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# ![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::5988062.png) @TheEconomist The Economist

Global leaders are facing rising concerns over cybersecurity threats, with North Korean hackers making headlines for their crypto-thieving abilities and the US accusing Chinese hackers of malicious activities. Meanwhile, global economic trends are shifting, with China's carbon emissions potentially peaking and countries like Zimbabwe and Turkmenistan facing economic crises. The world is also witnessing significant geopolitical tensions, including the ongoing conflict in Gaza and rising power struggles in countries like Iran and Ukraine.

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### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::5988062/influence)
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**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  #927 [finance](/list/finance)  #590 [stocks](/list/stocks)  [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  #3764 [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands)  [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  #1644 [musicians](/list/musicians)  [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands)  [social networks](/list/social-networks) 

**Social topic influence**
[china](/topic/china) #476, [americas](/topic/americas) #79, [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump) #385, [trumps](/topic/trumps) #90, [countries](/topic/countries) #527, [ukraine](/topic/ukraine) #163, [money](/topic/money) #576, [the worlds](/topic/the-worlds) #233, [russia](/topic/russia) #497, [tariffs](/topic/tariffs) #45

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**Top assets mentioned**
[Artificial Intelligence (AI4)](/topic/$ai4) [JPMorgan Chase (JPM)](/topic/jpmorgan-chase)
### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::5988062/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"Indian officials now admit to losing some aircraft in their recent conflict with Pakistan. But theyre also starting to indicate the losses may not have stemmed from technological deficiencies"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945840955925442968) 2025-07-17 13:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 38.7K engagements


"Zimbabwes shops are empty and prices are soaring"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-236472584) 2018-10-20 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.8M engagements


"Japan and the Philippines would struggle to stay out. But what about the rest"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945878701964439769) 2025-07-17 16:10:09 UTC 27M followers, 41.4K engagements


"How Chvez and Maduro have impoverished Venezuela"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1982464389) 2017-04-06 14:41:56 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.2M engagements


"How people feel about a brand affects their behaviour. This matters and managers should know how to get it right"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944280645796065543) 2025-07-13 06:20:03 UTC 27M followers, 102.7K engagements


"Tether has made it easier for ordinary people to access their tokens constructing kiosks where people can buy or sell them with banknotes"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943339724837392498) 2025-07-10 16:01:10 UTC 27M followers, 36.4K engagements


"His ascent was a consequence of fortune and optimism after two of his predecessors were investigated by the FBI"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944527273643667793) 2025-07-13 22:40:04 UTC 27M followers, 51.3K engagements


"The European automotive industry has made a Herculean effort to make the green deal a success and remains fully committed to the shift towards zero-emission transport and mobility writes Ola Kllenius. But the road ahead looks bumpy"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945176584370933992) 2025-07-15 17:40:12 UTC 27M followers, 41.2K engagements


"Can a $9bn deal sustain CoreWeaves stunning growth"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2557432251) 2025-07-10 13:28:08 UTC 208.1M followers, 168.7K engagements


"Once a drone kill is logged identified and confirmed it wins a number of points depending on the military value of the item destroyed. We explain how gamification is playing a role in the war between Russia and Ukraine"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944235343177191466) 2025-07-13 03:20:02 UTC 27M followers, 55.2K engagements


"Back-room negotiations could soon install a new prime minister in Thailand. Yet if this wrangling failsor more probably if the fix proves short-livedfrustration and protests are likely to mount. That could become a pretext for yet another coup"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944315876850672105) 2025-07-13 08:40:03 UTC 27M followers, 46.5K engagements


"Foreign aid has done little to help Haiti"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3879658889) 2022-02-05 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.4M engagements


"Why Egypts plans for solar power are left in the shade"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2112372268) 2025-07-09 19:41:04 UTC 208.1M followers, 87.9K engagements


"Ending the war in Gaza is still fiendishly difficult"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2058346516) 2025-07-10 17:03:29 UTC 208.1M followers, 113K engagements


"Sam Altman is a visionary with a trustworthiness problem"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3545129852) 2025-07-08 04:40:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 52.3K engagements


"Bangladeshs GDP per person is now higher than Pakistans"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1215151529) 2017-09-07 14:43:59 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.1M engagements


"Americas new ship-killer missiles come to the Philippines"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3181436045) 2025-07-07 10:01:28 UTC 208.1M followers, 86K engagements


"As Iraqi militias and politicians loyal to Iran find themselves adrift a space could open up for other homegrown political forces"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944492033168572484) 2025-07-13 20:20:02 UTC 27M followers, 60.4K engagements


"Killer gangs are inches from ruling all of Haiti"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2808731388) 2025-06-09 17:15:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 264.6K engagements


"The bitter dispute over Africas largest dam"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-797073014) 2020-07-04 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.1M engagements


"Cynical realism wont save India from Donald Trump"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-4184145039) 2025-07-15 21:11:08 UTC 208.1M followers, 91.5K engagements


"The college drop-out fighting to preserve Donald Trumps youth vote"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946265009421447281) 2025-07-18 17:45:12 UTC 27M followers, 34.4K engagements


"Aligning with a government with a less-than-stellar human-rights record could bring criticism. Yet plans to refurbish sports facilities and set up a youth academy in Congo suggest AC Milan is happy to accept the risk"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943923313757049076) 2025-07-12 06:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 47.3K engagements


"More than a quarter of American clicks on international science positions went to Britain in June according to data from Indeed. But the worlds best scientists wont relocate if they have to pay for the privilege Illustration: Maria Contreras"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945528919383220537) 2025-07-16 17:00:15 UTC 27M followers, 34.3K engagements


"Early reports suggested that the decisive factor in Indias recent conflict with its neighbour was the superiority of Pakistans Chinese-made J-10 fighters and its PL-15 air-to-air missiles. But new clues are raising more questions"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946419773035704383) 2025-07-19 04:00:11 UTC 27M followers, 266.9K engagements


"Two books tell a similar tale about OpenAI. It is worrying"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1942443575792271545) 2025-07-08 04:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 52.3K engagements


"In the short term the strikes are likely to weaken Ahmed al-Sharaa as well as make it harder for Syria and Israel to reconcile as America has been pushing them to do. But it is also likely to foment more instability in Syria"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945710102234718568) 2025-07-17 05:00:12 UTC 27M followers, 38.4K engagements


"Nvidias boss is proving to be a canny diplomat"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945842218876485711) 2025-07-17 13:45:11 UTC 27M followers, 36.3K engagements


"Ukraines front-line farms battle Russians and weather"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2108234943) 2025-07-13 21:40:01 UTC 208.1M followers, 140.1K engagements


"The hottest new travel destination for hotel brands: India"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3823270367) 2025-07-17 11:50:47 UTC 208.1M followers, 43.3K engagements


"CoreWeaves purchase of a cryptocurrency miner gives it ready-built data centres and power agreements with local utilities both of which are needed to meet ballooning demand for AI"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944844401307455909) 2025-07-14 19:40:13 UTC 27M followers, 48.8K engagements


"♦ Republicans approach deadline to claw back $9.4bn. ♦ Heavy rain hampers rescue operations in Texas. ♦ Secret Service is criticised in Senate report into shooting at Trump rally. Keep up with US politics"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944718562460885374) 2025-07-14 11:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 45.5K engagements


"Crypto has become the ultimate swamp asset"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2893417408) 2025-05-15 16:10:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 61.8K engagements


"First and foremost it is a sign that high-end brands are struggling"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943739640348922277) 2025-07-11 18:30:17 UTC 27M followers, 38.7K engagements


"It is economically rational for ambitious women to try as hard as possible to be thin. That is a tragedy"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943470342002860115) 2025-07-11 00:40:12 UTC 27M followers, 49.7K engagements


"English-speaking villages are burning in Cameroon"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2889750764) 2025-07-16 17:15:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 117.9K engagements


"For a healthy microbiome eating your greens is a surer bet"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946267515807531172) 2025-07-18 17:55:10 UTC 27M followers, 35.8K engagements


"China hawks are losing influence in Trumpworld despite the trade war"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3677273417) 2025-04-16 03:26:26 UTC 208.1M followers, 588.1K engagements


"Israel is more popular than social-media posts suggest"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2798728157) 2023-11-02 11:38:56 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.7M engagements


"Sarah Friar the artificial-intelligence darlings chief financial officer has an impossible job"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944758850059485492) 2025-07-14 14:00:16 UTC 27M followers, 39.9K engagements


"It is astonishingly dynamic even under the weight of tariffs"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1941825756843188663) 2025-07-06 11:45:12 UTC 27M followers, 65.9K engagements


"The coffee chains new boss is struggling to fix its problems"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1942670077783929248) 2025-07-08 19:40:14 UTC 27M followers, 45.9K engagements


"Ukraines daring raid on Russia has lessons for European armed forces. But they need cash too"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944728643579662616) 2025-07-14 12:00:14 UTC 27M followers, 39.5K engagements


"Amazon and Alibaba are pacesetters of the next supply-chain revolution"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1417222280) 2019-07-11 14:51:14 UTC 208.1M followers, 3.8M engagements


"Stimulus cheques have buoyed Americas stockmarket"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-334610078) 2022-05-26 12:34:53 UTC 208.1M followers, 71K engagements


"Why was the flooding in Texas so deadly The Economist"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1526088299) 2025-07-07 20:30:16 UTC 208.1M followers, 123.4K engagements


"America contributes a significant share of the worlds foreign aid including XX% of humanitarian aid. Reducing that will lead to the closure of some programmes and destabilise international organisations that administer the money"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946399633736905093) 2025-07-19 02:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 51K engagements


"The past few years have brought a series of crises from the covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine to an energy shock and a trade war. Somehow the global economy powers on Illustration:"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945438518286615021) 2025-07-16 11:01:01 UTC 27M followers, 37.1K engagements


"Research into trans medicine has been manipulated"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-475576981) 2024-06-27 13:41:37 UTC 208.1M followers, 8195 engagements


"In 2025 if someone lies back and thinks of England they may well think of Bonnie Blue. The porn stars strengths are Britains strengths our political columnist suggests"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1932944946442461208) 2025-06-11 23:36:02 UTC 27M followers, 859.2K engagements


"Why young men and women are drifting apart"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-4059531130) 2024-03-13 20:01:28 UTC 208.1M followers, XXX engagements


"A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945413280643580338) 2025-07-16 09:20:44 UTC 27M followers, 40K engagements


"Victory in popular myth depends on the exceptional courage and skill of the nation to which the mythmaker happens to belong. A new book offers more convincing explanations"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944290724578566469) 2025-07-13 07:00:06 UTC 27M followers, 48.7K engagements


"We interview JPMorgan Chases boss and his lieutenants"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944668204325884182) 2025-07-14 08:00:04 UTC 27M followers, 36.5K engagements


"Spain shows Europe how to keep up with Americas economy"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1657592243) 2024-12-12 13:39:21 UTC 208.1M followers, 35.6K engagements


"Jimmy Swaggart tripped up on his progress to Heaven"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-253799588) 2025-07-10 14:25:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 144.8K engagements


"AI valuations are verging on the unhinged"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1037510758) 2025-06-26 01:54:09 UTC 208.1M followers, 99K engagements


"A superstar strategy may make more sense when it comes to AI. But spraying money on stars in order to play catch-up is a gamble that may not pay off Illustration: Paul Blow"  
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"The contours of Germanys debate over Gazaangry protests university sit-ins accusations that the government is abetting war crimesresemble those elsewhere. But in the country responsible for the murder of 6m Jews it carries extra weight"  
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"♦ Donald Trump requests the release of testimony about Epstein. ♦ The House passes the presidents rescissions package ♦ A judge rules that the sacking of a leader of the Federal Trade Commission was illegal. Keep up with US politics"  
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"China is closing the gap with America in high-tech weaponry"  
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"In EU budgeting everyone comes out frustrated. And the latest plan feels like a missed opportunity for Europeans to strive to achieve more together"  
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"Did Trump write a risqu message to Epstein Latest US politics news from The Economist"  
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"Jane Street is chucked out of India. Other firms should be nervous"  
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"Vinod Khosla on how the anti-green agenda could help climate tech"  
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"Russias sanctions-dodging is getting ever more sophisticated"  
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"Chinese weapons gave Pakistan an edge against India. What does that mean for the future of warfare Listen to Drum Tower"  
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"Bangladeshs growth has been remarkable but is now at risk"  
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"What if Americas red states are about to lose their cheap-housing advantage"  
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"Nvidia has a lot at stakeand not just because it is now the one defending the title of the worlds most valuable company. To see what could go wrong for the firm it helps to look at the experience of Apples boss"  
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"Austrias chancellor Christian Stocker hopes that competent stable government will restore his partys popularity. But his biggest challenge is earning the support of the countrys hard-right voters"  
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"Powered by artificial intelligence and inspired by living cells scientists are inventing a whole new molecular world. Listen to our Babbage podcast"  
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"If China invaded Taiwan who would enter the war"  
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"The answer is not hedge funds or quant shops or short-sellers"  
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"Sailing to foreign lands and trekking to new wildernesses is extraordinarily expensive. It is also fraught with uncertainty. That is where economists come in"  
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"Our Big Mac index will sadden Americas burger-lovers"  
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"The American president once mocked Volodymyr Zelensky for having no cards. Now he has decided to slip him a few new onesat least for a time"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944869566225518950) 2025-07-14 21:20:13 UTC 27M followers, 54.5K engagements


"Australia re-bans alcohol in some Aboriginal communities"  
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"Bad Bunny who begins a residency in Puerto Rico this week has become a global hitmaker while rapping and singing almost exclusively in Spanish. Heres how"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944597734989672724) 2025-07-14 03:20:03 UTC 27M followers, 58K engagements


"Why bosses are flying more for play not work"  
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"To survive the AI age the web needs a new business model"  
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"We dont need no education Latest US politics news from The Economist"  
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"Irans hardliners accept a precarious truce for now"  
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"Albanias tourism boom is starting to create headaches over a scarce resource: water. In principle the country has plenty. But after a century of underinvestment its towns are running short"  
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"Albanias tourism boom is a boon for Jared Kushner"  
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"What is their love of working from home doing to their economies"  
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"After proving surprisingly resilient post-pandemic sales of packaged food are now flagging. Inflation regulations and the rising adoption of weight-loss drugs help to explain why"  
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"The AI startup is a pawn in the power games of the worlds most valuable companies. It could be sacrificed if it is deemed to no longer serve a purpose"  
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"In 2025 people across the rich world will inherit some $6trn. How can you enjoy a nice life while ensuring the money lasts for ever We explain:"  
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"Inside OpenAIs weird governance structure"  
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"In war incentives matter more than courage"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-262667701) 2025-07-10 15:50:08 UTC 208.1M followers, 83.2K engagements


