2024-01-25-Economist Graphs
1. The world this week
1.1 Politics
1.2 Business
1.3 KAL’s cartoon
1.4 The world this week | The Economist: This week’s covers
How we saw the world
2. Leaders
2.1 Leaders | American immigration: How the border could cost Biden the election
To keep Trump out of power, the Democrats need to make an offer on immigration policy
2.2 Leaders | AI for all: AI holds tantalising promise for the emerging world
It could help boost human capital, and ultimately growth
2.3 Leaders | Unchaining a tiger: Vietnam needs a new leader
Doubts about the health of Nguyen Phu Trong have become a political liability
2.4 Leaders | Private assets, public interest: The risks to global finance from private equity’s insurance binge
Funding pensions with private assets holds promise—but needs scrutiny
2.5 Leaders | Mainstream Meloni: Giorgia Meloni’s not-so-scary right-wing government
Liberal fears have so far proved overblown
2.6 Leaders | Electoral lawfare: African governments are using courts to sway elections
The abuse of judiciaries is harming democracy. Here’s how to stop it
3. Letters
3.1 Letters | On diversity, equity and inclusion, Chinese cars, presidential hats, Holocaust victims, Norse sagas, movies: Letters to the editor
A selection of correspondence
4. By Invitation
4.1 By Invitation | Jews and Muslims: A Muslim faith leader calls for stronger moral leadership in the Middle East
Remember the lessons of Auschwitz, says Muhammad al-Issa
5. Briefing
5.1 Briefing | Chatbots for the bottom 4bn: Could AI transform life in developing countries?
Optimists hope it will ease grave shortages of human capital
6. Europe
6.1 Europe | So far, so good: Giorgia Meloni has proved the doubters wrong
But Italy’s hard-right prime minister has troubles ahead
6.2 Europe | Fresh Bürger : Germany strikes a brave new deal on immigration
A new citizenship law is followed by huge protests against far-right xenophobia
6.3 Europe | Constitutional horse-trading : Geert Wilders makes a show of respecting the law
Muslims, and other politicians, worry that it will last only until the Dutch populist enters government
6.4 Europe | Happy Austrians, glum Germans : Many Austrians feel their way of life is under threat
The Viennese are still waltzing, but they fret that the music may soon be stopping
6.5 Europe | Learning from the east: Europe’s new plan to safeguard its economy
But finding consensus is hard
6.6 Europe | Charlemagne : The EU’s €50bn package to Ukraine is a far cry from its rhetoric
A help set to be agreed next week is no match for the challenge
7. Britain
7.1 Britain | Nuclear energy: Britain wants to make nuclear power plants cheaper to build
Can new technologies and smarter regulation reduce delays and cost overruns?
7.2 Britain | Snakes (and tortoises, rhinos and gibbons) on a plane : How to transport a rhino
Heathrow Airport deals with millions of humans a year—but billions of animals
7.3 Britain | Howay the Sauds : Football attracts Saudi investment to England’s north-east
It can do for Newcastle what the UAE did for Manchester—for good and ill
7.4 Britain | Hard choices: The ethical quagmire of a fetus-harming epilepsy drug
Britain is restricting the use of valproate. Charities are alarmed
7.5 Britain | Penny slain: Britain’s least valuable coin is in terminal decline
Inflation is the prime culprit for the problems of the penny
7.6 Britain | Property tax: Britain’s council tax is arbitrary, regressive and needs fixing
Based on estimated house values 33 years ago, it is not fit for purpose
7.7 Britain | Bagehot: Britain’s Labour Party is backed by a pro-growth coalition
Its young electoral base offers opportunities to fix a sclerotic economy
8. United States
8.1 United States | Bordering on disaster: America’s immigration policies are failing
A new surge of migration is straining a broken system and might cost Joe Biden the election
8.2 United States | Texas hold’em: The bold Texas plan to stop migrants has hit a wall
Amid a humanitarian crisis, the Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration on policing powers
8.3 Graphic detail | Trouble down south: America’s border crisis in ten charts
How did we get here?
8.4 United States | MAGA mania: After winning New Hampshire, Trump is cruising to the nomination
Nikki Haley fights on, but her path gets only more daunting from now on
8.5 United States | Here be dragons: Why politicians are obsessed with mythical Chinese land grabs
No, the Communist Party is not buying up farms
8.6 United States | Breaking news: The rise of the TikTok news anchor
A hoard of Pocket Cronkites will read the papers and tell you, like, what they say
8.7 United States | Lexington : Why America’s political parties are so bad at winning elections
And why a new party would probably be no better
9. Middle East & Africa
9.1 Middle East and Africa | A region on fire: The ever-expanding Middle East war
Ten countries have now been dragged into the fighting
9.2 Middle East and Africa | Anything but Hamas: Can the Palestinian Authority be beefed up?
Maybe, but it is being undermined from without and within
9.3 Middle East and Africa | Putting the rule in rule of law: How to nobble a political rival in Africa and get away with it
Use the courts
9.4 Middle East and Africa | Holy split: Russia’s plan to seduce Christians in Africa
The Ukraine war has split Africa’s Orthodox church
10. The Americas
10.1 The Americas | North American politics : The prospect of a Trump presidency looms over Mexico’s elections
Rows over drugs, migration and trade threaten to harm relations
10.2 The Americas | So, so, so scandalous : Colombia’s first avowedly left-wing president is mired in scandal
Gustavo Petro’s son, brother, and former chief of staff are all under investigation
