a second Trump presidency get?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2024/10/31/how-bad-could-a-second-trump-presidency-get/): The damage to America’s economy, institutions and the world would be huge
- [Turkey could soon strike a historic peace deal with the Kurds](https://economistwire.com/blog/2024/10/31/turkey-could-soon-strike-a-historic-peace-deal-with-the-kurds/): But many pitfalls lie ahead
- [The power and limits of Emmanuel Macron’s diplomatic charm](https://economistwire.com/blog/2024/10/31/the-power-and-limits-of-emmanuel-macrons-diplomatic-charm/): French affairs of heart and state
- [GLP-1s like Ozempic are among the most important drug breakthroughs ever](https://economistwire.com/blog/2021/06/05/glp-1s-like-ozempic-are-among-the-most-important-drug-breakthroughs-ever/): Their far-reaching potential could transform how chronic diseases are managed
- [Boris Johnson seeks a state fit for crisis](https://economistwire.com/blog/2021/06/05/boris-johnson-seeks-a-state-fit-for-crisis/): Efficiency gives way to resilience, and a new age of stockpiling, drills and imagining the worst
- [Rishi Sunak is worried about rising interest rates. He should relax](https://economistwire.com/blog/2021/06/05/rishi-sunak-is-worried-about-rising-interest-rates-he-should-relax/): British debts are unusually mature
- [A parallel society is developing in parts of Muslim Britain](https://economistwire.com/blog/2021/06/05/a-parallel-society-is-developing-in-parts-of-muslim-britain/): As a new book by Ed Husain explains
- [What GDP can and cannot tell you about the post-pandemic economy](https://economistwire.com/blog/2020/10/29/what-gdp-can-and-cannot-tell-you-about-the-post-pandemic-economy/): Third-quarter figures are dramatic, but need careful interpretation
- [Russian anti-Semitism](https://economistwire.com/1843-magazine/2017/12/03/a-russian-clerics-turn-of-phrase-evokes-some-dark-memories/): Keeping the lid on Russian anti-Semitism
- [What’s in New Zealand’s water?](https://economistwire.com/1843-magazine/2017/11/30/whats-in-new-zealands-water/): Cows are warming the planet. In New Zealand, they are also conjuring up a second, less familiar environmental problem
- [How Yemen became the most wretched place on earth](https://economistwire.com/blog/2017/11/30/how-yemen-became-the-most-wretched-place-on-earth/): A report from a conflict zone the world ignores
- [Cambodia’s undiscovered beaches](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2017/11/20/cambodias-undiscovered-beaches/): While visitors flock to its temples and battlefields, its shores have remained relatively free of tourists
- [Degrees of separation](https://economistwire.com/1843-magazine/2017/11/14/degrees-of-separation/): In the search for well-trained guides for Europe's Muslims, there is no quick fix
- [LAST ACTION HERO](https://economistwire.com/1843-magazine/2017/10/21/last-action-hero/): Talking to Arnold Schwarzenegger about Trump leaves our correspondent pondering “what if?”
- [Europe’s banks face a glut of new rules](https://economistwire.com/blog/2017/10/20/europes-banks-face-a-glut-of-new-rules/): Ten years after the financial crisis, the regulatory revolution continues
- [How landing and take-off slots are allocated at congested airports](https://economistwire.com/blog/2017/10/20/how-landing-and-take-off-slots-are-allocated-at-congested-airports/): The current system favours incumbents too much and needs reform
- [How Kurt Vonnegut is helping migrants in Singapore](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2017/05/23/how-kurt-vonnegut-is-helping-migrants-in-singapore/): Hundreds are finding their voice in creative-writing classes
- [The present past](https://economistwire.com/1843-magazine/2015/04/04/the-present-past/): 150 years after the end of the civil war, the states that were once Confederate remain distinct
- [Reforms and democracy, but no rule of law](https://economistwire.com/blog/2014/11/15/reforms-and-democracy-but-no-rule-of-law/): To save a promising presidency, Enrique Peña Nieto must tackle crime and corruption
- [German companies are trembling about the consequences of the sanctions](https://economistwire.com/blog/2014/07/29/german-companies-are-trembling-about-the-consequences-of-the-sanctions/): The sanctions imposed by the EU and the USA are measures with side effects.
- [Valerie and Her Week of Wonders 1970](https://economistwire.com/blog/2001/09/17/september-11-2001/): A surreal tale in which love, fear, sex and religion merge into one fantastic world.
- [Russians get a revisionist view of Soviet Union’s end](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/04/russians-get-a-revisionist-view-of-soviet-unions-end/): A new narrative from a former vice president paints Yeltsin as a tool of the U.S. in thwarting 1991 coup by hardliners.
- [The ghost of the Soviet Union still haunts the internet](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/04/the-ghost-of-the-soviet-union-still-haunts-the-internet/): The empire collapsed 30 years ago, but its .su domain lives on—and is now attracting people who oppose an independent Ukraine.
- [Sweden is launching its own MI6](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/04/sweden-is-launching-its-own-mi6/): Memories of a big mistake still spook Europe’s spies
- [Why can’t the Home Office stop asylum fraud?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/04/why-cant-the-home-office-stop-asylum-fraud/): Just 1% of asylum pleas are genuine, says insider
- [How Miami third worldism swallowed MAGA](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/04/how-miami-third-worldism-swallowed-maga/): Exiled hawks refuse to assimilate
- [The President’s inbox recap: Henry Wallace and the origins of the Cold War](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/03/the-presidents-inbox-recap-henry-wallace-and-the-origins-of-the-cold-war/): The post-World War II era would have looked very different had Henry Wallace become president.