"Since Donald Trump returned to power share prices have had a turbulent time and consumer sentiment has tanked. Yet other measures of the economy have remained strong. Follow along as we track the data"  
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"Has the war in Gaza radicalised young Palestinians"  
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"Can you pass the toughest tests in the world The Economist"  
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"Brazilian supercows are taking over the world"  
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"OpenAIs latest model will change the economics of software"  
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"The Senate is voting on a rescissions package to claw back $9bn of spending that it previously approved. These five charts explain what effects that could have on foreign aid"  
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"Researchers estimate that Donald Trumps Big Beautiful Bill could result in 42500 excess deaths a year by 2034. The White House has pushed back on the claims of deaths calling them egregious and deranged"  
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"Americas bullied allies need to toughen up"  
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"Sex hormones could be mental-health drugs too"  
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"Demand for private and public places to sweat is sizzling"  
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"The stunning decline of the preference for having boys"  
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"Baby-boomers are loaded. Why are they so stingy"  
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"Whereas VCs once used to press startups to list on public markets today they are in no hurry and are eager to capture more of the growth in valuations as companies scale up"  
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"Thailands ruling elite have long felt entitled to sack politicians whenever they believe their own interests are under threat. If they really cared for their country they would permit fresh freely fought elections Photo: Reuters"  
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"An American-backed foreign force may be sent to Haiti"  
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"You can hardly build Tomahawks in a Tesla factory. On this weeks Money Talks @cerianrj explains why the link between peacetime industrial capacity and battlefield might could be breaking down"  
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"Earlier in the year relations between the pair seemed to warm. But things have taken a dismal turn since. We explain what is wrong with the relationship Photo: Eyevine"  
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"Economic growth has proven resilient over the years. But will Donald Trump dent the teflon economy The Trump effect on the markets pocketbooks and politics on Checks and Balance with @JohnPrideaux @chowardchoward and @jbennet"  
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"What The Economist thought about solar power"  
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"Scientists are using AI to invent proteins from scratch"  
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"You can use tether as you would a dollar but without any of the checks and scrutiny that come from moving money by bank transfer. It is the financial equivalent of being able to turn up at the airport open a secret door and go straight on to the plane"  
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"A handful of firms control about two-thirds of the market. On The Intelligence @annie_crabill explains why the perfume industry may not smell as sweet as it seems. Listen now"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945146382727135233) 2025-07-15 15:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 38.7K engagements


"Charlie Kirk pied piper of the American right"  
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"Donald Trump has committed the most profound harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he saidon history economics and the technicalities of tradewas utterly deluded"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1907724008100917338) 2025-04-03 09:17:01 UTC 27M followers, 5.3M engagements


"Formed around a distant star elsewhere in the Milky Way is an interstellar wanderer. It is only the third such interloper ever spotted"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943857888407003241) 2025-07-12 02:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 52.7K engagements


"The bomb (part 1): were nuclear weapons inevitable"  
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"Teflon Don: can the economy withstand a Trump shock"  
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"The American dollar has fallen by more than XX% against a basket of currencies since January when we last updated our patty-purchasing index"  
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"Meet Ibrahim Traor Burkina Fasos retro revolutionary"  
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"Can the Gulf states become tech superpowers"  
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"Our podcast on science and technology. The first episode of our four-part series on the past present and future of nuclear weapons"  
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"From Lego to Novo Nordisk many of Europes top firms come from the region. One factor is that Nordic businessmen like their Viking ancestors are foreign adventurers"  
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"Chinas low-altitude economy is taking off"  
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"A dazzling menagerie of microbes live inside the human gut. We explain the best ways to boost your microbiome"  
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"At the worlds best-known lingerie brand the dirty laundry is on full display"  
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"India has done brilliantly by balancing America China and Russia. Can that last"  
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"The global trading system needs new rules not tariffs say Wally Adeyemo and Joshua Zoffer"  
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"Disillusioned American boffins and global talent that might once have chosen America are looking across the pond for jobs. Will Britain seize the opportunity"  
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"Last year Switzerland negotiated a new deal with the EU. The government presented it as a triumph. But some citizens who will have the final say via a referendum are getting a bit wound up"  
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"Chinas central government has little sympathy for what it regards as fiscal irresponsibility. It hopes that with better budgeting local governments can manage to cut waste at all levels"  
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"We analysed the first names of almost 400m people born in the two countries. The results are striking"  
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"The crypto industry is suddenly at the heart of American politics"  
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"A superstar strategy could make sense when it comes to AI. But spraying money on stars in order to play catch-up is a gamble that might not pay off"  
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"An obsession with self-care helps to explain the flood of interest in water bottles. Yet oversize tumblers reveal more about fashion than wellness"  
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"Zero-based budgeting is a proposed reform that should in theory clear up some of Chinas debt problems. Almost every province has promised to review its spending but so far only a handful have set proper plans for doing so"  
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"Having unfettered access to artificial intelligence certainly lightens the mental load. But as a recent study suggests that help may come at a cost"  
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"Can anything stop Americas superstar hedge funds"  
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"Shamanism is Britains fastest-growing religion"  
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"Tennis is played by some 90m people globally. We have picked six books to tell you about a few of the greatest players to ever pick up a racket. Discover the list here: Photo: Getty Images"  
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"Elon Musk is shredding Americas government as he did Twitter"  
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"Our new polling on the Epstein affair Latest US politics news from The Economist"  
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"Other countries may benefit. Science will suffer"  
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"How drones and video-game techniques are coming together in Ukraines war"  
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"The nationalisation of politics finally comes for Americas least-populous state"  
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"Culture clash: why employers want workers in the office"  
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"Victorias Secret is struggling to reinvent itself"  
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"The Dominican Republic and Haiti: one island two nations lots of trouble"  
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"The 19th century is a terrible guide to modern statecraft"  
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"America could suffer some 42500 excess deaths annually by 2034 as a result of Donald Trumps Big Beautiful Bill researchers estimate. That is more people than currently die of breast cancer"  
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"Mileis bold move: making Argentinas economy normal"  
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"What Superman tells you about American foreign policy"  
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"The nationalisation of politics finally comes for Americas least-populous state"  
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"Japans politics is entering a messy new era"  
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"Wendell Weekss homespun approach to management has helped keep Corning Inc a 174-year-old materials firm at the heart of the digital economy"  
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"For the past three decades Poland has shown how much a country can achieve with good economic policy and European integration. But if it elects a hard-right president it risks throwing it away"  
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"When drivers line up on the grid at the British Grand Prix on July 6th they will be marking XX years since the launch of the Formula One World Championship. Much has changed since the race in 1950 at the Silverstone circuit"  
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"A tech ethicist on how AI worsens ills caused by social media"  
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"Is Bangladeshs admired growth model coming unstuck"  
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"Norways sovereign-wealth fund passes the $1trn mark"  
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"A pilot programme in Nigeria helped students make two years worth of progress in six weeks"  
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"The race to build a $1trn unicorn is transforming how the VC industry operates. For more listen to Money Talks with @Birdyword and @EthanYWu"  
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"Norway is profiting embarrassingly from war in Europe"  
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"Donald Trumps populism and the contortions it creates for his party is often treated as a new phenomenon in American politics. In fact it is the latest expression of a decades-old identity crisis Illustration: David Simonds"  
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"Trumps trade deals try a creative way to hobble China"  
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"If the web doesnt adapt to keep up with AI one of the great common properties of humanity could be gravely diminished. This would be a tragedy for everyone"  
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"Luiz Incio Lula da Silvas country does not matter that much when it comes to questions of war in Europe or the Middle East. He should stop pretending it does and concentrate on matters closer to home Illustration: Lehel Kovcs"  
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"A CEOs summer guide to protecting profits"  
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"A good government is an alliance between nerds and the jocks who used to bully them at school. But in Britain the nerd:jock ratio is off. Far from too many briefcase wankers Labour has too few Illustration: Nate Kitch"  
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"Could hormones help treat some forms anxiety and depression"  
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"British bats are a conservation success story"  
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"Most people are loth to trade three square meals a day for the promise of a longer retirement so the search has been on for chemical alternatives to fasting"  
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"Our quick-and-dirty guide to exchange-rate distortions concludes that the Taiwanese dollar is greatly undervalued against the greenback. See where other currencies stand"  
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"Are women paid less than men for the same work"  
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"Donald Trump has sent Congress a rescission package requesting that it claw back $9.4bn of spending that it had previously approved. If Congress does not pass it by Friday the government will be obliged to spend the money"  
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"A superpower crunch over Taiwan is coming"  
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"How Yemens dominant Houthis blackmail foreign aid agencies"  
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"A new firm says it can link satellites to ordinary smartphones"  
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"Can anything truly replace the framework and buzz of being part of the action Retirement is just not that fulfilling"  
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"Nearly four decades after its founding Hamas is on its last legs according to multiple testimonies from Gaza. Its military and political leadership has been almost entirely eliminated Photo: DPA"  
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"At the worlds best-known lingerie brand the dirty laundry is on full display. In an open letter to Victorias Secret an activist investor told its chairwoman that the firm was failing its shareholders"  
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"Shrinking exports spell trouble for Turkmenistan"  
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"Digging the construction industry out of its hole will be the mother of all projects. A combination of fragmentation overregulation and underinvestment is behind the dismal state of affairs"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944376279458824694) 2025-07-13 12:40:04 UTC 27M followers, 56.6K engagements


"Increasingly in America debates are shaped by a mindset that sees the world as a fixed pie whereby one groups gain is anothers loss. Such zero-sum thinking writes Harvard professor @S_Stantcheva is crucial to understanding Americans today"  
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"Nearly every aspect of modern life depends upon energy writes Americas energy secretary. In a guest essay he outlines the Trump administrations plan to unleash a golden age of energy dominanceboth at home and around the world"  
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"The president should not stand for re-election in 2027. But unless a strong opposition candidate emerges there is a grave risk that he will continue to take his country backwards"  
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"Denmarks left defied the consensus on migration. Has it worked"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2407859742) 2025-07-10 17:30:33 UTC 208.1M followers, 188.1K engagements


"America contributes a significant share of the worlds foreign aid including XX% of humanitarian aid. Reducing that will lead to the closure of some programmes and destabilise international organisations that administer the money"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945846181264842816) 2025-07-17 14:00:56 UTC 27M followers, 42.8K engagements


"The trend towards a revival of bats in Britain is a conservation triumph but it suggests an uncomfortable conclusion. Laws that make building homes and infrastructure intolerably hard can have a good effect"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946102672366371210) 2025-07-18 07:00:08 UTC 27M followers, 35.3K engagements


"Migration from Africa is a mega-trend that transcends todays populist surge"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944346077861228915) 2025-07-13 10:40:03 UTC 27M followers, 56.3K engagements


"Donald Trumps second term will be shaped and constrained by the views and priorities of ordinary Americans. We are tracking their opinions week to week throughout his presidency"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944144756302373294) 2025-07-12 21:20:05 UTC 27M followers, 54.6K engagements


"Why Macau is less demanding of democracy than Hong Kong"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-250497901) 2017-09-15 03:43:40 UTC 208.1M followers, 435.5K engagements


"Lessons from Thomas Cromwell and NiccolMachiavelli about winning friends and influencing people in the White House"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943576025675235449) 2025-07-11 07:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 41.5K engagements


"Stablecoins should cut Americas debt payments. But at what cost"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1071995035) 2025-07-16 19:00:36 UTC 208.1M followers, 40.9K engagements


"America throws big money at a small rare-earths mine"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2106609222) 2025-07-17 14:48:15 UTC 208.1M followers, 37.5K engagements


"America is coming after Chinese it accuses of hacking"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-4074778166) 2025-07-11 06:27:33 UTC 208.1M followers, 118.9K engagements


"Anca Petrescu: Eastern Europes most controversial architect"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2200022024) 2013-11-15 16:29:01 UTC 208.1M followers, 285K engagements


"Zimbabwes president orders banks to stop lending"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3791493319) 2022-05-14 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.8M engagements


"Many governments advise their citizens against travelling to Congo. The countrys GDP per person is less than $XXX. Why would it decide to sponsor a wealthy European football team"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943893115976196206) 2025-07-12 04:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 53.1K engagements


"Ethiopia hopes to follow the path of countries such as Poland and become an economic power. Yet it may end up looking more like Russia"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945901356507689321) 2025-07-17 17:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 33.6K engagements


"Are superstars as good when they move jobs"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-319674248) 2025-07-18 16:20:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 72.7K engagements


"A ranking of XXX countries shows that human development is stalling almost everywhere"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943148220005110060) 2025-07-10 03:20:12 UTC 27M followers, 65.8K engagements


"Many companies are looking forward to the possible productivity gains from greater adoption of artificial intelligence. But there could be a sting in the tail"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946188243227103503) 2025-07-18 12:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 40.5K engagements


"In Silicon Valley old-school spreadsheet measures are out while valuing by vibes is in. Startups are raising billions before even making a dollar"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946077515535073646) 2025-07-18 05:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 55.5K engagements


"Countries that had hoped to stay out of Americas trade war with China fear they are being forced to pick a side"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944023955339132959) 2025-07-12 13:20:03 UTC 27M followers, 49.9K engagements


"Like many wellness fads the testosterone craze aims to fix a real medical problem. Its loudest proponents however are not doctors"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946359409405284355) 2025-07-19 00:00:19 UTC 27M followers, 39.1K engagements


"To assess the link between companies remote-work policies and their culture we analysed two databases. The results are suggestive"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943742130498769304) 2025-07-11 18:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 43.1K engagements


"Cuba is facing its worst shortage of food since the 1990s"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1430306915) 2021-07-01 14:35:48 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.3M engagements


"Thanks to previous rounds of tariffs many Chinese goods face levies of over XX% if they are shipped to America. How then to explain the resilience of Chinas exports in the turmoil of the global trade war"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946495339227226141) 2025-07-19 09:00:27 UTC 27M followers, 37.5K engagements


"How Australia broke the record for economic growth"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1389777218) 2017-09-05 23:44:29 UTC 208.1M followers, 745.4K engagements


"Vanguards devotion to low fees has given it a cult-like following and forced rivals to follow suit. But the asset manager faces growing political scrutiny"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1940918526358761830) 2025-07-03 23:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 45.2K engagements


"Osakas World Expo is winning over grumpy Japanese"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-368876443) 2025-07-11 03:20:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 49K engagements


"As America threatens to become a more costly and volatile place to do business some European firms may be tempted to shift their attention to another market that has lately fallen out of favour"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1929325613510185300) 2025-06-01 23:54:06 UTC 27M followers, 59.3K engagements


