The Economist is a global weekly magazine written for those who share an uncommon interest in being well and broadly informed. Each issue explores domestic and international issues, business, finance, current affairs, science, technology and the arts.
Coronavirus briefs • To 6am GMT May 27th 2021
The world this week
Two states or one? • The peace process has become an obstacle to progress
Innovation nations • Firms are rediscovering their love for investment
Take one for the team • To avoid a two-speed Europe, Germany must learn to live with a little inflation
Fresh thinking about fresh air • It is time to clean up the air in buildings
The false messiah • Andrés Manuel López Obrador pursues ruinous policies by improper means
Letters
The puritan from Tepetitán • TEPETITÁN
Red-faced • DALLAS
Body of evidence • WASHINGTON, DC
Foreign domestic policy • The Northern Triangle poses a migration trilemma
Build back under budget • LOS ANGELES
Wildlife wars • DENVER
Island mentality • THE HUDSON RIVER
Veep stakes • Is Kamala Harris a gift to the Republicans?
Losing traction • SÃO PAULO
New faces galore • SANTIAGO
Commies, crooks and bloodshed • LIMA
Udder absurdity • VANCOUVER
Quaking money-makers • SEOUL, SINGAPORE AND TOKYO
General disorder • YANGON
Humpback comeback • SYDNEY
Back in line • The government cracks down on a big Islamist group
The other side • DELHI
Beached • As China grabs more of the South China Sea, it is losing the Philippines
Serve the rich • HONG KONG
Will you mortify me? • DALI
China’s revealing Afghan strategy • A suspicious China prepares for America to pull out of Afghanistan
A process in pieces • JERUSALEM
Muslim pride • Gay people are reclaiming an Islamic heritage
Coup within a coup • BAMAKO
Sixth time unlucky • ABUJA
An ever deeper union • Having hijacked a Ryanair plane, Belarus has only one friend to turn to
The spirit of ’68 • Russia puts the Czech Republic on an official enemies list
The untouchables • ISTANBUL
Fiddlers of the fjords • Norwegian folk music is worth preserving, says the UN
Beyond the fringe • LA CHAPELLE-EN-VEXIN AND MARINES
How farmers rule Europe • Politicians are still afraid to touch their exorbitant privileges
A colossus quietly crumbles • The corporation can cope with a hostile government and angry royals, but not with Mickey Mouse
Trussed but verify • Rows over a trade deal with Australia show a need for greater transparency
Mr Levelling Up • Neil O’Brien tries to make sense of the government’s signature philosophy
Looking again • NEW YORK
Possible, but far from proven • The theory that SARS-COV-2 originated in a laboratory is gaining adherents, but it has yet to find evidence beyond the circumstantial
The little Engine that could • NEW YORK
Money for something
Formula races • HONG KONG
Second time lucky • BERLIN
Cabin fervour • An early victim of the pandemic seeks to refloat
The dangers of decision fatigue • Why breaks are actually good for productivity
AT&T in a spin • Not all u -turns are bad. How to make sense of corporate cock-ups
The coming capex carnival • Companies across the world are spending big. We analyse their investment plans
Dividing lines • Activity is surging as lockdowns end. But the recovery will be unequal
The anti-fiat...