- [History of U.S. immigration policy](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/03/history-of-u-s-immigration-policy/): Explore how the United States has responded to migrants throughout history
- [Contemporary history post-1945: Introduction](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/03/contemporary-history-post-1945-introduction/): Explore this collection of learning resources to understand how events since 1945 have shaped today’s world.
- [Far-Right AfD and Russian hybrid campaign pose twin threat for Germany’s Merz](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/03/far-right-afd-and-russian-hybrid-campaign-pose-twin-threat-for-germanys-merz/): AfD gains in state elections would add to internal pressures on the government as it faces a growing external threat from Russia.
- [Washington’s deadly new headache: an al Qaeda-Houthi terrorist alliance](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/01/washingtons-deadly-new-headache-an-al-qaeda-houthi-terrorist-alliance/): One man helped broker an arms trade between two militant groups that threatens another key oil-shipping route in the Middle East
- [Saudis said to quit Russia talks as OPEC deal no closer](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/01/saudis-said-to-quit-russia-talks-as-opec-deal-no-closer/): New internal talks set for Monday after no accord was reached
- [Can she take away America’s guns? Miss Sloane gives it a try](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/01/can-she-take-away-americas-guns-miss-sloane-gives-it-a-try/): An ambitious woman fending off sexism to do meaningful work. The timing looked perfect. Surprise!
- [Switch off the football](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/01/switch-off-the-football/): TV executives may want to start worrying about their prized sports rights.
- [AirAsia's new lease of life](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/01/airasias-new-lease-of-life/): The carrier makes more money from selling and leasing aircraft than it does from flying them.
- [Trump sees progress in effort to keep carrier plant in U.S.](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/01/trump-sees-progress-in-effort-to-keep-carrier-plant-in-u-s/): Factory’s move to Mexico would eliminate 1,400 jobs in Indiana
- [Actelion says J&J; Has approached drugmaker about takeover](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/01/actelion-says-jj-has-approached-drugmaker-about-takeover/): Shares of Actelion soar by most in more than four years
- [At skirt club, Women mix business with pleasure](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/01/at-skirt-club-women-mix-business-with-pleasure/): The networking society aims to make members as confident in the boardroom as they are in the bedroom.
- [Wells Fargo wants claims over fake accounts decided out of court](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/01/wells-fargo-wants-claims-over-fake-accounts-decided-out-of-court/): Customers suing bank for millions plus punitive damages
- [EU’s war on waste is smashing the art of the beautiful booze bottle, glassmakers warn](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/01/eus-war-on-waste-is-smashing-the-art-of-the-beautiful-booze-bottle-glassmakers-warn/): Europe’s glass producers say the bloc’s new anti-waste law will kill their creativity.
- [The real reason Iceland rejected the EU](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/01/the-real-reason-iceland-rejected-the-eu/): It’s the fish, stupid.
- [Sánchez takes rare swipe at Spain’s king over Ceuta crisis](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/01/sanchez-takes-rare-swipe-at-spains-king-over-ceuta-crisis/): The prime minister pointedly contrasted his government’s hands-on handling of the surge of migrants in the North African city with the monarch’s absence.
- [The swing of young families away from Toronto needs to stop](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/01/the-swing-of-young-families-away-from-toronto-needs-to-stop/): It will take a determined shift in policy, and attitudes, to stop the exodus of families with children from Canada’s biggest city
- [The main threat to Canadian unity is not in Alberta](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/01/the-main-threat-to-canadian-unity-is-not-in-alberta/): While current polling shows strong majorities of voters in both Alberta and Quebec would reject separation
- [Meet the megadonors who have poured $1.2 billion into the midterms](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/31/meet-the-megadonors-who-have-poured-1-2-billion-into-the-midterms/): The leaderboard of the top 20 donors is dominated by the tech industry and ultrawealthy Republicans.
- [Why the United States can’t quit its wars](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/31/why-the-united-states-cant-quit-its-wars/): The country’s longest war came to an end exactly five years ago. Today it offers lessons for policymakers seeking to avoid an endless war in Iran.
- [The end of cheap food has costs far beyond the grocery store](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/30/the-end-of-cheap-food-has-costs-far-beyond-the-grocery-store/): Research estimates that climate-related shocks could add between 0.9 and 3.2 percentage points to the annual rate of food inflation around the globe by 2035
- [Zero-interest convertible bonds set for record year](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/30/zero-interest-convertible-bonds-set-for-record-year/): Issuance on track for highest-ever level amid high AI stock volatility and as companies seek to limit borrowing costs
- [Donald Trump is delivering the deportations he promised](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/30/donald-trump-is-delivering-the-deportations-he-promised/): But that is not proving popular. The politics of immigration are changing
- [What to expect when you're expecting a new cold war](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/29/what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-a-new-cold-war/): A U.S. struggle with China won’t look exactly like the struggle with the Soviet Union.
- [Nvidia doubles its sales, but investors have their eye on the future](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/29/nvidia-doubles-its-sales-but-investors-have-their-eye-on-the-future/): AI boom adds $500bn to Nvidia's value as chip giant smashes expectations
- [How cold war II could turn into World War III](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/29/how-cold-war-ii-could-turn-into-world-war-iii/): History shows that nothing causes fiscal and monetary instability quite like multiple big, long conflicts.