"Argentinas Javier Milei is betting big on an oil gusher"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3395148353) 2025-02-16 12:05:46 UTC 208.1M followers, 441.2K engagements


"Donald Trump is putting an untested system under almighty strain"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944738697808629914) 2025-07-14 12:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 44.6K engagements


"How do you get warring sides to make peace"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944632968057684227) 2025-07-14 05:40:03 UTC 27M followers, 42.3K engagements


"Wyomings lawmakers thought they could escape the MAGA-fication of politics. They were wrong"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946037248706662718) 2025-07-18 02:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 48K engagements


"Europe must change if it wants to be green and competitive says the CEO of Mercedes"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-57530370) 2025-07-15 17:40:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 134.8K engagements


"Ukrainian drones are killing ever more soldiers"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-302444843) 2025-07-18 17:40:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 66.7K engagements


"Part of the explanation for the bags exorbitant priceand the one that Herms likes to emphasiseis the exquisite workmanship. Each Birkin is the handiwork of a single craftsman who takes up to XX hours to complete the job"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943729533787447384) 2025-07-11 17:50:08 UTC 27M followers, 39K engagements


"Political violence has returned to Colombia"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3638955826) 2025-06-24 07:30:31 UTC 208.1M followers, 255.5K engagements


"How Bad Bunny leapt to the top of the global music charts"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-4161974029) 2025-07-10 15:13:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 178.3K engagements


"Emigration from Africa will change the world"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2919023249) 2025-04-30 07:55:40 UTC 208.1M followers, 230.2K engagements


"It is carving out a sphere of influence through militias who carve up Arab states"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944612830180708662) 2025-07-14 04:20:02 UTC 27M followers, 44.1K engagements


"How should Joe Biden respond to the Cuban uprising"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1828763434) 2021-07-23 17:13:33 UTC 208.1M followers, 119.6K engagements


"The EUs decarbonisation strategy fails to adequately address the reality of the existing European car fleet argues Ola Kllenius. He believes a change is needed in three areas"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945367836915859529) 2025-07-16 06:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 55.8K engagements


"Japans Liberal Democratic Party has commanded the political system since its founding in 1955. That may change. New parties and new media are transforming the country Illustration: Klawe Rzeczy"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944924998910509481) 2025-07-15 01:00:29 UTC 27M followers, 61.5K engagements


"Indias economy was sick before the coronavirus crisis"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-4068709030) 2020-11-17 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.9M engagements


"Also on the daily podcast: Austrias accidental chancellor and North Koreas beach resort"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945444593492738262) 2025-07-16 11:25:10 UTC 27M followers, 41.2K engagements


"The Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict hints at the future of war"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2326370162) 2020-10-08 14:58:20 UTC 208.1M followers, 4.1M engagements


"The Middle East will be in a worse place if America rushes to attack Iran. Donald Trump should waitfor now"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1935658445559988349) 2025-06-19 11:18:30 UTC 27M followers, 1.7M engagements


"Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan must learn how to share the Nile river"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3731811457) 2020-07-04 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.1M engagements


"The word for condescending old person in Korean"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-695762724) 2019-05-30 04:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.9M engagements


"Its no longer the done thing to turn up to a gig in any old kit: instead the most committed fans demonstrate their affection for the artist by wearing the right stuff. We explain why"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946409698808283296) 2025-07-19 03:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 54.6K engagements


"Firms are better than ever at dealing with shocks meaning that markets continue to function even when politics breaks down. At the same time governments offer their economies unprecedented levels of protection"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945463465948189031) 2025-07-16 12:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 38.8K engagements


"As a class immigrants in Denmark are spoken of as a threat an inconvenience to be dealt with. Such an us-versus-them approach is corrosive to a countrys sense of citizenship"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943415243209666816) 2025-07-10 21:01:15 UTC 27M followers, 49.8K engagements


"Should a man who can do anything choose to do nothing"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1942934334211608708) 2025-07-09 13:10:17 UTC 27M followers, 46.7K engagements


"The VC race for the first trillion-dollar unicorn"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1591516129) 2025-07-11 12:20:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 84K engagements


"Tim Cooks decade at Apple makes him the most successful successor CEO ever"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3560100993) 2021-08-25 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 170K engagements


"Kyiv reprieve: Trump loses patience with Putin and offers Ukraine arms"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1047445222) 2025-07-15 13:20:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 76.5K engagements


"Would an artificial-intelligence bubble be so bad"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-248032080) 2025-01-02 09:54:16 UTC 208.1M followers, 412.5K engagements


"Tiny Guyana could soon become one of the worlds giant oil exporters"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2290625554) 2023-07-12 20:21:41 UTC 208.1M followers, 914.6K engagements


"Mexico is about to become the only country to elect every one of its judges by popular vote. This is a terrible idea for justice democracy and the economy"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1923134314125947125) 2025-05-15 21:52:05 UTC 27M followers, 2M engagements


"What Bicester Village says about the luxury industry"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-731111695) 2025-07-11 18:30:17 UTC 208.1M followers, 38.7K engagements


"Does working from home kill company culture"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1586725436) 2025-07-09 13:54:46 UTC 208.1M followers, 78.4K engagements


"The real reason it takes so long to build infrastructure in Britain"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2419024217) 2022-11-07 20:57:20 UTC 208.1M followers, 263.9K engagements


"A summit in Beijing next week was supposed to be a celebration of XX years of diplomatic ties between China and the European Union. Now it looks set to be a sputtering squib"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945594329772290345) 2025-07-16 21:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 82.9K engagements


"Which countries have the best and worst living standards"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-4078745542) 2025-05-18 15:14:30 UTC 208.1M followers, 88.1K engagements


"Jane Birkins original Herms handbag sold for 7.4m ($10.1m) at auction. Why does the designer starve the market for Birkins when it could sell many more and so make much more money From the archive"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943842787775992137) 2025-07-12 01:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 51.5K engagements


"Any Chinese curbs on Taiwans trade would carry big economic costs"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-328551265) 2025-07-09 05:20:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 47.1K engagements


"The panic about tariffs has given way to cautious optimism. But Trumponomics XXX will erode the foundations of Americas prosperity"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1940731314879041548) 2025-07-03 11:16:17 UTC 27M followers, 1.6M engagements


"For now the evidence for neuromodulation products is slim"  
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"The drama in India has thrown a bright light on Jane Street a trading firm of legendary opacity even in an industry that prioritises secrecy"  
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"Ukraines embrace of drone warfare has paid off"  
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"Israels generals have told their political masters that little of military value remains in its operations. Even so Binyamin Netanyahu is continuing to hold out against Donald Trumps entreaties to announce an end to the war"  
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"The nationalisation of politics finally comes for Americas least-populous state Photo: Will Warasila/The New York Times/Redux/Eyevine"  
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"Stablecoins like tether are revolutionising the business of money-laundering. 1843 investigates Illustrations: Noma Bar"  
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"Turkmenistans despot finds a worthy successor: his son"  
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"China and Russia are deploying powerful new weapons: ideas"  
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"Nigel Farages economic plans are a disaster"  
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"Having inconvenient people bumped off is disturbingly common in South Africa. What began as a way to settle drug disputes or turf wars between gangs has become a service industry"  
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"Many point to the Mediterranean dietfish whole grains fresh fruit vegetables and olive oil. Critics though point out that diets differ widely from Portugal to Greece"  
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"Blighty newsletter: Sir Keir goes back to the future"  
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"The relationship between the neighbours which share a 1600km-long border has waxed and waned. But Iran can no longer rely on Iraq the way it used to"  
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"Americans are catching on to the joys of British food. Yes really"  
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"Last month thousands of people rallied in Bangkok to demand the prime ministers dismissal. These events are giving some Thais dj vu"  
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"Conventional searches in Apples Safari web browser fell for the first time in April after people posed their questions to AI instead. The change has content producers rethinking their business models"  
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"Central Europes Visegrad states (the Czech Republic Hungary Poland and Slovakia) have had strong economies for years. Now apart from Poland they are going through a rough patch. Why"  
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"It seemed to be a joke when William F. Buckley ran for mayor of New York in 1965. But his celebrity sophistication about TV and willingness to say what he thought made him a kind of anti-politician. Sound familiar"  
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"Some speculative exchange traded-funds would make the credit derivatives of the 2000s blush. And ETFs are certain to get spicier still"  
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"Tourists arriving to Penang rarely notice the parts of the island that have made it one of the regions most important industrial assets"  
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"Stablecoins might cut Americas debt payments. But at what cost"  
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"The UAE preaches unity at home but pursues division abroad"  
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"Having spent decades fighting to level the playing field many organisers of womens sports are uncomfortable with radical change. But the future lies in innovation not imitating mens leagues"  
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"From the Vikings and the Mongols to pirates of the 18th century economics is a useful tool for understanding conflict. A new book explains why Illustration: Ricardo Rey"  
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"Never-Trump conservatives may bridle at the observation but though William F. Buckley was no populist he augured Donald Trump in many ways. Our columnist on American politics explains how"  
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"At the moment ADHD is considered something you either have or you dont. This binary approach to diagnosis has two consequences"  
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"The dark side of Ethiopias liberalisation"  
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"Why was Sir Keir Starmers Labour government so unprepared for power After a shambolic end to its first year in power our British politics correspondent Matthew Holehouse analyses what went wrong for Britains ruling party"  
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"Silicon Valley is racing to build the first $1trn unicorn"  
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"The vast majority of Ukraines agricultural produce is exported by sea. But in recent months Russia has stepped up attacks on ports"  
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"I believe that the climate tech that matters involves only about a dozen technologies writes Vinod Khosla. In my judgment as a long-standing climate investor these breakthroughs will be at or near economic viability well within a decade"  
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"After DeepSeek America and the EU are getting AI wrong"  
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"Today on The Intelligence: how AI is changing the web Austrias accidental chancellor and North Koreas beach resort"  
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"Theodore Roosevelt saw stability in a world carved into spheres of influence that balanced the interests of big powers. Donald Trumps fans detect thrilling parallels. But Mr Trump is no Roosevelt"  
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"The world must escape the manufacturing delusion"  
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"Our Big Mac index will sadden Americas burger-lovers"  
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"Sir Keir Starmer should stop undermining Britains strengths prioritise reform and arm himself with the "Poundland" strategy that can make the country better off"  
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"It has been nine years since Gianni Infantino became FIFAs president. Independent estimates suggest that the organisation is on course to double its annual revenue. But his leadership is not without controversy"  
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"A watchdogs annual report is sounding the alarm on Britains pension system. Much of the extra burden comes from the triple lock guarantee which has already cost around three times what was first expected"  
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"What will the European Union look like in 2034 Only the most confident fortune-teller would venture a guess. Yet in Brussels a ritual even odder than staring at tea leaves or crystal balls is afoot"  
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"Three books explain why it mattersand can easily be lost"  
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"Azerbaijan maintains a deep-rooted mistrust of its former foe Armenia. But Russias malign activity in both countries adds urgency to the peace process one expert warns"  
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"Victorias Secret has sought to redefine its image after a series of scandals. Yet the makeover has not returned the company to growth"  
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"Around the world politicians are fixated on factories. But this obsession with factories is built on mythsand will be self-defeating"  
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"Citadel and other giant funds have remade public markets"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944879677274832961) 2025-07-14 22:00:23 UTC 27M followers, 47.8K engagements


"How the next financial crisis might happen"  
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"Americas broken construction industry is a big problem for Trump"  
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"Luiz Incio Lula da Silva put Brazil on the map but he hasnt adapted to a changed world"  
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"Jiangsu province is home to one of Chinas most important electronics manufacturing centres. But the country cares more about what happens in its football stadiums"  
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"Whereas private-equity firms find solace for their troubles in financial engineering venture capitalists seek salvation from their own liquidity crunch in the next big thing"  
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"Zimbabwe faces its worst economic crisis in a decade"  
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"Ideas for how to squeeze the countrys interest bill ideally without cutting spending or raising taxes are at a premium. One has recently raised hopes. But taking advantage of it will be very difficult"  
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"The delusions plaguing Britains warming summers"  
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"Agriculture is a mainstay of Ukraines economy. In regions close to the front the Russians have begun sending drones to set fields alight"  
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"The idea of forming an army was once laughed at in Iceland. No longer"  
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"Will Chinas shoppers cushion the Trumpian blow"  
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"The American president once mocked Volodymyr Zelensky for having no cards. Now he has decided to slip him a few new onesat least for a time Photo: Getty Images"  
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"Were very unhappy with Russia Donald Trump declared. But he declined to answer questions about what he would do if Vladimir Putin intensified his attacks"  
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"Yes atmospheric CO2 has increased over timebut so has life expectancy writes Chris Wright. In a guest essay Americas energy secretary invites the world to rethink renewable energy"  
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"The state pension is projected to add more to the long-term rise in spending than anything except health care and interest payments"  
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"Hedge funds make billions as Indias options market goes ballistic"  
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"Now Chinas ultra-cheap EVs are scaring China"  
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"How Graham Hancock became conspiracy theorists favourite historian"  
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"Its most urgent task is to decode the desires of younger consumers. Victorias Secret may yet find its stride again"  
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"Vladimir Putin unleashes a summer offensive against Ukraine"  
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"Why investors lack a theory of everything"  
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"Wyoming is Americas Trumpiest state. Now it has a legislature to match"  
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"AI is killing the web. Can anything save it"  
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"How to build strong magnets without rare-earth metals"  
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"Muhammadu Buhari failed to build a better Nigeria twice"  
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"An advisory panel installed by him has recommended that thimerosal used in some multi-dose vaccine vials be removed from all flu jabs. But the scientific evidence suggests that this is a mistake"  
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"Donald Trumps hostility to the very idea of climate change may yet end up making green technologies better hopes Vinod Khosla by forcing a rethink on wasteful subsidies and refocusing government efforts on the most promising tech to scale"  
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"US Marines are training to defend Taiwan in a new way"  
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"In his hit song of 2009 I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) Pitbull repeats that phrase no fewer than XX times. Yet he seems to have got it slightly wrong. His fans do not want him: they want to look like him"  
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"Bad Bunny who begins a residency in Puerto Rico this week has become a global hitmaker while rapping and singing almost exclusively in Spanish. Heres how"  
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"Turkeys relations with America having plumbed new depths over much of the past decade are undergoing a remarkable reboot"  
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"There was a Trumpian twist to the deal: the weapons for Ukraine will be bought by European allies rather than donated from American stocks or bought from manufacturers with American money as in the past"  
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"One William Woods was telling the truth. The other was living his life The Economist"  
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"Japans Liberal Democratic Party has commanded the political system since its founding in 1955. That may change. New parties and new media are transforming the country"  
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"A savage squabble between China and Europe"  
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"War geopolitics energy crisis: how the economy evades every disaster"  
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"The envy of the world Oct 19th 2024 The Economist"  
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"Nobody knows the power of some people are saying better than Donald Trump. For Americas leading conspiracy theorist to become the target of a conspiracy theory himself is delicious but is it also consequential Not in the obvious way Photo: Getty Images"  
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"At the worlds best-known lingerie brand the dirty laundry is on full display. In an open letter to Victorias Secret an activist investor told its chairwoman that the firm was failing its shareholders"  
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"Agriculture is a mainstay of Ukraines economy. In regions close to the front the Russians have begun sending drones to set fields alight"  
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"Africa is changing so rapidly it is becoming hard to ignore"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-787970381) 2020-03-26 15:50:02 UTC 208.1M followers, 7.1M engagements