10.3 The Americas | Narcojustice: Can Ecuador free itself from the grasp of the drug lords?
Prosecutors are facing murder and obstruction to clean up the rot in the state
11. Asia
11.1 Asia | Strong tailwind, no rudder : Few countries are better placed than Vietnam to get rich
Yet political paralysis could slow it down
11.2 Asia | Lunar landing: Japan lands on the Moon
This makes Japan the fifth country to achieve the feat
11.3 Asia | As may be prescribed: India tightens the screws on online dissent
A bouquet of new laws gives the government huge new powers
11.4 Asia | Banyan: South Korea’s ban on praising the North is ridiculous
The government imprisons a dotty fan of Kim Jong Un
12. China
12.1 China | China and Taiwan: A new diplomatic struggle is unfolding over Taiwan
It could give China better legal cover for an invasion
12.2 China | Easy questions only: At a UN review, China basks in the flattery of friendly countries
While dismissing criticism as lies
12.3 China | Westerners out, Chinese in : Hong Kong is becoming less of an international city
As foreigners leave, people from the mainland are taking their place
12.4 China | Skip, skip, scandal: Why skipping ropes are so expensive in China
A new reason for parents to be angry with the education system
12.5 China | Chaguan: Xi Jinping looks abroad for confidence
The West’s wobbles have China feeling vindicated
13. International
13.1 International | Isolationist America: The world is bracing for Donald Trump’s possible return
He could split countries into users, bruisers and losers
14. Business
14.1 Business | Upsetting the cart: What could bring Apple down?
Trustbusters, platform shifts and geopolitics could all hurt the iPhone-maker
14.2 Business | Bartleby: Why you should never retire
Pleasure cruises, golf and tracing the family tree are not that fulfilling
14.3 Business | Picking losers: Why America’s controls on sales of AI tech to China are so leaky
For increasingly hawkish lawmakers, that’s a problem
14.4 Business | The Modi paradox: India’s businessmen like Narendra Modi. They also fear him
Company bosses are grateful for a strong economy, but worried about retribution
14.5 Business | Schumpeter: Can MSCI drag private markets out of the shadows?
Meet the Nicaraguan revolutionary behind the world’s favourite index supplier
15. Finance & economics
15.1 Finance and economics | Going for broke: Wall Street titans are betting big on insurers. What could go wrong?
How private-markets giants are overhauling the financial system
15.2 Finance and economics | Escaping the dragon: As the China’s markets suffer, what alternatives do investors have?
Optimism about the world’s second-largest stockmarket is a distant memory
15.3 Finance and economics | Buttonwood: Investors may be getting the Federal Reserve wrong, again
Why expectations of imminent interest-rate cuts could be misplaced
15.4 Finance and economics | Burger prices: What Donald Trump can learn from the Big Mac index
Should the presidential candidate go on another crusade against the yuan?
15.5 Finance and economics | Gourmet commodities: Why sweet treats are increasingly expensive
For the sake of your wallet, it might be time to rethink your diet
15.6 Finance and economics | Ballpark figures: How American states squeeze athletes (and remote workers)
The public loves jock taxes; baseball players do not
15.7 Finance and economics | Free exchange: The false promise of friendshoring
America, China and Europe appear to be trading less with their geopolitical rivals
16. Science & technology
16.1 Science and technology | Caffeine and the climate: Can scientists save your morning cup of coffee?
A warming planet threatens the world’s favourite drug
16.2 Science and technology | Polyglot machines: Why AI needs to learn new languages
Efforts are under way to make AI fluent in more than just English
16.3 Science and technology | Aesop’s ecological fables: How ants persuaded lions to eat buffalo
A tale of elephants, thorn trees, and the sensitivity of ecosystems
16.4 Science and technology | Magnets. This is how they work: Scientists have found a new kind of magnetic material
“Altermagnets” have been hiding in plain sight for 90 years
17. Culture
17.1 Culture | After the fire: Against the odds, Notre Dame cathedral will reopen this year
The rebuilding of the famous monument prompted a debate about how much should change
17.2 Culture | Sing it again: “Mean Girls” and the rise of the film-turned-musical-turned-remake
Musical films are hitting a high note
17.3 Culture | The comeback kid: Which colour and material is most in vogue in 2024?
It is enjoying a resurgence in design and fashion
17.4 Culture | The gates of Salt Lake: Mormonism is America’s homegrown religion
Yet the Christian denomination long defined itself in opposition to the country that spawned it
17.5 Culture | Anti-totalitarianism: Hannah Arendt’s message on freethinking is as relevant as ever
Thoughtlessness creates the conditions for evil
17.6 Culture | Oh, gods: The modern relevance of 3,000-year-old religious sculptures
India’s leading museum is hosting a fascinating show, with global support
18. The Economist reads
18.1 The Economist reads: What to read to understand El Salvador and the Northern Triangle
Six books about a small region that has a big impact on its neighbours
19. Economic & financial indicators
19.1 Economic data, commodities and markets
20. Obituary
20.1 Obituary | The wrath of God: Zvi Zamir oversaw a programme of Israeli assassinations
The former director of Mossad, who oversaw a programme of covert assassinations, died on January 2nd, aged 98