- [Small ‘Hot’ wars will define Cold War II](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/29/small-hot-wars-will-define-cold-war-ii/): The US and Soviet Union never came to direct blows but fought for decades through proxies and interventions. Today Ukraine, Syria and Gaza are local conflicts with global implications.
- [In an AfD stronghold, Germany confronts its political future](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/29/in-an-afd-stronghold-germany-confronts-its-political-future/): The medieval towns of Saxony-Anhalt have witnessed centuries of political upheaval. Now the far-right AfD is on the cusp of an electoral victory.
- [A brief history of consumer culture](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/15/a-brief-history-of-consumer-culture/): Over the course of the 20th century
- [Can Singapore ever build a proper stock market?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/15/can-singapore-ever-build-a-proper-stock-market/): The city-state wants to fill a hole in its financial portfolio
- [What I experienced in Fidel Castro's Cuba in 1978](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/15/what-i-experienced-in-fidel-castros-cuba-in-1978/): Today the Cuban dictator would have been 100 years old
- [Taliban celebrate five years in power](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/15/taliban-celebrate-five-years-in-power/): Also very hungry, poor and repressed
- [Professor’s death leaves behind hard questions for Cambridge](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/15/professors-death-leaves-behind-hard-questions-for-cambridge/): Jason Arday, the school’s youngest Black professor, was found dead on Friday
- [Tilly Norwood is a gen AI psyop](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/15/tilly-norwood-is-a-gen-ai-psyop/): Digital avatar’s rollout feels like a stunt meant to normalize gen AI’s creep into Hollywood
- [Is Japan’s economy at a turning point?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/13/is-japans-economy-at-a-turning-point/): Wage and price inflation is coinciding with an exciting corporate renewal
- [Stalin’s evil empire](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/13/stalins-evil-empire/): Reagan refers to U.S.S.R. as “evil empire”
- [The number of U.S. homebuyers dropped to a record low](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/13/the-number-of-u-s-homebuyers-dropped-to-a-record-low/): Existing home sales fall 1.7% to 4.06 million-unit pace in July
- [The economic toll of Europe’s infernal summer](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/12/the-economic-toll-of-europes-infernal-summer/): Global warming, not climate policy, is bad for business, experts warn
- [Zelenskyy’s Balkan fumble](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/12/zelenskyys-balkan-fumble/): The Alberta separatist movement is intensifying as a critical vote nears.
- [Jeffrey Epstein’s death was supposed to bury the truth](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/12/jeffrey-epsteins-death-was-supposed-to-bury-the-truth-it-did-the-opposite/): Seven years later, the scandal is more consequential than ever.
- [The AI threat to India’s IT jobs machine](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/12/the-ai-threat-to-indias-it-jobs-machine/): The country has bet big on tech services but disruption is coming
- [Where has all the testosterone gone?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/12/where-has-all-the-testosterone-gone/): Levels of the hormone have dropped in the past half century—but no one knows exactly why.
- [Diesel prices surge on tightening global supply](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/11/diesel-prices-surge-on-tightening-global-supply/): Oil product disruptions drive sharp diesel price rally across US and European markets
- [Iran’s new leader takes a hard line against Trump](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/11/irans-new-leader-takes-a-hard-line-against-trump/): Mojtaba Khamenei overhauled the country’s security chiefs
- [The generational disaster of Trump, Bush and Clinton](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/06/the-generational-disaster-of-trump-bush-and-clinton/): The 1946 babies are leaving a rancid political legacy
- [Europe wants to kick its Palantir habit](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/06/europe-wants-to-kick-its-palantir-habit/): Finding alternatives won’t be easy
- [Trump’s redistricting push could cost Republicans more than It gains](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/06/trumps-redistricting-push-could-cost-republicans-more-than-it-gains/): Republicans chasing extra House seats risk energizing Democrats and alienating key new voters
- [Anti-Trump conservatives huddle about launching third-party movement](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/06/anti-trump-conservatives-huddle-about-launching-third-party-movement/): Marjorie Taylor Greene says the president has "betrayed us all."
- [SpaceX is barely space and mostly X](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/06/spacex-is-barely-space-and-mostly-x/): Elon Musk’s exploding rockets are a front for the real moneymakers.
- [DC comics will never use AI](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/05/dc-comics-will-never-use-ai/): "AI doesn’t dream. It doesn’t feel. It doesn’t make art."