"The global asylum system is falling apart"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-658139035) 2025-07-13 13:40:04 UTC 208.1M followers, 51.2K engagements


"The world is complexand changing fast. Our app is a simple way to understand big news developments and why they matter on the go. Visit the App Store or Google Play to find the latest version"  
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"Chinas growth targets cause headacheseven when met"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1418145713) 2025-07-05 20:20:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 394K engagements


"Europes streets are alive with the sound of protests"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3126001669) 2025-05-05 13:41:40 UTC 208.1M followers, 344.6K engagements


"The worlds most and least walkable cities"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2019718233) 2024-05-28 07:28:36 UTC 208.1M followers, 37.4K engagements


"At one point more water was surging through the Guadalupe river than the typical flow over Niagara Falls. These charts and maps show the scale of the disaster in Texas"  
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"The trend towards a revival of bats in Britain is a conservation triumph but it suggests an uncomfortable conclusion. Laws that make building homes and infrastructure intolerably hard can have a good effect"  
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"America will supply air-defence missiles and may punish countries that trade with Russia"  
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"Making peace with the Palestinians looks much harder than with Irans regime or Shias in Lebanon"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1942720576449081677) 2025-07-08 23:00:54 UTC 27M followers, 39.9K engagements


"Kraft Heinz is not the only food giant in trouble"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2596981106) 2025-07-18 19:01:04 UTC 208.1M followers, 36.3K engagements


"More and more parents around the world prefer girls to boys"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3944361087) 2025-06-09 13:17:40 UTC 208.1M followers, 127.3K engagements


"What the tourist industry reveals about Cuba"  
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"Did understanding atoms make nuclear weapons inevitable Listen to The Bomb a new four-part series on the past present and future of the worlds most devastating weapons"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945775517526880325) 2025-07-17 09:20:08 UTC 27M followers, 31.6K engagements


"Donald Trumps first XXX days: tracking promises executive orders legal challenges and cabinet picks The Economist"  
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"Vladimir Putin still sees the south Caucasus as being in its sphere of influence or as one expert describes its playground. Yet the speed that Russia has lost clout in the region is striking"  
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"Its most urgent task is to decode the desires of younger consumers. Victorias Secret may yet find its stride again"  
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"An unusual blend of folkliness and futurism defines Wendell Weeks boss of Corning Inc a firm that keeps popping up at the cutting edge of technology"  
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"If you are an athlete in search of a chemical boost your options are limited. An exception is creatine a staple of sports nutrition and one of the few supplements with a solid evidence base behind it"  
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"American men are hungry for injectable testosterone"  
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"American tariffs are starting to hammer Chinese exporters"  
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"Eighteen months ago drones could target anyone 5km from the front line in Ukraine. Now that has extended to 15km. But that cuts both waysand soldiers say they need more weapons"  
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"Indian diplomats and strategists take pride in being unshockable remaining coolly transactional whatever the world throws at them. But since Donald Trumps return to office its elites are off-kilter Illustration: Chloe Cushman"  
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"Digital nomads are a force for good in Latin America"  
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"AI scientists are producing new theories of how the brain learns"  
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"The bond markets problems arent all to do with Donald Trump write Anil Kashyap and Jeremy Stein"  
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"Chinese overcapacity is crushing the global steel industry"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3392974552) 2024-09-17 18:06:16 UTC 208.1M followers, XXX engagements


"The invasion has stalled but Putins war on dissent marches on"  
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"Under communism Albania got about 5000 tourists a year. Now tourism is exploding. But many locals are not welcoming the influx of visitors. We explain why"  
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"For decades a big story in education has been the ascent of girls. They now outperform boys in most subjects. But one subject remains a problem"  
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"From Lego to Novo Nordisk many of Europes top firms come from the region. One factor is that Nordic businessmen like their Viking ancestors are foreign adventurers"  
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"Why Baghdad may have the worst traffic in the Middle East"  
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"Hotels and villa complexes are mushrooming along the coast of Albania. But over-tourism is becoming a worry as limited resources are stretched beyond their means"  
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"In some areas of military strength China has surpassed America"  
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"Climate change is a by-product of progress not an existential crisis says Trumps energy czar"  
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"Adolescence Dying for Sex and Severance are all among our recommendationsbut there are also several you might not have spotted"  
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"When El Salvadors would-be strongman promised to keep people safe from criminals by suspending the rule of law he succeeded for a while. But now there is no law left to keep Salvadorans safe from their dictator"  
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"Xi Jinping worries that Chinas troops are not ready to fight"  
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"How Wyoming went from MAGA laggard to leader"  
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"The Danish lefts case for toughness on migration is that its costs fall overwhelmingly on the poor. But the ugly upshot around limiting immigrationhowever noble the motivesis that it makes being nasty acceptable"  
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"For Nvidia which has become the first company to reach a $4trn market value governments are a potentially lucrative source of business"  
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"As prime minister for XX of the past XX years Mahathir Mohamad is due considerable credit for Malaysias economic success. This record helps explain his enduring popularity. Yet politically he has left a largely toxic legacy"  
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"Wimbledon is the grand slam that most professional tennis players dream of winning. To better understand what it takes to succeed on Centre Court pick up one of these books"  
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"The new titans of Wall Street present the world with new risks"  
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"Why should you pay any attention to Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories There are reasons why a rational sceptic should spend a few minutes thinking conspiratorially"  
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"Why India is annoyed by its ceasefire with Pakistan"  
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"Rife with hucksters and Instagram influencers an industry has emerged in America that pitches testosterone as a fountain of youth. Evidence suggests that hormones can bring health benefitsbut better regulation is needed"  
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"Rare-earth magnets have found their way into everything from electric cars and wind turbines to MRI machines and missile-guidance systems. And Chinese firms dominate the market"  
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"CoreWeaves purchase of a cryptocurrency miner gives it ready-built data centres and power agreements with local utilities both of which are needed to meet ballooning demand for AI"  
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"What Donald Trump owes William F. Buckley"  
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"The dominant model of the universe is creaking"  
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"Donald Trump seems to take a 19th-century view of the Western hemisphere. But nostalgia for this period in time is misplaced Illustration: Chloe Cushman"  
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"Britains ex-chancellor on how to fix a welfare crisis thats partly of his own making"  
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"Argentina: the making of an economic miracle"  
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"Zimbabwes worst economic crisis in more than a decade"  
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"People fleeing calamity have a right to seek safetybut that does not mean access to a rich countrys labour market"  
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"Dream of writing for The Economist Were looking for journalists to work in our Washington DC office. Find out how to apply here"  
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"Brazils Congress have hurled insults at Marina Silva the environment minister compared her to terrorists and told her to resign. They want to pass a bill that would dismantle many of the countrys environmental regulations"  
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"What baby names reveal about American and British society The Economist"  
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"Switzerland is ticking towards a tighter deal with the EU"  
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"The race for broad adoption is just as important as the one for artificial general intelligence"  
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"Whats behind Britains earthworm cataclysm"  
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"Content producers are urgently trying to find new ways to make AI companies pay them for information. If they cannot the open web may evolve into something very different Illustration: Nick Little"  
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"Chinas AI boom is reaching astonishing proportions"  
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"Between 25m and 34m people may now be in default according to one estimate which would be twice the level of five years ago. Dealing with personal debt remains shameful yet the government is struggling to help"  
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"Thank the Trump familys investments friendly regulators and lavish election spending"  
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"Our Big Mac index shows how burger prices differ across borders"  
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"Our footloose index ranks the most attractive countries for graduates"  
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"Silicon Valleys venture capitalists are jealous of people like you. Lately ordinary retail investors have seen all the upside to the firms founded with their money. On Money Talks how the VC industry is changing"  
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"To create an asylum system that offers safety for those who need it but also allows a supply of foreign labour policymakers need to separate one flow from the other"  
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"Will Jamie Dimon build the first trillion-dollar bank"  
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"Where can Chinas millions of debtors find relief Support groups for them have been growing online. The government has tried to show a modicum of sympathy with their plight"  
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"Could an amateur football league in China be a hedge against the trade war @donweinland explains on The Intelligence. Listen now"  
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"What a football shirt can tell you about finance and geopolitics"  
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"Putins war in Ukraine may cost him control of the south Caucasus"  
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"What does an arson attack on a warehouse in London have to do with the Russian Wagner Group Of the five men convicted for the attack none were Russian citizens. This is part of Vladimir Putins plan to cause chaos in the West"  
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"Germanys memory culture prevents it from coping with Gaza"  
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"The race for the broad adoption of the technology is just as important as the one for artificial general intelligence argues Britains former prime minister in a guest essay"  
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"Should psychedelics be more widely available"  
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"The Supreme Court keeps helping Donald Trump"  
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"Perus president survives because shes not in charge"  
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"The goala decarbonised and globally competitive European auto industryis within reach argues Ola Kllenius. But the next XX months will be decisive he warns"  
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"Society bombards us with instructions to be happier fitter and richer. Why have we become so dissatisfied with being ordinary"  
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"Combat capitalism: how Ukraine built a war economy"  
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"Latin Americas health systems brace for a battering"  
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"Our Big Mac index shows how burger prices differ across borders"  
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"From Billie Jean Kings candid autobiography to an illuminating portrait of Roger Federer our recommendations bring you inside the game of tennisboth on and off the court"  
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"Could stablecoinscryptocurrency tokens backed by safe assets such as short-term Treasury bondsdrive up demand for American debt and pull down borrowing costs The idea is not as outlandish as it seems"  
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"Americas most popular hellfire preacher of the 1980s died on July 1st aged 90"  
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"Can Tim Cook stop Apple going the same way as Nokia"  
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"Just how resilient is the economy On Checks and Balance this week: 🎧 Assessing supply chains and tariffs with @birdyword 🎧 Looking back at the introduction of the income tax 🎧 What the next year may look like with @MichaelRStrain"  
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"For a place with a cuddly reputation Denmark has been cruel to its migrants. We explain how Illustration: Peter Schrank"  
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"Nigerias problem in the 1980s was not its weak institutions worn down by a flood of oil wealth the former general thought. No the enemy was the laziness and greed of civilians and their feckless leaders"  
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"Lawmakers in Brazil want to dismantle many of its environmental regulations. The impulse to simplify the law is reasonable but their plans could offer new avenues for corruption"  
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"Turkeys strongman is becoming Donald Trumps point man"  
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"AI-powered search engines remove the need for people to trawl the web. As they take readers away the incentive for content to be created is removed. The technology that is opening up the web also threatens to kill it"  
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"Brazils president is losing clout abroad and unpopular at home"  
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"In recent years investors who have bet on stocks past performance have scored wins. But it is probably time to start inspecting the road ahead Illustration: Satoshi Kambayashi"  
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"Spotting a tariff impact on Americas economy requires a microscopic look at the data. Whether slight price rises are the start of something more serious depends in large part on how punchy the president feels on Wednesday Photo: Getty Images"  
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"Demand for construction projects is soaring. But delays and cost overruns are inevitable. Productivity in the industry has gone from bad to worse"  
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"Poland: the ignored stockmarket superstar"  
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"Britains public finances are bad. Their future looks worse"  
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"This time really is different for the dollar writes Kenneth Rogoff"  
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"A dozen coups dtat have not yet delivered a political system that makes the generals happy. That does not mean they will not try again"  
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"Chinas AI industry has almost caught up with Americas"  
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"China has become the most important enabler of Russias war machine"  
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"The spectacular folly of Donald Trumps copper tariffs"  
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"The AI revolution promises to bring more knowledge more quickly to more people. Users are right to embrace it. But there is a sting in the tail"  
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"If you thought a reusable water bottle was a plain boring receptacle then you would be wrong. For Gen Z it is both a necessity and a fashion statement"  
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"Flush with cash and fired up by the AI boom many venture capitalists are looking to hold on to the most promising startups for longer and to ride valuations into the stratosphere"  
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"Sweden is suffering a grim wave of gang violence"  
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"There is nothing wrong with seeking a better life. But when jobseekers and refugees crowd into the same funnel malign consequences follow. Here is how the worlds asylum system could be redesigned"  
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"Feather boas and bald caps: the wacky world of concert fashion"  
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"America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain"  
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"To understand America today study the zero-sum mindset writes Stefanie Stantcheva"  
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"It is hard to escape the sense that there is no logic behind Indias rulesthat is because there isnt say people who have worked with government Illustration: Lan Truong"  
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"How to ease pollution gridlock and honking on Indias roads"  
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"The Economist is hiring journalists to work in Washington"  
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"Six months after his return to the White House how effective have Donald Trumps tariffs been Our Big Mac index suggests that the dollar isnt as competitive as he might have hoped"  
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"Which countries would be hit hardest by levies on electronics and pharmaceuticals"  
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"For now there is still poor awareness among patients and little diagnosis by doctors of mental-health conditions related to hormonal changes in both men and women. But researchers are taking heed"  
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"Kishida Fumio Japans former leader says the countrys shift to investing is a test of whether it can leave behind its deflationary past and embrace growth"  
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"A seemingly modest clause deep in the 330-page bill appears poised to wipe out professional gambling entirely"  
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"Content producers are urgently trying to find new ways to make AI companies pay them for information. If they cannot the open web may evolve into something very different"  
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"Long one of Africas most state-controlled economies Ethiopia has recently begun to liberalise. Yet the fruits of promising reforms are under threat from waste graft and conflict"  
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"The former presidents nickname Baba Go Slow was coined in 2015 after he took months to name a cabinet. His supporters argued that it was a deliberate tactica strategy of gradual reform. Others saw a tired old man lacking energy"  
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"The death of the web has been predicted beforeat the hands of social networks then smartphone appsand not come to pass. But AI may pose the biggest threat to it yet"  
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"Indias roads are dangerous especially to pedestrians. Improving roads would speed up travel reduce noise pollution cut emissions and increase productivity"  
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"Africans need jobs. The rest of the world needs workers"  
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"As prime minister for XX of the past XX years Mahathir Mohamad is due considerable credit for Malaysias economic success. This record helps explain his enduring popularity. Yet politically he has left a largely toxic legacy Illustration: Lan Truong"  
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"Luiz Incio da Silva took office promising to tackle the illegal ranchers loggers and miners. A new bill proposed by Congress endangers his pledgebut the president is loth to stand in its way"  
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"China has a new chance to call Americas bluff"  
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"Of all human activities war is the least rational. So you might think that economicsa discipline associated with rational self-interestwould have little to say about it. A new book argues otherwise"  
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"Foreign-policy types talk of an age of unprecedented disorderand markets barely notice"  
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"Over the past decade Victorias Secret has lost much of its sparkle. Sales and market value have fallen competitors have pinched market share and the firm is on to its third CEO in four years"  
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"Putins radioactive chokehold on the world"  
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"Azerbaijan maintains a deep-rooted mistrust of its former foe Armenia. But Russias malign activity in both countries adds urgency to the peace process one expert warns"  
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"Can Nvidia persuade governments to pay for sovereign AI"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3449936297) 2025-07-14 09:10:57 UTC 208.1M followers, 46.8K engagements


