2024-02-28-Economist Graphs
1. The world this week
1.1 Politics
1.2 Business
1.3 KAL’s cartoon
1.4 The world this week: This week’s covers
How we saw the world
2. Leaders
2.1 Leaders | Voting intentions: How to build a British voter
Labour is assembling an electoral coalition that is young and broad, but volatile too
2.2 Leaders | How high can markets go?: A golden age for stockmarkets is drawing to a close
Share prices may be surging, but even AI is unlikely to drive a repeat of the past decade’s performance
2.3 Leaders | A losing battle: Fentanyl cannot be defeated without new tactics
Suppression works even less well than with other narcotics
2.4 Leaders | French politics: The perils of a Le Pen presidency
Even three years out, the prospect is alarming
2.5 Leaders | Don’t seize: capitalise: How to put Russia’s frozen assets to work for Ukraine
Exploit them to the full, but legally
2.6 Leaders | One nation under Modi: To see India’s future, go south
The country’s regional division could make it—or break it
2.7 Leaders | How tyranny travels : Autocracies are exporting autocracy to their diasporas
The new danger from transnational repression
3. Letters
3.1 Letters | On Britain’s armed forces, cousins, business in Italy, private-equity backed insurance, age, Terry Pratchett: Letters to the editor
A selection of correspondence
4. By Invitation
4.1 By Invitation | Russia after Navalny: A former political prisoner on how the West should honour Alexei Navalny’s legacy
It needs to rediscover its concern for Russian dissidents, argues Natan Sharansky
4.2 By Invitation | India’s election: Ashoka Mody argues that India is stunted by a lack of moral leadership
It needs better politicians and a more civic culture, says the academic
5. Briefing
5.1 Briefing | Relentless reaper: America’s ten-year-old fentanyl epidemic is still getting worse
The government is spending record amounts, just to slow its growth
6. Europe
6.1 Europe | France’s National Rally: How Marine Le Pen is preparing for power
The party has its eyes not on protest but on the presidency
6.2 Europe | Friendly fire: France and Germany are at loggerheads over military aid to Ukraine
A summit in France made things worse
6.3 Europe | Get off the fence: Europe hopes barbed wire will keep migrants out. It won’t
Politicians feel compelled to respond to voters’ concerns
6.4 Europe | After the war : Azerbaijan is racing to rebuild in recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh
Exiled Azeris are returning
6.5 Europe | Within range: Kharkiv is struggling under Russian rocket attacks
A border region liberated by Ukraine’s army faces a new onslaught
6.6 Europe | Charlemagne: Is Europe’s stubby skyline a sign of low ambition?
Only seven of the world’s 1,000 tallest buildings are in the EU
7. Britain
7.1 Britain | Psephological profiling: A changing British electorate is propelling Labour towards victory
Our data shows that the party is forging a remarkably broad electoral coalition
7.2 Britain | Own goals: English football’s financial fracas
Financial-sustainability rules have caused an almighty mess in the Premier League
7.3 Britain | Local politics : The institution that taught Margaret Thatcher about politics
Grantham town council, of course—what else?
7.4 Britain | Just add water: More than half of Britain’s ponds have disappeared
But “ghost” wetlands can be resuscitated
7.5 Britain | Bagehot: Speaker Hoyle and the strange politics of human resources
A concern with MPs’ well-being scuppers a crucial debate
8. United States
8.1 United States | In vitro veritas: IVF is a slam-dunk issue for Democrats. Abortion may not be
The Democratic Party is so giddy about Alabama’s daft court ruling that it risks overlooking its own vulnerabilities
8.2 United States | Stoked: The economics of skiing in America
How monopoly and price discrimination are transforming an industry
8.3 United States | Commitment phobia: Does Joe Biden’s re-election campaign have a Gaza problem?
The Michigan result would make Donald Trump president if it’s repeated in November
8.4 United States | Answers that raise questions: Is Google’s Gemini chatbot woke by accident, or by design?
The tech giant’s new artificial-intelligence model invents black Vikings and Asian popes
8.5 United States | Cobalt blues : A millennial is building America’s first nickel-cobalt refinery
But it’s proving ethically trickier than she expected
8.6 United States | Lexington: Vladimir Putin hardly needs to interfere in American democracy
Domestic politicians are happy to spread dysfunction on their own
9. Middle East & Africa
9.1 Middle East and Africa | Dreaming of Dubai: Africa’s tiger economy is shot
Abiy Ahmed has big dreams for Ethiopia. Reality is far harsher
9.2 Middle East and Africa | Fresh blood, same problems: The Palestinians’ new prime minister faces a nightmare
The PA says it is preparing for an “emerging reality” in Gaza
9.3 Middle East and Africa | The beginning of the end: As Iran scares the Middle East, at home its regime rots
Iran’s phoney elections show how the clerics have lost public support
10. The Americas
10.1 The Americas | Bringing back Brazil: Lula’s gaffes are dulling Brazil’s G20 shine
Its relationships with the West are healing. But Brazil has not decided what kind of country it will be
10.2 The Americas | The switcheroo: The former president of Honduras is tried for drug trafficking
Juan Orlando Hernández used to be a prominent ally in the US war on drugs
10.3 The Americas | Kicking back: Argentina’s football clubs are resisting privatisation
Javier Milei wants to attract foreign money into ailing teams
11. Asia
11.1 Asia | India’s north-south divide: Inside Narendra Modi’s battle to win over the south
Can the BJP woo the country’s richer, better-educated states?