- [How many people are dying as a result of USAID’s demise?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/05/how-many-people-are-dying-as-a-result-of-usaids-demise/): Fewer than academics imagine, but more than Elon Musk will admit
- [Ronald Lauder, a billionaire G.O.P. backer, closes his wallet](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/04/ronald-lauder-a-billionaire-g-o-p-backer-closes-his-wallet/): Ronald S. Lauder, a major funder of conservative political causes
- [Pentagon loses pressure campaign to restrict quantum merger](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/04/pentagon-loses-pressure-campaign-to-restrict-quantum-merger/): Pentagon Falls Behind on Mapping Quantum Technology to Military Needs
- [US sends more intel assets to Cuba](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/04/us-sends-more-intel-assets-to-cuba/): The move is one of several actions by the Trump to squeeze the communist regime
- [Migrant crisis pits Spain’s leader against critics across Europe](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/04/migrant-crisis-pits-spains-leader-against-critics-across-europe/): Prime minister lashes out at EU colleagues who blame his policies for Ceuta episode
- [Trump DHS chief faces fresh MAGA fury after bombshell leak](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/04/trump-dhs-chief-faces-fresh-maga-fury-after-bombshell-leak/): New immigration data will likely add to the crisis engulfing Markwayne Mullin
- [An emerging deal could cement Iran’s control of Strait of Hormuz](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/04/an-emerging-deal-could-cement-irans-control-of-strait-of-hormuz/): The deal would address President Trump’s most urgent political problem by allowing ships to move again
- [Ukraine needs the EU to force it to reform](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/03/ukraine-needs-the-eu-to-force-it-to-reform/): The government is shirking the work required for membership
- [Russia importing sensitive UK, EU tech through India, data shows](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/08/03/russia-importing-sensitive-uk-eu-tech-through-india-data-shows/): Researchers tracked around 50,000 sensitive and dual-use goods reaching Russia via India
- [America’s startup boom offers hope for the future of work](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/07/31/americas-startup-boom-offers-hope-for-the-future-of-work/): AI could make more people their own boss
- [The battle for Hugo Boss](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/07/31/the-battle-for-hugo-boss/): A British retail magnate tries to go upmarket
- [Navy’s new frigate program makes big bet on containers loaded with missiles](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/27/navys-new-frigate-program-makes-big-bet-on-containers-loaded-with-missiles/): The Navy is pushing back on concerns about the built-in capabilities of FF(X) frigates
- [The Republican party faces a bigger crisis than the Democratic party](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/27/the-republican-party-faces-a-bigger-crisis-than-the-democratic-party/): But demographic shifts really threaten the GOP
- [Conspiracy theorists are obsessed with the Rothschild family](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/26/conspiracy-theorists-are-obsessed-with-the-rothschild-family/): ‘Valuations are very high’
- [Soaring solar and a surge in hydro push more coal off the US grid](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/26/soaring-solar-and-a-surge-in-hydro-push-more-coal-off-the-us-grid/): The first data from 2026 seem to indicate that last year was an oddity.
- [Trump abruptly cancels EO signing event after top AI firm CEOs declined to go](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/26/trump-abruptly-cancels-eo-signing-event-after-top-ai-firm-ceos-declined-to-go/): Trump delays AI safety testing EO, claiming it would be an innovation “blocker.”
- [Four Russian satellites are now within striking distance of an ICEYE radarsat](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/26/four-russian-satellites-are-now-within-striking-distance-of-an-iceye-radarsat/): “This capability is not common for satellites conducting typical missions.”
- [Rothschild family sells 27% stake in The Economist to Canadian billionaire](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/26/rothschild-family-sells-27-stake-in-the-economist-to-canadian-billionaire/): Weekly news magazine’s parent company makes third significant ownership shake-up in its 183-year history
- [The triumphant legacy of David Rockefeller and Jacob Rothschild](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/26/the-triumphant-legacy-of-david-rockefeller-and-jacob-rothschild/): Charlie Rose salutes their newfound partnership.
- [Remembering Jacob, 4th Lord Rothschild, renowned banker and patron of culture, one year after his death aged 87](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/26/remembering-jacob-4th-lord-rothschild-renowned-banker-and-patron-of-culture-one-year-after-his-death-aged-87/): Jacob Rothschild was a true denizen of the British and global elite
- [Why are right-wing conspiracies so obsessed with pedophilia?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/26/why-are-right-wing-conspiracies-so-obsessed-with-pedophilia/): The story is the same, from the day-care panics to QAnon
- [US’s big bet on Quantum computing may not be entirely legal](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/26/uss-big-bet-on-quantum-computing-may-not-be-entirely-legal/): Deal also launched the first quantum foundry company, but is there a need for it?
- [Is being offline the ultimate flex?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/26/is-being-offline-the-ultimate-flex/): Being offline isn’t just healthy, it’s a status symbol.
- [Can AfD bring back Germany Sovereignty?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/14/can-afd-bring-back-germany-sovereignty/): AfD Surges in Polls as German Lawmakers Debate Party Ban
- [The English took no prisoners among the French](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/14/the-english-took-no-prisoners-among-the-french/): What is the evidence?
- [The king has only one man, and that is his wife](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/14/the-king-has-only-one-man-and-that-is-his-wife/): Marie Antoinette was a hate figure and sex symbol
- [How purchasable sex became socially acceptable](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/13/how-purchasable-sex-became-socially-acceptable/): A new book shows how prostitutes became socially acceptable and sex entrepreneurs became media stars
- [Israel wants to fight Hamas to the bitter end](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/13/israel-wants-to-fight-hamas-to-the-bitter-end/): At the start of the offensive
- [Al Gore, a robot with high power consumption](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/13/al-gore-a-robot-with-high-power-consumption/): Of course, the presumption of innocence also applies to Al Gore
- [Pentagon reportedly testing radio wave device linked to ‘Havana Syndrome’](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/02/skeptical-researcher-tests-microwave-device-on-himself-develops-havana-syndrome-like-symptoms/): The scientist built a microwave pulse device in 2024
- [Iran rejects U.S. pressure, vows to continue uranium enrichment](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/05/02/iran-rejects-u-s-pressure-vows-to-continue-uranium-enrichment/): Foreign Minister says Tehran’s strength lies in resisting pressure from major powers
- [Farage’s reform surges in bruising election for Starmer’s Labour](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/04/17/what-to-know-about-trumps-new-15-global-tariff-on-imports/): WASHINGTON, D.C.