"RFK junior wants to ban an ingredient in vaccines. Is he right"  
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"Americas most popular hellfire preacher of the 1980s died on July 1st aged 90"  
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"The rise of AI art is spurring a revival of analogue media"  
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"Robert Mueller charges Russians with election interference"  
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"Chinas one-child policy led to the widespread seizure of children for international adoption a new book shows. For decades the countrys officials turned international adoption into a money-making racket"  
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"Turkmenistan finds a novel solution to mass emigration"  
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"Eighteen months ago drones could target anyone 5km from the front line in Ukraine. Now that has extended to 15km. But that cuts both waysand soldiers say they need more weapons"  
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"You can glean a lot about America and the world from whom Hollywood chooses as its baddies. Lately its attention has turned to technology. It seems many screenwriters are doomers when it comes to AI Photo: Landmark/Universal Pictures"  
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"Donald Trump has signalled renewed enthusiasm for supporting Ukraine. Although his word is unreliable the country and its supporters must seize on the opportunity Photo: Reuters"  
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"♦ The dismantling of the Education Department can continue. ♦ Barack Obama reportedly tells Democrats to toughen up. ♦ Andrew Cuomo will run as an independent in New Yorks mayoral election. Keep up with US politics"  
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"Austrias leader is striving to fend off the hard right"  
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"Millions of girls were aborted for being girls. Now parents often lean towards them"  
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"The incredible story of Afghanistans exiled womens cricket team"  
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"Bangladeshs economic miracle is in jeopardy"  
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"Financial giants are transforming Wall Street"  
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"Some XX% of the 160000 children who were adopted by foreigners between Chinas legalising of this practice in 1991 and its banning last year were forcibly taken from their birth parents by one count"  
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"What do you do when a country is sinking On The Intelligence @ItsRachelDobbs @Eaterofsun and @HenriettaMcF discuss Australias climate visa for people from Tuvalu. Listen now"  
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"No one should expect the web of the future to look just as it does today. Bringing a new business model to the web is daunting; it may take a shove from regulators to get started"  
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"A pattern of revoked threats and watered-down proposals has convinced investors of the TACO mantra (Trump Always Chickens Out). But there is reason to think that the presidents industry levies might be a different matter"  
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"A vast right-wing conspiracy comes for the president"  
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"Victorias Secret has sought to redefine its image after a series of scandals. Yet the makeover has not returned the company to growth"  
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"Culture-war issues may play a role in the recent exodus from Americas blue states. But the main driver is cost of living"  
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"Years of deflation and stagnation left Japanese savers wary of risk but new economic developments are creating incentives for them to invest"  
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"The asylum system is not working. It cannot cope with a world of proliferating conflict cheap travel and huge wage disparities. A more pragmatic approach starts by helping refugees find shelter closer to home"  
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"Would you like to work for The Economist in Seoul Were looking for a fluent speaker of Korean and English to report research interpret and fact-check. Find out how to apply here"  
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"The countrys deal with AC Milan is unlikely to attract many tourists. But it may bring other benefits"  
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"Indias recent conflict with Pakistan was the first in which advanced Chinese fighters and missiles were used against Western and Russian equivalents. America and its allies are especially interested in what went wrong"  
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"Want to be a good explorer Study economics"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1063064136) 2025-07-11 13:20:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 91.5K engagements


"Sovereign AI may help countries develop local models protect sensitive information and widen access to the technology. But it will do little to reduce their dependence on America and in many cases risks wasting money. Photo: Getty Images"  
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"Zimbabwes flawed election will ensure its pariah status endures"  
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"Fear of border chaos has fuelled the rise of populism from Brexit to Donald Trump and poisoned the debate about legal migration. A better system would restore order"  
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"Ukraine would take the biggest hit: it would lose $1.4bn from the amount Congress approved in the 2024-25 financial year. But some poorer countries that stand to lose smaller amounts will feel the loss far more"  
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"An unusual blend of folkliness and futurism defines Wendell Weeks boss of Corning Inc a firm that keeps popping up at the cutting edge of technology"  
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"Is Putin ready to accept a truce with Ukraine"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1849794515) 2025-03-11 23:16:44 UTC 208.1M followers, 525.3K engagements


"His Netflix show claims to uncover the truth about our ancient past. Critics say he peddles dangerous nonsense"  
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"The hope was that the 2025 World Expo would provide a big boost to the local Japanese economy. And also that the event might help Osaka wrest away at least a little of Tokyos outsize power and prestige"  
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"The man who called himself William Woods was an all-American success story. But as he would soon discover there is nothing more American than failing to outrun the past"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946233551285878821) 2025-07-18 15:40:12 UTC 27M followers, 33.1K engagements


"Brazils leader is increasingly incoherent on the world stage. And at home his popularity is slipping. What has Luiz Incio Lula da Silva done wrong"  
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"Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3857991866) 2025-05-29 12:01:28 UTC 208.1M followers, 413K engagements


"Can at-home brain stimulators make you feel better"  
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"Most of the federal agents cover their faces with masks or balaclavas. Children look on fearfully. Our dispatch from inside Americas immigration courts"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944466876798554290) 2025-07-13 18:40:04 UTC 27M followers, 52.6K engagements


"In his hit song of 2009 I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) Pitbull repeats that phrase no fewer than XX times. Yet he seems to have got it slightly wrong. His fans do not want him: they want to look like him"  
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"Does America need permission to bomb another country Allies used to insist presidents seek UN approval before military action. However as @DSORennie argues they are increasingly tolerating Donald Trumps Lone-Ranger vigilante methods"  
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"The Trump administration will take any help it can get"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945564385268674616) 2025-07-16 19:21:10 UTC 27M followers, 40.8K engagements


"How Russia dodges oil sanctions on an industrial scale"  
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"Womens sports have already formed their own identities often thanks to their fans. The athletes should now chart their own coursefollowing the men is easy but unimaginative"  
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"Bad Bunny has become a global hitmaker while rapping and singing almost exclusively in Spanish. Heres how: Photo: Getty Images"  
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"How many people have died in Gaza The Economist"  
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"Call centres could be a gold mine for Africa"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1826560017) 2025-06-26 20:06:35 UTC 208.1M followers, 1017 engagements


"Despite governments growing enthusiasm to have their own AI systems the concept remains woolly"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944602768351559951) 2025-07-14 03:40:03 UTC 27M followers, 53.5K engagements


"Deadly dirty indispensable: the nitrogen industry has changed the world"  
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"American companies are carrying out simplifications strategic realignments and other euphemisms for sackings in an effort to reassure investors"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944371243391623493) 2025-07-13 12:20:03 UTC 27M followers, 56.2K engagements


"The relationship between the neighbours which share a 1600km-long border has waxed and waned. But Iran can no longer rely on Iraq the way it used to"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946027410454888573) 2025-07-18 02:01:04 UTC 27M followers, 41.9K engagements


"Britain and Germany sign a historic treaty"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1054785634) 2025-07-17 17:52:04 UTC 208.1M followers, XX engagements


"Which countries would benefit most from an American brain drain"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-151721700) 2025-04-12 16:09:05 UTC 208.1M followers, 38.8K engagements


"Its not just Labubu dolls. Chinese brands are booming"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2093624555) 2025-06-24 02:21:59 UTC 208.1M followers, 1523 engagements


"Todays youngsters are an eco-conscious cohort. But the reusable cup trend is more about style than sustainability Photo: Shutterstock"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946616134939136387) 2025-07-19 17:00:27 UTC 27M followers, 46.7K engagements


"Vienna has lost its crown. Instability threatens living standards everywhere"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1942982132848120310) 2025-07-09 16:20:13 UTC 27M followers, 42.4K engagements


"Africa is undergoing social change without economic transformation"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3597605131) 2025-01-06 13:55:29 UTC 208.1M followers, 916.2K engagements


"There's this sense in Ukraine thatAmerica is missing something about the way in which confrontations in the future will be fought. @cerianrj tells Money Talks what the West can learn from Ukraines war economy"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946276329252327663) 2025-07-18 18:30:11 UTC 27M followers, 34.6K engagements


"AI researchers receive the Nobel prize for physics"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3724403426) 2024-10-08 15:38:04 UTC 208.1M followers, 410.9K engagements


"They turn retail savers into hedge-fund managers. Perhaps being saddled with a big loan is not so bad after all"  
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"Britain is cheap and should learn to love it. After a decade of sorry growth the country has no shameand lots to gainfrom being a bargain"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943279155904192594) 2025-07-10 12:00:29 UTC 27M followers, 48.5K engagements


"A luxury mansion in Shanghai sold for $38m. That the wealthy are prepared to pay such an exorbitant price is being interpreted as a sign that a huge and interminable crisis might finally be ending"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944446742293856678) 2025-07-13 17:20:04 UTC 27M followers, 50.9K engagements


"The long goodbye Mar 16th 2024 The Economist"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1960617982) 2024-10-22 14:11:35 UTC 208.1M followers, 370.2K engagements


"A new book reveals how child trafficking worked in China and how its exposure in the 2000s devastated adoptees and their new families. Barbara Demick focuses on a case involving the abduction of a twin girl in 2002 and her adoption in America"  
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"The term premium on Britains gilts has risen sharply over the past years and is now notably higher than in America the euro area or Japan"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944270579076350004) 2025-07-13 05:40:03 UTC 27M followers, 52.1K engagements


"The market value of Simon Property Group the largest owner of American malls rose by half between the start of 2023 and the end of 2024 approaching an all-time high. But challenges lie ahead"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1917292833716715992) 2025-04-29 19:00:07 UTC 27M followers, 35.3K engagements


"Gown and out: are British universities broke"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2120068792) 2025-07-17 21:00:45 UTC 208.1M followers, 73K engagements


"The competition for the worlds best AI talent is frenzied. But hiring hotshots makes sense only if you believe that talent is portable and that superstars will continue to shine in their new organisations"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946580826717565286) 2025-07-19 14:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 40.5K engagements


"Despite enormous challenges the EU sticks with its puny budget"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3832679136) 2025-07-17 20:30:21 UTC 208.1M followers, 81.6K engagements


"Oversize tumblers reveal more about fashion than wellness"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944824265284387284) 2025-07-14 18:20:12 UTC 27M followers, 48K engagements


"If liberals do not build a better asylum system populists will build a worse one. The key is to help refugees long before they reach Western shores"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943903180128976900) 2025-07-12 05:20:08 UTC 27M followers, 50.8K engagements


"Big multinational firms have found this damp corner of Europe a good place to magic away profits that are then taxed at one of the worlds lowest rates"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943372183771758810) 2025-07-10 18:10:09 UTC 27M followers, 39K engagements


"This is no time to dismiss climate tech as a tree-hugging virtue argues the venture capitalist. On the contrary it is one of the most important levers of geopolitical influence"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1942987159247483279) 2025-07-09 16:40:12 UTC 27M followers, 40.1K engagements


"Challenging Chinas dominance will be a tall order"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945858087593689338) 2025-07-17 14:48:15 UTC 27M followers, 37.5K engagements


"Cuban thaw: a history of US-Cuban relations"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1440005481) 2016-03-18 12:05:04 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.2M engagements


"The news from India could carry political and regulatory consequences not just for the trading firm but for an entire ascendant industry of marketmakers"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943676695694692721) 2025-07-11 14:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 42.7K engagements


"Playing tennis Or cricket You'll need a lawn for that. For centuries the lawn has been synonymous with British culture. But as our culture correspondent explains it seems Britons are giving up on their lawns. To find out what happens to Wimbledon's lawns at the end of the tournament click the link:"  
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"The risks of keeping schools closed far outweigh the benefits"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2301509634) 2020-07-18 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 1658 engagements


"No figure embodies the problems with Brazils Supreme Court more than Alexandre de Moraes. His record shows that judicial power needs to be pared back"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1912649478953115986) 2025-04-16 23:29:05 UTC 27M followers, 969K engagements


"Cognac producers are worried about a slump in sales of their tipple in America. It partly reflects the general strain on consumers wallets. But it is also the result of longer-term trends"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945010483817238861) 2025-07-15 06:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 37K engagements


"Health clinics across America are serving up injections of testosterone. Men younger than XX are the most eager customers"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944028989934166419) 2025-07-12 13:40:04 UTC 27M followers, 70.2K engagements


"The Arab world thinks differently about this Iran war"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2698326448) 2025-06-16 05:30:50 UTC 208.1M followers, 1990 engagements


"The competition for AGIAI that surpasses humans at all cognitive tasksis of fundamental geopolitical importance writes @RishiSunak. The fact that America or China will win this contest should not turn other countries into mere spectators"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945735258319523915) 2025-07-17 06:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 37.7K engagements


"Iran is losing its stranglehold over Iraq"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2255883171) 2025-07-13 20:20:02 UTC 208.1M followers, 148.4K engagements


"Orcas are making exfoliating brushes out of kelp stalks and grooming each other a new paper reports. Not bad for an animal with no hands"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944874590863278484) 2025-07-14 21:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 45K engagements


"Scrap the asylum systemand build something better"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3392013439) 2025-07-10 14:06:13 UTC 208.1M followers, 288.2K engagements


"How a mortgage transforms your investment portfolio"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-159948860) 2025-04-30 21:25:29 UTC 208.1M followers, 51K engagements


"Thirty years after the Wall fell East German art is causing a stir"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1763747940) 2019-10-31 16:02:15 UTC 208.1M followers, 9.4M engagements


"China has built the worlds largest bullet-train network"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-611414023) 2018-11-13 15:30:01 UTC 208.1M followers, 8.7M engagements


"Civil-service exams in China and India are notoriously difficultbut shape society. Try a sample to see how you would do"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1942911662614294893) 2025-07-09 11:40:12 UTC 27M followers, 73.4K engagements