11.2 Asia | The actual opposition?: Massive farmers’ protests are a headache for Narendra Modi
Even if the recent ones have been contained, discontent remains
11.3 Asia | Banyan: What will Prabowo Subianto’s foreign policy look like?
Indonesia’s new president wants his country to play a bigger role
12. China
12.1 China | The Chinese diaspora: Living outside China has become more like living inside China
The Communist Party is trying to tighten its grip on the Chinese diaspora
12.2 China | Chaguan: China tells bankers to be more patriotic
Financiers from 200 years ago are wheeled out as role models
13. International
13.1 International | Surviving in a multipolar world: Africa is juggling rival powers like no other continent
African leaders need to balance vast opportunities against dire risks
14. Business
14.1 Business | Meet your new copilot: How businesses are actually using generative AI
Some experiments with chatbots are more useful than others
14.2 Business | The meaning of Mistral : Meet the French startup hoping to take on OpenAI
Mistral unveils its latest large language model—and a deal with Microsoft
14.3 Business | Divestment dilemmas: Western multinationals’ Russian dilemmas
Staying in Russia carries risks. So does leaving
14.4 Business | Bartleby: Why you should lose your temper at work
Sometimes. And without throwing anything
14.5 Business | Barrelling along : Can whisky conquer Chinese palates?
Western spirit pedlars think so
14.6 Business | Motor no-shows: Car shows in the West are in terminal decline
Chinese firms are keeping them on life support
14.7 Business | Schumpeter: How Argentine businessmen size up Javier Milei
Is it time to invest in a spot of Malbec?
15. Finance & economics
15.1 Finance and economics | Fly up to the sky : Stockmarkets are booming. But the good times are unlikely to last
Although AI is propelling valuations, there are deeper forces at work
15.2 Finance and economics | Too efficient: Are passive funds to blame for market mania?
They have killed off many of those willing to bet on a downturn
15.3 Finance and economics | Stakeholders at the gate: Activist investing is no longer the preserve of hedge-fund sharks
ExxonMobil and Starbucks are victims of the latest trend
15.4 Finance and economics | Still coupled: How Trump and Biden have failed to cut ties with China
It is hard to overcome economic incentives
15.5 Finance and economics | Buttonwood: Uranium prices are soaring. Investors should be careful
The metal has a history of meltdowns
15.6 Finance and economics | Free exchange: What do you do with 191bn frozen euros owned by Russia?
The question that now confronts Western policymakers
16. Science & technology
16.1 Science and technology | Silicon dreamin’: AI models make stuff up. How can hallucinations be controlled?
It is hard to do so without also limiting models’ power
16.2 Science and technology | A kiss and a cure: Scientists want to tackle multiple sclerosis by treating the kissing virus
Vaccines and antivirals are already undergoing trials
16.3 Science and technology | At the heart of the battery revolution: A variety of new batteries are coming to power EVs
All use different chemistries for cost or performance
16.4 Science and technology | Your brain on music: Why recorded music will never feel as good as the real thing
The answer, according to neuroscience
17. Culture
17.1 Culture | Money and the arts: Britain’s arts still dazzle the world
But they are being diminished by a funding crisis
17.2 Culture | Back Story: “The Picture of Dorian Gray” points to the future of theatre
A triumphant one-woman show relies on Sarah Snook, daring tech and your imagination
17.3 Culture | An artist’s artist: Why did a once-revered painter, Frans Hals, fall out of favour?
A new show at the Rijksmuseum pays tribute to an often overlooked Dutch master
17.4 Culture | Cartoon gloom: “Palestine”, an old graphic novel, is making a comeback
Interest in Joe Sacco’s graphic novel is the highest it has been in 20 years
17.5 Culture | Colour by numbers: Can a dozen shipwrecks tell the history of the world?
Historical listicles are in vogue
17.6 Culture | Go big or go home: Cinemas may be dying. But IMAX and the high end are thriving
IMAX’s success points to a growing niche in a shrinking industry
18. The Economist reads
18.1 The Economist reads: What to read to understand cyber-security
In the cyberwars that rage across the digital realm, the aggressors have the advantage
19. Economic & financial indicators
19.1 Economic data, commodities and markets
20. Obituary
20.1 Obituary | His old enemy : Robert Badinter persuaded France to abolish the guillotine
The man who fought to abolish the death penalty in France died on February 9th, aged 95