- [The intellectual and moral decline of the American left](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/04/11/democrats-weaken-trumps-base-with-three-major-election-wins/): Voters in races across the country have backed Democrats
- [The history of Moscow helps explain Russia’s pathologies](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/04/04/japan-prime-minister-sanae-takaichi-scores-decisive-election-win/): Tokyo, Japan – In a stunning political resurrection that underscores the enduring appeal of strong leadership and nationalist fervor, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s high-stakes gamble on a snap election has paid off handsomely.
- [Intel says regime change in Iran is ‘Unlikely’](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/04/04/intel-says-regime-change-in-iran-is-unlikely/): National Intelligence Council report finds Iran's opposition "unlikely" to seize power after strikes
- [Trump’s Iran intervention sends US gas prices climbing toward record highs](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/04/04/trumps-iran-intervention-sends-us-gas-prices-climbing-toward-record-highs/): Fears of $5 gas grow as tankers sit idle and the prospect for peace in Iran fades.
- [People are underestimating America’s Groyper problem](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/04/04/prediction-platforms-seek-funding-at-nearly-20-billion-valuation/): Rising American anti-Semitism isn’t a foreign influence operation.
- [‘Looksmaxxing’ reveals the depth of the crisis facing young men](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/04/04/regime-change-by-jazz-improvisation/): Israel might welcome the chaos of a collapsing Tehran.
- [Trump blames Iran for deadly strike on girls’ school](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/04/04/trump-blames-iran-for-deadly-strike-on-girls-school/): The president’s remarks mark a shift from earlier White House
- [Bond market flashes warning signal not seen since before 2008 financial crisis](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/04/04/bond-market-flashes-warning-signal-not-seen-since-before-2008-financial-crisis/): Investors are watching closely as Treasury movements
- [China positions itself as ‘Harbour of Stability’ to global CEOs amid U.S.–Iran tensions](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/04/04/china-positions-itself-as-harbour-of-stability-to-global-ceos-amid-u-s-iran-tensions/): Investors are watching closely as Treasury movements
- [What if Donald Trump decided to ban oil exports?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/04/04/oil-price-surge-from-iran-war-threatens-us-growth-and-fuels-inflation-economists-warn/): oaring oil prices threaten to hit US growth
- [Left-wing candidates set to retain control in Paris and Marseille Mayoral races](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/04/04/left-wing-candidates-set-to-retain-control-in-paris-and-marseille-mayoral-races/): The Socialists are expected to extend decades-long control in Paris.
- [Trading surge hits markets minutes before Trump’s Iran announcement](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/04/04/trading-surge-hits-markets-minutes-before-trumps-iran-announcement/): A sharp rise in trading volume was recorded
- [Why open-source AI models are good for the world](https://economistwire.com/blog/2024/11/07/why-open-source-ai-models-are-good-for-the-world/): Their critics dwell on the dangers and underestimate the benefits
- [Is Netflix losing the plot?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/22/is-netflix-losing-the-plot/): The rise of YouTube has shifted the ground under the streamer’s feet
- [Can Lula, now the underdog, pull off one last trick?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/22/can-lula-now-the-underdog-pull-off-one-last-trick/): The polls are tightening with just days to go
- [How Ukraine’s biggest bank is run in a war zone](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/22/how-ukraines-biggest-bank-is-run-in-a-war-zone/): PrivatBank is a case study in adaptation
- [AI-powered personal assistants could reshape the digital economy](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/22/ai-powered-personal-assistants-could-reshape-the-digital-economy/): But they will first have to prove they are safe for users and helpful for businesses
- [The AI industry’s gigantic debts are making investors nervous](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/22/the-ai-industrys-gigantic-debts-are-making-investors-nervous/): Who will be left to pick up the bill in the event of a crash?
- [How the 2010s remade business](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/22/how-the-2010s-remade-business/): The revolutionary decade deserves a revisionist eye
- [Why shrinking glaciers could mean more volcanic eruptions](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/21/why-shrinking-glaciers-could-mean-more-volcanic-eruptions/): Volcanology and glaciology
- [In Xi Jinping’s China, central planners rule](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/21/in-xi-jinpings-china-central-planners-rule/): When one plan misfires, expect another laid on top
- [Joe Biden donates weapons to Taiwan, as he does to Ukraine](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/21/joe-biden-donates-weapons-to-taiwan-as-he-does-to-ukraine/): Will it forestall a crisis with China, or provoke one?