"During Marina Silvas five-year tenure as environment minister deforestation in the Amazon plummeted by 50%. Now she and her green policies are under attack Photo: Alamy"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944411652113224156) 2025-07-13 15:00:37 UTC 27M followers, 49.8K engagements


"Chinas exporters shrug off the trade warfor now"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3515278300) 2025-07-19 03:33:39 UTC 208.1M followers, 37.5K engagements


"What a bovine beauty pageant says about the future of the worlds beef supply"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944174952921370695) 2025-07-12 23:20:04 UTC 27M followers, 57.7K engagements


"Instead of the people it voted for Thailand ended up with a fractious and failing coalition government after its general election in 2023. While the elites squabble the country is stagnating"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943888079246213423) 2025-07-12 04:20:08 UTC 27M followers, 46.6K engagements


"Years of deflation and stagnation left Japanese savers wary of risk but new economic developments are creating incentives for them to invest Photo: Getty Images"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944562503477821519) 2025-07-14 01:00:03 UTC 27M followers, 59.8K engagements


"It is easy to make the case that Donald Trump cares little about Africa. Yet he is showing surprising enthusiasm for meeting his counterparts from across the continent Photo: AP"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1942901703348498875) 2025-07-09 11:00:38 UTC 27M followers, 36.9K engagements


"The murder of Haitis president will worsen the countrys chaos"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3622283783) 2021-07-07 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.4M engagements


"Assumable mortgages first gained popularity with other creative financing methods in the early 1980s when rates exceeded 18%. Over the subsequent four decades they were of little use. Now they are again Photo: Getty Images"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945967065078083591) 2025-07-17 22:01:17 UTC 27M followers, 39.8K engagements


"The Big Beautiful Bill will kill one profession"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-4270439767) 2025-07-11 16:23:03 UTC 208.1M followers, 46.5K engagements


"Why a rocky archipelago south of Newfoundland is officially part of France"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3063694265) 2017-05-22 01:18:33 UTC 208.1M followers, 583.5K engagements


"Wendell Weekss homespun approach to management has helped keep Corning Inc a 174-year-old materials firm at the heart of the digital economy"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1938725284087292098) 2025-06-27 22:25:02 UTC 27M followers, 44.5K engagements


"DeepSeek sends a shockwave through markets"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1096827497) 2025-01-27 19:33:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 112.6K engagements


"Fear of border chaos has fuelled the rise of populism from Brexit to Donald Trump and poisoned the debate about legal migration. A better system would restore order"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943631393008869551) 2025-07-11 11:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 40.2K engagements


"Trumps tariffs have brought a double serving of pain"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945536622285447444) 2025-07-16 17:30:51 UTC 27M followers, 44K engagements


"China is waking up from its property nightmare"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3947236124) 2025-06-02 10:01:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 66.4K engagements


"Water bottles the accessory Gen Z is thirsting after"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-49823255) 2025-07-14 18:20:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 174K engagements


"Prescriptions for antidepressants and anti-anxiety medicines have soared in rich countries in recent decades. Yet they do not work for everyone. If their reputation could be improved hormones could be promising mental-health drugs"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943465302638961021) 2025-07-11 00:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 38.7K engagements


"The German industrialists who aided and abetted the Nazi regime"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1352541299) 2022-04-30 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 13.3K engagements


"Justice for Haitis murdered president is messy"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1438939428) 2025-07-17 13:56:32 UTC 208.1M followers, XX engagements


"Move over Tim Cook. Jensen Huang is America Incs new China envoy"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2570612980) 2025-07-17 13:12:53 UTC 208.1M followers, 74.6K engagements


"Hong Kongs richest man founded CK Hutchison which operates ports including those at either end of the Panama Canal. That has made him a target for Donald Trump"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1921568974380167365) 2025-05-11 14:11:59 UTC 27M followers, 52.5K engagements


"Five charts explain Trumps cuts to foreign aid"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-4148700908) 2025-07-15 21:20:55 UTC 208.1M followers, 336.9K engagements


"The Israel-Iran war is now a brutal test of staying power"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-4276160266) 2025-06-16 05:30:50 UTC 208.1M followers, 93.9K engagements


"How is Britain doing under Keir Starmer The Economist"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-12760095) 2025-07-02 20:41:16 UTC 208.1M followers, 1094 engagements


"Kenya has grown steadily and sustained a largely peaceful democracy. But now the picture is looking bleak as people grow discontented and vent their anger in the streets. The countrys leader must change tack Photo: Imago"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1941089734144475516) 2025-07-04 11:00:30 UTC 27M followers, 1.3M engagements


"Turkey and Israel are becoming deadly rivals in Syria"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-256170437) 2025-04-08 06:59:57 UTC 208.1M followers, 251.7K engagements


"A historical guide to surviving and thriving in the court of Trump"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-508282139) 2025-07-11 07:40:09 UTC 208.1M followers, 41.5K engagements


"A surge of public anger sends Lebanons politicians reeling"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2765195067) 2019-10-24 14:55:50 UTC 208.1M followers, 3.7M engagements


"William Ruto is taking Kenya to a dangerous place"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2023778567) 2025-07-03 16:20:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.4M engagements


"For many tasks the human brain remains the sharpest tool in the toolkit. But in time consumers of generative AI will have to assess whether the wider benefits outweigh the costs"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946002012136517852) 2025-07-18 00:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 45.6K engagements


"In 2022 Russia kept the economic show on the road"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-139666775) 2022-12-29 16:58:31 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.1M engagements


"Thanks to Morgan Wallen country musics popularity has surged"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-4183129909) 2023-09-01 19:06:18 UTC 208.1M followers, 464.8K engagements


"The trouble with MAGAs manufacturing dream"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1787975278) 2025-04-29 10:03:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 409.9K engagements


"Donald Trumps son-in-law wants to build a resort in Albania. The government approved his plans despite the location being in a protected area. Now locals are fighting back"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946505333083386049) 2025-07-19 09:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 46.5K engagements


"In the 1980s in Nigeria tardy civil servants were forced to do frog jumps queues were whipped into line and hawkers who dared to despoil the streets were swept away. But the country refused to bend to the dictators will"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945131280351269166) 2025-07-15 14:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 57.2K engagements


"The prospect of war has turned Europe into a continent of preppers"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2772851608) 2025-04-16 11:41:09 UTC 208.1M followers, 6966 engagements


"Russias population nightmare is going to get even worse"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3994187965) 2023-03-04 14:22:06 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.1M engagements


"As locals in Mexico City protest sometimes violently about tourists they would do well to remember that remote workers from foreign countries can be good for the economy"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943113098585379262) 2025-07-10 01:00:38 UTC 27M followers, 94K engagements


"Taiwans dominance of the chip industry makes it more important"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-274161740) 2023-03-06 11:18:54 UTC 208.1M followers, 808.8K engagements


"A new case highlights the pivotal role of Chinas private sector which serves as a force multiplier for Chinese spy agencies"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944582637584007650) 2025-07-14 02:20:04 UTC 27M followers, 57.4K engagements


"After October 7th supporters of Palestine in Germany charged that solidarity with Israel was edging into repression. Yet friends of Israel had legitimate complaints too"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946178203652952376) 2025-07-18 12:00:16 UTC 27M followers, 34.2K engagements


"In the early 2000s the biggest rappers in the world were all American; Latin artists had to perform in English if they wanted to reach a global audience. No longer"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944003982931693594) 2025-07-12 12:00:42 UTC 27M followers, 54.2K engagements


"After another leader is brought low Thailands voters need a real choice"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2670902919) 2025-07-11 01:00:50 UTC 208.1M followers, 189.1K engagements


"The asylum system is not working. It cannot cope with a world of proliferating conflict cheap travel and huge wage disparities. A more pragmatic approach starts by helping refugees find shelter closer to home"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944426819127500931) 2025-07-13 16:00:54 UTC 27M followers, 46K engagements


"Today on The Intelligence: the messy finances of Britains universities Chinas amateur footballers and what Superman tells us about US foreign policy. Listen now"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945976847075835935) 2025-07-17 22:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 34.8K engagements


"If Congress approves the cuts would save less than Americans thinkand risk countless lives"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945232131237487086) 2025-07-15 21:20:55 UTC 27M followers, 43.1K engagements


"Indian officials now admit to losing some aircraft in their recent conflict with Pakistan. Theyre also starting to indicate the losses may not have stemmed from technological deficiencies Photo: Getty Images"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946012090117812312) 2025-07-18 01:00:12 UTC 27M followers, 355.6K engagements


"China calls the shots in Myanmar's civil war The Economist"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2159407512) 2025-06-06 10:55:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 264.6K engagements


"But will Mlaga fall victim to its own success"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943138150701826051) 2025-07-10 02:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 50.3K engagements


"The greatest civilisations of the past 3000 years were the opposite of MAGA"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943269006279885102) 2025-07-10 11:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 53.4K engagements


"Why Eritrea is called Africas North Korea"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-4170212793) 2018-08-14 08:45:57 UTC 208.1M followers, 4.5M engagements


"The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act marks a transformative moment for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency will become the best-resourced most aggressive version of itself Photo: AP"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943792820701045002) 2025-07-11 22:01:37 UTC 27M followers, 37.2K engagements


"Its no longer the done thing to turn up to a gig in any old kit: instead the most committed fans demonstrate their affection for the artist by wearing the right stuff. We explain why"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945996992477303142) 2025-07-18 00:00:12 UTC 27M followers, 39.8K engagements


"The bias in favour of boys is shrinking in developing countries even as a preference for girls emerges in the rich world"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945755386679546292) 2025-07-17 08:00:09 UTC 27M followers, 36.6K engagements


"More than XX% of Democrats think the government is covering up evidence about Jeffrey Epstein. More surprising is that according to polling by YouGov for The Economist half of Republicans agree"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946374479489257660) 2025-07-19 01:00:12 UTC 27M followers, 45.1K engagements


"How AI will divide the best from the rest"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2577828943) 2025-02-13 10:41:43 UTC 208.1M followers, 1500 engagements


"Detentions at immigration courts rose fast about six weeks ago. At first agents came for people whose asylum cases had been dismissed. Now those who had been given court dates are being detained too"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944421577023533207) 2025-07-13 15:40:04 UTC 27M followers, 48.7K engagements


"Scientists have known for decades that some sea slugs pinch chloroplasts from algae. But how they pull off the heist remained a mystery until now"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1941899996179132847) 2025-07-06 16:40:12 UTC 27M followers, 59.1K engagements


"Trumps real threat: industry-specific tariffs"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2541646773) 2025-07-17 10:51:02 UTC 208.1M followers, 121.8K engagements


"Texas troopers are in more and more lethal car chases"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2204477546) 2025-04-16 11:41:09 UTC 208.1M followers, 6966 engagements


"Iceland has no armed forces but that could change"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2781859832) 2025-07-10 18:30:17 UTC 208.1M followers, 170.5K engagements


"Situated alongside the belligerents of todays most dangerous warsRussias against Ukraine and the Iranian-Israeli conflictthe region illustrates like few others the rise of middle powers and retreat of big ones"  
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"♦Nearly XX% of Americans want the government to reveal whatever it has on Epstein our poll says. ♦Republican senators passed a rescissions package that would cancel funding for foreign aid. ♦Maurene Comey was reportedly sacked by the DoJ. Keep up with US politics"  
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"It has a China-size population with a UAE-size room supply"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945813428343280128) 2025-07-17 11:50:47 UTC 27M followers, 41.4K engagements


"Another day another deadline Latest US politics news from The Economist"  
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"Israels weird war clock: XX days for Iran XX months in Gaza"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3974753311) 2025-07-04 15:13:09 UTC 208.1M followers, 89.6K engagements


"Newer smaller parties offer clearer messages. A focus on young working-age Japanese voters is threatening the long-time ruling party"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945347752033988802) 2025-07-16 05:00:21 UTC 27M followers, 63.9K engagements


"Among business and policy elites no consensus exists about whether India should aim to decouple from China. If Donald Trump were predictable such calculations would be easier. Because he is not the country walks on treacherous ground"  
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"Donald Trump has managed to bomb Irans nuclear programme and immediately impose a ceasefire without a single American casualty. Has his gamble paid off"  
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"Britain is cheap and should learn to love it"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-210581246) 2025-07-10 17:29:41 UTC 208.1M followers, 73.4K engagements


"People move to the sunbelt for affordable homes. But it is getting harder to build there"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944819522755600576) 2025-07-14 18:01:21 UTC 27M followers, 41.4K engagements


"Gianni Infantino FIFAs strongman-loving boss"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3241894241) 2025-07-11 18:35:18 UTC 208.1M followers, 145.6K engagements


"Moldova is still caught between Russia and the EU"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3172261490) 2019-02-25 05:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.4M engagements


"In an era of geopolitical crises stockmarkets have still climbed to great heights. We explain how changes in the global economy are blunting events that once would have prompted turmoil"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1936837343580770353) 2025-06-22 17:23:02 UTC 27M followers, 66.3K engagements


"Fed up with Putin Trump offers Ukraine arms and tariffs"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2103320735) 2025-07-14 20:00:05 UTC 208.1M followers, 179.7K engagements


"France is doing well but feeling miserable"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1559983477) 2021-11-17 16:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 1790 engagements


"Americans are being squeezed whether or not they are burger-lovers while their currency becomes no more competitive"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945562875226886255) 2025-07-16 19:15:10 UTC 27M followers, 43.2K engagements


"Yes atmospheric CO2 has increased over timebut so has life expectancy writes Chris Wright. In a guest essay Americas energy secretary invites the world to rethink renewable energy Illustration: Dan Williams"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945513799961735634) 2025-07-16 16:00:10 UTC 27M followers, 45.1K engagements


"How did Pakistan shoot down Indias fighter jets"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1041109327) 2025-07-17 03:27:41 UTC 208.1M followers, 468.1K engagements


"British restaurant chains are opening in America. A particular success is the traditional Sunday roast marketed to customers as being like a weekly Thanksgiving meal"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945174238777725229) 2025-07-15 17:30:52 UTC 27M followers, 48.5K engagements


"What goes on in Americas immigration courts"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-4138957216) 2025-07-10 13:50:25 UTC 208.1M followers, 176.8K engagements


"The directors of Assicurazioni Generali have a lot to ponder as Italys pivotal investment bank has bid on a wealth manager that the insurer half-owns. Heres why they may choose to part away with profits"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1919748253622337572) 2025-05-06 13:37:05 UTC 27M followers, 33.4K engagements


"This is no time to dismiss climate tech as a tree-hugging virtue argues the venture capitalist. On the contrary it is one of the most important levers of geopolitical influence Illustration: Dan Williams"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945106158991065573) 2025-07-15 13:00:21 UTC 27M followers, 38.8K engagements


"Were looking for writers to cover politics and public policy"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944745015470588023) 2025-07-14 13:05:17 UTC 27M followers, 48.4K engagements


"Moldova and Estonia show how different democracies can be"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2553995959) 2019-02-28 15:42:16 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.4M engagements


"A bat protection structure is being built over the new HS2 railway line in Buckinghamshire at a cost of over 100m ($135m). For a government eager for growth this is unacceptable"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945005453043261845) 2025-07-15 06:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 46.4K engagements


"The rise in migration from blue to red states is real. But as Democrats remove obstacles to building and Republicans face more red tape those trends could reversewith big political consequences"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945272274350645611) 2025-07-16 00:00:26 UTC 27M followers, 153.9K engagements


"Artificial intelligence has undermined the internets central bargain"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945843516728385755) 2025-07-17 13:50:21 UTC 27M followers, 39.2K engagements


"Comics and films of the late 20th and early 21st centuries depict the Man of Steel as increasingly nervous about overstepping when it comes to foreign intervention. We explain how the new Superman film reflects the politics of today"  
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"But China could calibrate a trade quarantine to limit unintended consequences"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1942816029890986082) 2025-07-09 05:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 47.1K engagements


"Markets have no fundamental laws which is why they are so interesting"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1942891529116274958) 2025-07-09 10:20:12 UTC 27M followers, 45.9K engagements


"Americas moves against Chinese biotech will hurt patients at home"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3691504807) 2024-04-18 12:56:19 UTC 208.1M followers, 29.3K engagements


"As awareness of the microbiome has grown the shelves of health-food shops have become stocked with products designed to boost good bacteria. But which ones actually work"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946585938680807877) 2025-07-19 15:00:28 UTC 27M followers, 36.4K engagements


"A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944089387001688213) 2025-07-12 17:40:03 UTC 27M followers, 54.9K engagements


"Crypto-miners are probably to blame for the graphics-chip shortage"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-4261659348) 2021-06-19 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 963.4K engagements


"Americans think that they are more generous than they are. When pollsters ask them to estimate what proportion of its budget the federal government spends helping people abroad the average answer is 26%. In reality it is about 1%"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945873671282667800) 2025-07-17 15:50:10 UTC 27M followers, 38.3K engagements


"Brazil is bashing its patron saint of the environment"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1139094240) 2025-07-09 15:10:32 UTC 208.1M followers, 206.4K engagements


"Various countries have tried to occupy the sparsely populated island. What makes it so special"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944215327270682931) 2025-07-13 02:00:30 UTC 27M followers, 64.5K engagements


"The Liberal Democratic Partys debut on TikTok was not a success. Its leaders seem more at ease in the smoke-filled bathrooms of Tokyos traditional restaurants than online"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945156449157456109) 2025-07-15 16:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 39.9K engagements


"If the web doesnt adapt to keep up with AI one of the great common properties of humanity could be gravely diminished. This would be a tragedy for everyone Illustration: @licknittle"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945891403160080684) 2025-07-17 17:00:38 UTC 27M followers, 36.2K engagements


"The risks of vaping may be worth the benefits"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944220250678915450) 2025-07-13 02:20:04 UTC 27M followers, 62.5K engagements


"A Trump adviser on how the international economic system should change"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2130149017) 2024-10-23 14:59:18 UTC 208.1M followers, 5.1M engagements


"Denmark may have done a better job than others of grasping that migration comes with costs. But its attitude towards it risks shattering the social cohesion it is trying to preserve"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943505748786401382) 2025-07-11 03:00:53 UTC 27M followers, 55.1K engagements


"Ukraine is building up its forces for an offensive"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1875562375) 2023-03-06 19:22:26 UTC 208.1M followers, 3M engagements


"3G Capital magicians of the consumer industry need to learn a new act"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1484154242) 2017-11-09 15:47:33 UTC 208.1M followers, 4505 engagements


"Mahathir Mohamad the leader who transformed Malaysia turns 100"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-920284864) 2025-07-11 02:40:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 49.7K engagements


"Some speculative exchange traded-funds would make the credit derivatives of the 2000s blush. And ETFs are certain to get spicier still"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1929215878467342440) 2025-06-01 16:38:03 UTC 27M followers, 46K engagements


"The XX best films and TV shows released so far in 2025"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3188679362) 2025-07-16 17:40:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 35.4K engagements


"How sea slugs give themselves superpowers"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1038888274) 2025-07-06 16:40:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 59.1K engagements


"American finance always unique is now uniquely dangerous"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-4040461322) 2025-05-30 04:28:16 UTC 208.1M followers, 89.3K engagements


"Killer whales appear to craft their own tools"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2502278490) 2025-06-24 14:25:03 UTC 208.1M followers, 45K engagements


"Can China sap a divided and isolated Taiwan of its will to resist"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1637837159) 2025-07-10 05:00:26 UTC 208.1M followers, 115.5K engagements


"The Economist is hiring a Seoul-based researcher/reporter"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-4261536057) 2025-07-18 19:10:09 UTC 208.1M followers, 42.5K engagements


"Would you pay $XX for a strawberry We explain why America is a growing market for luxury fruit Photo: Courtesy of Oishii"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1943026167675580798) 2025-07-09 19:15:12 UTC 27M followers, 41.4K engagements


"Todays youngsters are an eco-conscious cohort. But the reusable cup trend is more about style than sustainability"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944889689439142162) 2025-07-14 22:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 48.3K engagements


"How Moldova escaped the effects of a giant banking crisis"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-1264365969) 2017-02-16 15:43:58 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.4M engagements


"Under the One Big Beautiful Bill the federal government will spend XX% less on Medicaid over the next decade totalling $1trn. An estimated 10.9m people could lose health insurance. There will be less quantifiable changes too"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945820819231252532) 2025-07-17 12:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 41.2K engagements


"The XXX least active cities in the study are all found in North America"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1945760420309962900) 2025-07-17 08:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 35.7K engagements


"Ferrari is looking less like a carmaker and more like Herms"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2014932750) 2025-07-02 16:14:35 UTC 208.1M followers, 64K engagements


"To save Egypts economy get the army out of it"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-188460585) 2023-01-26 14:51:48 UTC 208.1M followers, 307.4K engagements


"Britain has a rare opportunity to lure American talent"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3882966627) 2025-07-16 21:48:37 UTC 208.1M followers, 42.6K engagements


"Unlike everyone else Americans and Britons still shun the office"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2069815384) 2025-04-23 09:46:44 UTC 208.1M followers, 100.8K engagements


"Victorias Secret has sought to redefine its image after a series of scandals. Yet the makeover has not returned the company to growth Photo: Getty Images"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1937556371752329346) 2025-06-24 17:00:11 UTC 27M followers, 44.2K engagements


"Meet Nvidias big new customers: governments"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3789422720) 2025-07-13 21:00:03 UTC 208.1M followers, 112.3K engagements


"As Iraqi militias and politicians loyal to Iran find themselves adrift a space could open up for other homegrown political forces Photo: Getty Images"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944713558308036999) 2025-07-14 11:00:17 UTC 27M followers, 40.9K engagements


"As country-level tariffs dominate attention it is easy to forget that the steepest tariffs the president has implemented so far are on products. By all indications more of these sectoral tariffs are coming soon"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1946304015471374543) 2025-07-18 20:20:12 UTC 27M followers, 43.8K engagements


"Why southern Europeans will soon be the longest-lived people in the world"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-3023308975) 2024-06-20 13:26:14 UTC 208.1M followers, 43.9K engagements


"Jane Street has rejected the allegation that it perpetrated a sinister scheme of manipulation in Indias manic options market. The firms competitors can barely disguise their gleebut they should also be careful"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944743753345814613) 2025-07-14 13:00:17 UTC 27M followers, 40.6K engagements


"Icelands coastguard does everything from rescuing wayward tourists to protecting undersea cables from sabotage. The country relies on it instead of an army but it is starting to feel a bit overstretched"  
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"The battle to reduce risk has shaped centuries of ventures. Modern exploration is no different"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944899757438034188) 2025-07-14 23:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 46K engagements


"British stocks and bonds look like a bargain"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-696890191) 2025-07-13 05:40:03 UTC 208.1M followers, 52.5K engagements


"Astronomers have spotted an interstellar comet older than the Sun"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/news/economist.com-2694643880) 2025-07-12 02:20:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 52.7K engagements


"Hamas is nearing its lowest ebb. Its government no longer governs. Its popular base has collapsed with just X% of Gazans still said to support it. Its foreign backers are retreating too"  
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"Financial innovation has transformed Wall Street. As in eras past surging asset values have concealed cracks in the new financial order. Whatever dangers are lurking Donald Trumps presidency will make them more dangerous still"  
![@TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5988062.png) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) on [X](/post/tweet/1944909991154008504) 2025-07-15 00:00:51 UTC 27M followers, 44.8K engagements


"William Woods was jailed for stealing someones identity. But he was the real victim all along. 1843 magazine unpicks a decades-long deception Photos: Adria Malcolm / Additional images: Johnson County Sheriffs Office via AP U.S. Department of Justice"  
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"Which stockmarkets have benefited from the chaos on Wall Street"  
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"Donald Trumps approach to Africa is very well African"  
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"For a place with a cuddly reputation Denmark has been cruel to its migrants. We explain how"  
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"Governments justify the concept of sovereign-AI projects on various grounds. But they will not offer anything close to self-sufficiency"  
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"Taiwanese are growing more doubtful that they can fend off their hostile neighbour"  
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"How Ireland became the Saudi Arabia of siphoned-off global profits"  
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"All big luxury brands fret about the risk of over-exposure but even here the Birkin stands apart. For Herms the danger comes not from the zeal of its marketing but from the ardour of its fans"  
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"An Oscar-nominated film sparks a reckoning with Brazils dictatorship"  
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"Donald Trump finally realises that mollycoddling Vladimir Putin makes him look weak and foolish. @chrislockwd tells The Intelligence why America is finally offering Ukraine weapons. Listen now"  
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"Venture capitalists are eyeing the next frontier: a $1trn unicorn. With public markets reaping the rewards of AI firms such as Nvidia and CoreWeave VCs are holding on tighterand longer. On this weeks Money Talks will it work"  
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"Struggling with the trade war Amateur football might help"  
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"Russias summer Ukraine offensive looks like its deadliest yet The Economist"  
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"Chinas local governments are approaching a fiscal black hole"  
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Global leaders are facing rising concerns over cybersecurity threats, with North Korean hackers making headlines for their crypto-thieving abilities and the US accusing Chinese hackers of malicious activities. Meanwhile, global economic trends are shifting, with China's carbon emissions potentially peaking and countries like Zimbabwe and Turkmenistan facing economic crises. The world is also witnessing significant geopolitical tensions, including the ongoing conflict in Gaza and rising power struggles in countries like Iran and Ukraine.

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"Indian officials now admit to losing some aircraft in their recent conflict with Pakistan. But theyre also starting to indicate the losses may not have stemmed from technological deficiencies"
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"Zimbabwes shops are empty and prices are soaring"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2018-10-20 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.8M engagements

"Japan and the Philippines would struggle to stay out. But what about the rest"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 16:10:09 UTC 27M followers, 41.4K engagements

"How Chvez and Maduro have impoverished Venezuela"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2017-04-06 14:41:56 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.2M engagements

"How people feel about a brand affects their behaviour. This matters and managers should know how to get it right"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 06:20:03 UTC 27M followers, 102.7K engagements

"Tether has made it easier for ordinary people to access their tokens constructing kiosks where people can buy or sell them with banknotes"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 16:01:10 UTC 27M followers, 36.4K engagements

"His ascent was a consequence of fortune and optimism after two of his predecessors were investigated by the FBI"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 22:40:04 UTC 27M followers, 51.3K engagements

"The European automotive industry has made a Herculean effort to make the green deal a success and remains fully committed to the shift towards zero-emission transport and mobility writes Ola Kllenius. But the road ahead looks bumpy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 17:40:12 UTC 27M followers, 41.2K engagements

"Can a $9bn deal sustain CoreWeaves stunning growth"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 13:28:08 UTC 208.1M followers, 168.7K engagements

"Once a drone kill is logged identified and confirmed it wins a number of points depending on the military value of the item destroyed. We explain how gamification is playing a role in the war between Russia and Ukraine"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 03:20:02 UTC 27M followers, 55.2K engagements

"Back-room negotiations could soon install a new prime minister in Thailand. Yet if this wrangling failsor more probably if the fix proves short-livedfrustration and protests are likely to mount. That could become a pretext for yet another coup"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 08:40:03 UTC 27M followers, 46.5K engagements

"Foreign aid has done little to help Haiti"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2022-02-05 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.4M engagements

"Why Egypts plans for solar power are left in the shade"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 19:41:04 UTC 208.1M followers, 87.9K engagements

"Ending the war in Gaza is still fiendishly difficult"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 17:03:29 UTC 208.1M followers, 113K engagements

"Sam Altman is a visionary with a trustworthiness problem"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-08 04:40:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 52.3K engagements

"Bangladeshs GDP per person is now higher than Pakistans"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2017-09-07 14:43:59 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.1M engagements

"Americas new ship-killer missiles come to the Philippines"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-07 10:01:28 UTC 208.1M followers, 86K engagements

"As Iraqi militias and politicians loyal to Iran find themselves adrift a space could open up for other homegrown political forces"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 20:20:02 UTC 27M followers, 60.4K engagements

"Killer gangs are inches from ruling all of Haiti"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-09 17:15:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 264.6K engagements

"The bitter dispute over Africas largest dam"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2020-07-04 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.1M engagements

"Cynical realism wont save India from Donald Trump"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 21:11:08 UTC 208.1M followers, 91.5K engagements

"The college drop-out fighting to preserve Donald Trumps youth vote"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 17:45:12 UTC 27M followers, 34.4K engagements

"Aligning with a government with a less-than-stellar human-rights record could bring criticism. Yet plans to refurbish sports facilities and set up a youth academy in Congo suggest AC Milan is happy to accept the risk"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 06:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 47.3K engagements

"More than a quarter of American clicks on international science positions went to Britain in June according to data from Indeed. But the worlds best scientists wont relocate if they have to pay for the privilege Illustration: Maria Contreras"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 17:00:15 UTC 27M followers, 34.3K engagements

"Early reports suggested that the decisive factor in Indias recent conflict with its neighbour was the superiority of Pakistans Chinese-made J-10 fighters and its PL-15 air-to-air missiles. But new clues are raising more questions"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-19 04:00:11 UTC 27M followers, 266.9K engagements

"Two books tell a similar tale about OpenAI. It is worrying"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-08 04:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 52.3K engagements