- [As talks about possible peace talks start, Ukraine’s backers must hold firm](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/21/as-talks-about-possible-peace-talks-start-ukraines-backers-must-hold-firm/): The war will not end soon
- [Russia is resorting to desperate measures to recruit soldiers](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/21/russia-is-resorting-to-desperate-measures-to-recruit-soldiers/): Trickery and coercion are the Kremlin’s methods
- [SunRay Kelley wanted to build in rhythm with nature, his teacher](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/21/sunray-kelley-wanted-to-build-in-rhythm-with-nature-his-teacher/): The “evolutionary” eco-architect and forest-dweller died on July 16th, aged 71
- [Jordan’s water crisis is made worse by a feud with Israel](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/20/jordans-water-crisis-is-made-worse-by-a-feud-with-israel/): A thirsty kingdom can ill afford to fall out with its neighbour
- [Don’t feel sorry for millennials. They are living it up now](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/18/dont-feel-sorry-for-millennials-they-are-living-it-up-now/): It is easy to exaggerate their economic woes
- [A Nobel prize for how to keep economies on even keel ](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/18/a-nobel-prize-for-how-to-keep-economies-on-even-keel/): Robert Hall and Michael Woodford
- [It’s not just Commerzbank: Italians are eating up German business](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/18/its-not-just-commerzbank-italians-are-eating-up-german-business/): The takeover of the bank by UniCredit is only the start
- [Another warning sign for China’s economy: falling consumer credit](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/18/another-warning-sign-for-chinas-economy-falling-consumer-credit/): A crackdown on aggressive debt collectors is good news and bad news
- [SpaceX’s Starlink expansion is a bold gamble on the future](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/18/spacexs-starlink-expansion-is-a-bold-gamble-on-the-future/): Elon Musk is betting that robotics will dramatically increase demand for connectivity
- [What’s behind the big interest in miniatures?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/18/whats-behind-the-big-interest-in-miniatures/): Nostalgia and a desire for control are fuelling a boom in small things
- [AI neolabs are raising huge sums. Most have little to show for it](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/18/ai-neolabs-are-raising-huge-sums-most-have-little-to-show-for-it/): Superstar researchers who branch out on their own need to start producing results
- [Squeeze into those skinny jeans: millennial culture is back](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/18/squeeze-into-those-skinny-jeans-millennial-culture-is-back/): A tech-powered 2000s revival represents the biggest nostalgia boom yet
- [The nuclear deal that could save NATO](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/17/the-nuclear-deal-that-could-save-nato/): How Europe Can Take More Responsibility—Without Starting an Arms Race
- [Ukraine can turn imminent peril to its advantage](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/17/ukraine-can-turn-imminent-peril-to-its-advantage/): How a True “Energy Cease-Fire” Can Curb Putin
- [The triumph of tech-fueled propaganda](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/17/the-triumph-of-tech-fueled-propaganda/): America Isn’t Ready for the Next Wave of Foreign Influence Operations
- [Where have all the Geostrategists gone?](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/17/where-have-all-the-geostrategists-gone/): The life and meaning of Zbigniew Brzezinski.
- [The Premature Partnership](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/16/the-premature-partnership/): For nearly 45 difficult years the United States pursued a remarkably consistent policy toward the Soviet Union.
- [Russian military’s corruption quagmire](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/16/russian-militarys-corruption-quagmire/): Bogged down in Ukraine, Russian forces battle the consequences of systemic sleaze.
- [China's un-separation of powers](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/16/chinas-un-separation-of-powers/): The Blurred Lines of Party and Government
- [Is the semiconductor industry headed for an almighty crash?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/16/is-the-semiconductor-industry-headed-for-an-almighty-crash/): There are reasons to believe a bust, if it comes, will be less vertiginous than the boom
- [America shouldn’t let go of the Middle East](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/16/america-shouldnt-let-go-of-the-middle-east/): Why Disengagement Is Not the Answer
- [The limits of India’s diaspora power](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/15/the-limits-of-indias-diaspora-power/): As the West closes its doors, India must make staying home more attractive
- [The coming fall of pensioner communism](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/10/the-coming-fall-of-pensioner-communism/): Just like the Soviet kind, it is collapsing under its own contradictions
- [Trump says Putin agreed to release diesel into global market](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/10/trump-says-putin-agreed-to-release-diesel-into-global-market/): President Donald Trump said Russian leader Vladimir Putin had agreed to release diesel supplies into the global market, as the administration looks to tame price hikes for the critical fuel.
- [China’s young people are turning to an 84-year-old Cambridge professor](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/10/chinas-young-people-are-turning-to-an-84-year-old-cambridge-professor/): Amid economic uncertainty and intense competition, millions of young Chinese are tuning in to Alan Macfarlane’s lo-fi answers to life’s biggest dilemmas.
- [Governments are mishandling the affordability crisis](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/09/governments-are-mishandling-the-affordability-crisis/): They should lift incomes, not suppress prices
- [America needs a citizens’ assembly to reform Social Security](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/09/america-needs-a-citizens-assembly-to-reform-social-security/): With politicians flailing, it’s worth trying an approach that has worked in Europe, argues Glenn Hubbard
- [In an AI crisis, would China answer the phone?](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/09/in-an-ai-crisis-would-china-answer-the-phone/): The Americans want a hotline but the Chinese have been cool in the past
- [China lavishes attention on a little-known competition](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/09/china-lavishes-attention-on-a-little-known-competition/): It sees the “skills Olympics” as a chance to boost its power
- [White Zimbabweans return to farming](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/09/white-zimbabweans-return-to-farming/): Their return a generation after Robert Mugabe’s land grabs reflects the country’s potential—and its troubles
- [Middle East Dispatch newsletter: The new Judaism reshaping Israel](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/09/middle-east-dispatch-newsletter-the-new-judaism-reshaping-israel/): A radical shift is taking place at Jerusalem’s holiest site, writes Nicolas Pelham, our Middle East correspondent
- [Fifty years after the Cultural Revolution, China won’t talk about it](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/09/fifty-years-after-the-cultural-revolution-china-wont-talk-about-it/): Keeping silent about the awful decade may not bury it
- [The world is facing an almighty LNG crunch](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/09/the-world-is-facing-an-almighty-lng-crunch/): In time it could bring about an equally disruptive glut
- [Europe has got its Made-in-China policy wrong](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/09/europe-has-got-its-made-in-china-policy-wrong/): The European Union and China are engaged in a trade war
- [What’s in Russian permafrost may be scarier than plague](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/09/whats-in-russian-permafrost-may-be-scarier-than-plague/): The thawing of permafrost in Siberia due to climate change is raising the risk that ancient pathogens
- [Conspiracy theorists are obsessed with the Rothschild family](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/08/conspiracy-theorists-are-obsessed-with-the-rothschild-family-2/): A new book, “Jewish Space Lasers”, tries to explain why
- [A Rothschild heir sues Vienna](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/08/a-rothschild-heir-sues-vienna/): The latest chapter in the history of Jews in Austria
- [Remembering Evelyn de Rothschild, chairman of The Economist for 17 years](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/08/remembering-evelyn-de-rothschild-chairman-of-the-economist-for-17-years/): The banker, philanthropist and bon viveur died on November 7th, aged 91. A former editor remembers him
- [How Zara fought off H&M and Shein](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/08/how-zara-fought-off-hm-and-shein/): A touch of luxury has helped
- [A giant succession wave is coming for family businesses](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/08/a-giant-succession-wave-is-coming-for-family-businesses/): Many will not survive
- [China’s oil tactics have been clever. Now the costs are mounting](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/08/chinas-oil-tactics-have-been-clever-now-the-costs-are-mounting/): The choices it faces will have global repercussions
- [Germany and France want EU storm gates for China’s trade surge](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/08/germany-and-france-want-eu-storm-gates-for-chinas-trade-surge/): A bold joint letter suggests confrontation looms with China
- [TV audiences binge on an England that doesn’t exist](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/06/tv-audiences-binge-on-an-england-that-doesnt-exist/): It’s a fantasy version of society in which specific social ills are subsumed into the broader category of class division.
- [Brazil’s next president will either be a vengeful nepo-baby or a doddering leftie](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/03/brazils-next-president-will-either-be-a-vengeful-nepo-baby-or-a-doddering-leftie/): Latin America’s biggest country is headed for more polarisation and stagnation, or worse
- [The coming fight over free speech](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/03/the-coming-fight-over-free-speech/): The Supreme Court must decide whether to limit the First Amendment or executive power
- [In Evan Gershkovich’s new memoir, prison is a microcosm of Russia](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/03/in-evan-gershkovichs-new-memoir-prison-is-a-microcosm-of-russia/): His stint behind bars offers a window onto the country’s wartime soul
- [Consuming extra vitamin D is less good than it sounds](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/03/consuming-extra-vitamin-d-is-less-good-than-it-sounds/): What works well in theory seems not to in practice
- [Olympiad Man has displaced Davos Man](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/03/olympiad-man-has-displaced-davos-man/): How maths geeks became market gods
- [Scott Bessent should stop blaming the bond market](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/03/scott-bessent-should-stop-blaming-the-bond-market/): It is working just fine; his interventions, less so
- [China’s tutoring crackdown has created a black market](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/03/chinas-tutoring-crackdown-has-created-a-black-market/): The academic system has become more unfair but just as pressure-filled
- [World leaders are losing their terror of nuclear war](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/03/world-leaders-are-losing-their-terror-of-nuclear-war/): Putin, Trump and Xi control the most powerful arsenals on earth. They should take nuclear risks more seriously
- [The era of speedball capitalism has dawned](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/03/the-era-of-speedball-capitalism-has-dawned/): A financial revolution is taking place in America
- [A hurricane is coming to tax systems](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/03/a-hurricane-is-coming-to-tax-systems/): Governments should be preparing, but most aren’t
- [Andy Burnham, faux heretic](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/03/andy-burnham-faux-heretic/): Britain’s radical prime minister has some very orthodox ideas
- [Xi Jinping uses old festivals to boost the party’s image](https://economistwire.com/opinion/2026/10/03/xi-jinping-uses-old-festivals-to-boost-the-partys-image/): But ancient traditions may not always bend to his will
- [It may soon be possible to create “mirror life”](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/03/it-may-soon-be-possible-to-create-mirror-life/): Such research poses risks for humanity and the planet
- [America’s grim record of failed executions](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/03/americas-grim-record-of-failed-executions/): What happens when states combine ineptitude with the death penalty
- [Schoolyard protests are setting France ablaze](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/10/03/schoolyard-protests-are-setting-france-ablaze/): Six months from an election, the mood is tense
- [The reclusive heirs in line for billions when Europe’s top tankmaker lists](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/29/the-reclusive-heirs-in-line-for-billions-when-europes-top-tankmaker-lists/): Unlikely cast of characters who own half of KNDS set for a windfall as Berlin prepares to buy in at an up to €20bn valuation
- [HSBC moves to bolster Hang Seng by cleaning up balance sheet](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/29/hsbc-moves-to-bolster-hang-seng-by-cleaning-up-balance-sheet/): $1.4bn sale of Hong Kong lender’s loan portfolio part of push to improve its capital efficiency
- [Investors pursue Dubai investment group over missing payments](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/29/investors-pursue-dubai-investment-group-over-missing-payments/): AIX accused of having skipped or delayed payouts on bond-like products offering double-digit annual returns
- [A foiled plot in Fairford is predictable but puzzling](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/29/a-foiled-plot-in-fairford-is-predictable-but-puzzling/): The threat to Britain’s military bases is real, and complicated
- [Britain overtaxes well-paid workers](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/29/britain-overtaxes-well-paid-workers/): To the benefit of average earners and the super-rich
- [Donald Trump says China is opening up. American bosses disagree](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/27/donald-trump-says-china-is-opening-up-american-bosses-disagree/): Chipmakers’ record sales disguise a gloomy picture
- [Schools for the poor are not poor schools](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/27/schools-for-the-poor-are-not-poor-schools/): A viral personal essay leaves its political implications unsaid
- [European industry is doing better than you may think](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/27/european-industry-is-doing-better-than-you-may-think/): The firms most exposed to China are suffering. But many are adapting
- [The Liberal Democrats are Britain’s pointless party](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/27/the-liberal-democrats-are-britains-pointless-party/): They are getting better at politics but have lost their purpose
- [The Americans having the most sex](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/26/the-americans-having-the-most-sex/): Regular churchgoers have a surprising advantage over secular couples
- [Egypt’s warning to Israel](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/26/egypts-warning-to-israel/): Cairo’s intelligence chief visited Tel Aviv shortly before October 7 with a dire message about Gaza.
- [How an oil-supply crisis could bring about an investment boom](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/23/how-an-oil-supply-crisis-could-bring-about-an-investment-boom/): The windfall from the Gulf war has shored up balance-sheets and enriched shareholders. Next comes expansion
- [At last, India is getting serious about selling state assets](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/23/at-last-india-is-getting-serious-about-selling-state-assets/): But proper privatisation is another matter
- [Donald Trump drops demands to own Greenland, but the harm has been done](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/23/donald-trump-drops-demands-to-own-greenland-but-the-harm-has-been-done/): A revised defence pact with Denmark and Greenland is a modest improvement, but annexation threats were a costly blunder
- [What if revolution in Whitehall is overrated?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/20/what-if-revolution-in-whitehall-is-overrated/): The low-hanging-fruit school of reforming the British state
- [Andy Burnham’s first decisions in office reveal a lot about him](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/20/andy-burnhams-first-decisions-in-office-reveal-a-lot-about-him/): They are a worrying taste of things to come
- [British business has failed to make its voice heard](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/20/british-business-has-failed-to-make-its-voice-heard/): It needs to do better with Andy Burnham
- [In Russia’s arsenal the knife and fork have been powerful weapons](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/20/in-russias-arsenal-the-knife-and-fork-have-been-powerful-weapons/): So argues a new book about the country’s gastro-diplomacy
- [UK biodiesel industry attacks rejection of duties on cheaper US imports](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/20/uk-biodiesel-industry-attacks-rejection-of-duties-on-cheaper-us-imports/): Decision ignored recommendation that levies of more than £250 a tonne were warranted to protect local producers
- [The White House’s absurd claim of a Chinese transshipment “scam”](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/19/the-white-houses-absurd-claim-of-a-chinese-transshipment-scam/): High tariffs on Chinese goods have had predictable effects
- [China’s $54bn capital boost for banks falls far short](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/19/chinas-54bn-capital-boost-for-banks-falls-far-short/): Old problems bedevil balance-sheets and hold back lending
- [Why Europe’s populists don’t criticise China](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/19/why-europes-populists-forget-to-bash-china/): An ideal target gets a free pass from the demagogues
- [Inflation is back around the world—as is the fight against it](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/19/inflation-is-back-around-the-world-as-is-the-fight-against-it/): Central banks are raising interest rates again
- [America has laid claim to a fifth of Venezuela’s oil](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/07/america-has-laid-claim-to-a-fifth-of-venezuelas-oil/): The deal could give both countries reason to forestall a democratic transition
- [The Alternative for Germany has won its best-ever election result](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/07/the-alternative-for-germany-has-won-its-best-ever-election-result/): But the hard-right could still fall short of forming a government in Saxony-Anhalt
- [Belarus's Soviet economy has worked better than you think](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/05/europes-last-soviet-economy-approaches-its-hour-of-reckoning/): Belarus kept old factories, jobs, and social services alive after communism.
- [Small ‘Hot’ wars will define Cold War II](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/05/small-hot-wars-will-define-cold-war-ii-2/): The US and Soviet Union never came to direct blows but fought for decades through proxies and interventions.
- [The disappearing mass housing of the Soviet Union](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/05/the-disappearing-mass-housing-of-the-soviet-union/): The grim prefab Khrushchyovka helped solve the USSR’s housing crisis after World War II.
- [Berlin has a surprising soft spot for its Soviet memorials](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/05/berlin-has-a-surprising-soft-spot-for-its-soviet-memorials/): The Red Army’s role in defeating the Nazis means Germany’s monuments won’t succumb to anger with Russia.
- [Soviet collapse echoes in China’s belt and road](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/05/soviet-collapse-echoes-in-chinas-belt-and-road/): Grand investment plans for unproductive regions have caused empires to founder before.
- [Was sex better in the ’80s?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/05/was-sex-better-in-the-80s/): We may not still be in a golden age of porn, but there have never been more stories about the people making it—and why.
- [Thirty years gone, the Soviet Union is not quite dead](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/04/thirty-years-gone-the-soviet-union-is-not-quite-dead/): Like the body of its founder Vladimir Lenin, the USSR is an unburied corpse, and some of its worst ideas could yet come back to life.
- [Who saw the collapse of the USSR coming?](https://economistwire.com/blog/2026/09/04/who-saw-the-collapse-of-the-ussr-coming/): On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union

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