"In the short term the strikes are likely to weaken Ahmed al-Sharaa as well as make it harder for Syria and Israel to reconcile as America has been pushing them to do. But it is also likely to foment more instability in Syria"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 05:00:12 UTC 27M followers, 38.4K engagements

"Nvidias boss is proving to be a canny diplomat"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 13:45:11 UTC 27M followers, 36.3K engagements

"Ukraines front-line farms battle Russians and weather"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 21:40:01 UTC 208.1M followers, 140.1K engagements

"The hottest new travel destination for hotel brands: India"
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"CoreWeaves purchase of a cryptocurrency miner gives it ready-built data centres and power agreements with local utilities both of which are needed to meet ballooning demand for AI"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 19:40:13 UTC 27M followers, 48.8K engagements

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"Crypto has become the ultimate swamp asset"
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@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-19 02:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 51K engagements

"The past few years have brought a series of crises from the covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine to an energy shock and a trade war. Somehow the global economy powers on Illustration:"
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"A superstar strategy may make more sense when it comes to AI. But spraying money on stars in order to play catch-up is a gamble that may not pay off Illustration: Paul Blow"
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"China is closing the gap with America in high-tech weaponry"
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"In EU budgeting everyone comes out frustrated. And the latest plan feels like a missed opportunity for Europeans to strive to achieve more together"
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"Did Trump write a risqu message to Epstein Latest US politics news from The Economist"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 17:50:09 UTC 208.1M followers, 34.1K engagements

"Jane Street is chucked out of India. Other firms should be nervous"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 14:20:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 130.7K engagements

"Vinod Khosla on how the anti-green agenda could help climate tech"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 16:40:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 135.1K engagements

"Russias sanctions-dodging is getting ever more sophisticated"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2023-03-02 10:32:43 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.1M engagements

"Chinese weapons gave Pakistan an edge against India. What does that mean for the future of warfare Listen to Drum Tower"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 03:00:44 UTC 27M followers, 283.6K engagements

"Bangladeshs growth has been remarkable but is now at risk"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2021-03-27 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.1M engagements

"What if Americas red states are about to lose their cheap-housing advantage"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 18:01:21 UTC 208.1M followers, 300K engagements

"Nvidia has a lot at stakeand not just because it is now the one defending the title of the worlds most valuable company. To see what could go wrong for the firm it helps to look at the experience of Apples boss"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 14:01:15 UTC 27M followers, 36.7K engagements

"Austrias chancellor Christian Stocker hopes that competent stable government will restore his partys popularity. But his biggest challenge is earning the support of the countrys hard-right voters"
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"Powered by artificial intelligence and inspired by living cells scientists are inventing a whole new molecular world. Listen to our Babbage podcast"
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"If China invaded Taiwan who would enter the war"
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"Sailing to foreign lands and trekking to new wildernesses is extraordinarily expensive. It is also fraught with uncertainty. That is where economists come in"
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"Our Big Mac index will sadden Americas burger-lovers"
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"The American president once mocked Volodymyr Zelensky for having no cards. Now he has decided to slip him a few new onesat least for a time"
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"Australia re-bans alcohol in some Aboriginal communities"
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"Bad Bunny who begins a residency in Puerto Rico this week has become a global hitmaker while rapping and singing almost exclusively in Spanish. Heres how"
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"Why bosses are flying more for play not work"
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@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 05:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 55.5K engagements

"Countries that had hoped to stay out of Americas trade war with China fear they are being forced to pick a side"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 13:20:03 UTC 27M followers, 49.9K engagements

"Like many wellness fads the testosterone craze aims to fix a real medical problem. Its loudest proponents however are not doctors"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-19 00:00:19 UTC 27M followers, 39.1K engagements

"To assess the link between companies remote-work policies and their culture we analysed two databases. The results are suggestive"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 18:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 43.1K engagements

"Cuba is facing its worst shortage of food since the 1990s"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2021-07-01 14:35:48 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.3M engagements

"Thanks to previous rounds of tariffs many Chinese goods face levies of over XX% if they are shipped to America. How then to explain the resilience of Chinas exports in the turmoil of the global trade war"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-19 09:00:27 UTC 27M followers, 37.5K engagements

"How Australia broke the record for economic growth"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2017-09-05 23:44:29 UTC 208.1M followers, 745.4K engagements

"Vanguards devotion to low fees has given it a cult-like following and forced rivals to follow suit. But the asset manager faces growing political scrutiny"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-03 23:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 45.2K engagements

"Osakas World Expo is winning over grumpy Japanese"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 03:20:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 49K engagements

"As America threatens to become a more costly and volatile place to do business some European firms may be tempted to shift their attention to another market that has lately fallen out of favour"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-01 23:54:06 UTC 27M followers, 59.3K engagements

"Argentinas Javier Milei is betting big on an oil gusher"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-02-16 12:05:46 UTC 208.1M followers, 441.2K engagements

"Donald Trump is putting an untested system under almighty strain"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 12:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 44.6K engagements

"How do you get warring sides to make peace"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 05:40:03 UTC 27M followers, 42.3K engagements

"Wyomings lawmakers thought they could escape the MAGA-fication of politics. They were wrong"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 02:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 48K engagements

"Europe must change if it wants to be green and competitive says the CEO of Mercedes"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 17:40:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 134.8K engagements

"Ukrainian drones are killing ever more soldiers"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 17:40:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 66.7K engagements

"Part of the explanation for the bags exorbitant priceand the one that Herms likes to emphasiseis the exquisite workmanship. Each Birkin is the handiwork of a single craftsman who takes up to XX hours to complete the job"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 17:50:08 UTC 27M followers, 39K engagements

"Political violence has returned to Colombia"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-24 07:30:31 UTC 208.1M followers, 255.5K engagements

"How Bad Bunny leapt to the top of the global music charts"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 15:13:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 178.3K engagements

"Emigration from Africa will change the world"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-04-30 07:55:40 UTC 208.1M followers, 230.2K engagements

"It is carving out a sphere of influence through militias who carve up Arab states"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 04:20:02 UTC 27M followers, 44.1K engagements

"How should Joe Biden respond to the Cuban uprising"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2021-07-23 17:13:33 UTC 208.1M followers, 119.6K engagements

"The EUs decarbonisation strategy fails to adequately address the reality of the existing European car fleet argues Ola Kllenius. He believes a change is needed in three areas"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 06:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 55.8K engagements

"Japans Liberal Democratic Party has commanded the political system since its founding in 1955. That may change. New parties and new media are transforming the country Illustration: Klawe Rzeczy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 01:00:29 UTC 27M followers, 61.5K engagements

"Indias economy was sick before the coronavirus crisis"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2020-11-17 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.9M engagements

"Also on the daily podcast: Austrias accidental chancellor and North Koreas beach resort"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 11:25:10 UTC 27M followers, 41.2K engagements

"The Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict hints at the future of war"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2020-10-08 14:58:20 UTC 208.1M followers, 4.1M engagements

"The Middle East will be in a worse place if America rushes to attack Iran. Donald Trump should waitfor now"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-19 11:18:30 UTC 27M followers, 1.7M engagements

"Egypt Ethiopia and Sudan must learn how to share the Nile river"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2020-07-04 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.1M engagements

"The word for condescending old person in Korean"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2019-05-30 04:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.9M engagements

"Its no longer the done thing to turn up to a gig in any old kit: instead the most committed fans demonstrate their affection for the artist by wearing the right stuff. We explain why"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-19 03:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 54.6K engagements

"Firms are better than ever at dealing with shocks meaning that markets continue to function even when politics breaks down. At the same time governments offer their economies unprecedented levels of protection"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 12:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 38.8K engagements

"As a class immigrants in Denmark are spoken of as a threat an inconvenience to be dealt with. Such an us-versus-them approach is corrosive to a countrys sense of citizenship"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 21:01:15 UTC 27M followers, 49.8K engagements

"Should a man who can do anything choose to do nothing"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 13:10:17 UTC 27M followers, 46.7K engagements

"The VC race for the first trillion-dollar unicorn"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 12:20:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 84K engagements

"Tim Cooks decade at Apple makes him the most successful successor CEO ever"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2021-08-25 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 170K engagements

"Kyiv reprieve: Trump loses patience with Putin and offers Ukraine arms"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 13:20:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 76.5K engagements

"Would an artificial-intelligence bubble be so bad"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-01-02 09:54:16 UTC 208.1M followers, 412.5K engagements

"Tiny Guyana could soon become one of the worlds giant oil exporters"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2023-07-12 20:21:41 UTC 208.1M followers, 914.6K engagements

"Mexico is about to become the only country to elect every one of its judges by popular vote. This is a terrible idea for justice democracy and the economy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-15 21:52:05 UTC 27M followers, 2M engagements

"What Bicester Village says about the luxury industry"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 18:30:17 UTC 208.1M followers, 38.7K engagements

"Does working from home kill company culture"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 13:54:46 UTC 208.1M followers, 78.4K engagements

"The real reason it takes so long to build infrastructure in Britain"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2022-11-07 20:57:20 UTC 208.1M followers, 263.9K engagements

"A summit in Beijing next week was supposed to be a celebration of XX years of diplomatic ties between China and the European Union. Now it looks set to be a sputtering squib"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 21:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 82.9K engagements

"Which countries have the best and worst living standards"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-18 15:14:30 UTC 208.1M followers, 88.1K engagements

"Jane Birkins original Herms handbag sold for 7.4m ($10.1m) at auction. Why does the designer starve the market for Birkins when it could sell many more and so make much more money From the archive"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 01:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 51.5K engagements

"Any Chinese curbs on Taiwans trade would carry big economic costs"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 05:20:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 47.1K engagements

"The panic about tariffs has given way to cautious optimism. But Trumponomics XXX will erode the foundations of Americas prosperity"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-03 11:16:17 UTC 27M followers, 1.6M engagements

"For now the evidence for neuromodulation products is slim"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 09:40:01 UTC 27M followers, 36.1K engagements

"The drama in India has thrown a bright light on Jane Street a trading firm of legendary opacity even in an industry that prioritises secrecy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 23:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 46.3K engagements

"Ukraines embrace of drone warfare has paid off"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-03-12 17:31:46 UTC 208.1M followers, 525.3K engagements

"Israels generals have told their political masters that little of military value remains in its operations. Even so Binyamin Netanyahu is continuing to hold out against Donald Trumps entreaties to announce an end to the war"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 05:00:29 UTC 27M followers, 39.1K engagements

"The nationalisation of politics finally comes for Americas least-populous state Photo: Will Warasila/The New York Times/Redux/Eyevine"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 21:00:13 UTC 27M followers, 43.6K engagements

"Stablecoins like tether are revolutionising the business of money-laundering. 1843 investigates Illustrations: Noma Bar"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 17:01:25 UTC 27M followers, 33.8K engagements

"Turkmenistans despot finds a worthy successor: his son"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2022-02-17 15:56:24 UTC 208.1M followers, 6.6M engagements

"China and Russia are deploying powerful new weapons: ideas"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-16 07:01:29 UTC 208.1M followers, 16.8K engagements

"Nigel Farages economic plans are a disaster"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-11 10:15:27 UTC 208.1M followers, 56K engagements

"Having inconvenient people bumped off is disturbingly common in South Africa. What began as a way to settle drug disputes or turf wars between gangs has become a service industry"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 08:40:04 UTC 27M followers, 43.2K engagements

"Many point to the Mediterranean dietfish whole grains fresh fruit vegetables and olive oil. Critics though point out that diets differ widely from Portugal to Greece"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 05:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 43.9K engagements

"Blighty newsletter: Sir Keir goes back to the future"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 19:20:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 50.2K engagements

"The relationship between the neighbours which share a 1600km-long border has waxed and waned. But Iran can no longer rely on Iraq the way it used to"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 04:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 46K engagements

"Americans are catching on to the joys of British food. Yes really"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 17:30:52 UTC 208.1M followers, 48.5K engagements

"Last month thousands of people rallied in Bangkok to demand the prime ministers dismissal. These events are giving some Thais dj vu"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 02:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 52K engagements

"Conventional searches in Apples Safari web browser fell for the first time in April after people posed their questions to AI instead. The change has content producers rethinking their business models"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 11:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 40.2K engagements

"Central Europes Visegrad states (the Czech Republic Hungary Poland and Slovakia) have had strong economies for years. Now apart from Poland they are going through a rough patch. Why"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 08:00:21 UTC 27M followers, 44.3K engagements

"It seemed to be a joke when William F. Buckley ran for mayor of New York in 1965. But his celebrity sophistication about TV and willingness to say what he thought made him a kind of anti-politician. Sound familiar"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 00:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 42.6K engagements

"Some speculative exchange traded-funds would make the credit derivatives of the 2000s blush. And ETFs are certain to get spicier still"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-28 15:33:16 UTC 27M followers, 44K engagements

"Tourists arriving to Penang rarely notice the parts of the island that have made it one of the regions most important industrial assets"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 19:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 44.1K engagements

"Stablecoins might cut Americas debt payments. But at what cost"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 20:38:57 UTC 208.1M followers, 96.8K engagements

"The UAE preaches unity at home but pursues division abroad"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-04-16 16:14:08 UTC 208.1M followers, 63.7K engagements

"Having spent decades fighting to level the playing field many organisers of womens sports are uncomfortable with radical change. But the future lies in innovation not imitating mens leagues"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 21:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 43.2K engagements

"From the Vikings and the Mongols to pirates of the 18th century economics is a useful tool for understanding conflict. A new book explains why Illustration: Ricardo Rey"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 11:00:44 UTC 27M followers, 49.5K engagements

"Never-Trump conservatives may bridle at the observation but though William F. Buckley was no populist he augured Donald Trump in many ways. Our columnist on American politics explains how"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 00:00:26 UTC 27M followers, 48K engagements

"At the moment ADHD is considered something you either have or you dont. This binary approach to diagnosis has two consequences"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-08 10:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 50.3K engagements

"The dark side of Ethiopias liberalisation"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 13:57:21 UTC 208.1M followers, 81.8K engagements

"Why was Sir Keir Starmers Labour government so unprepared for power After a shambolic end to its first year in power our British politics correspondent Matthew Holehouse analyses what went wrong for Britains ruling party"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 10:01:28 UTC 27M followers, 41K engagements

"Silicon Valley is racing to build the first $1trn unicorn"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 22:40:09 UTC 208.1M followers, 95.2K engagements

"The vast majority of Ukraines agricultural produce is exported by sea. But in recent months Russia has stepped up attacks on ports"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 21:40:01 UTC 27M followers, 52.4K engagements

"I believe that the climate tech that matters involves only about a dozen technologies writes Vinod Khosla. In my judgment as a long-standing climate investor these breakthroughs will be at or near economic viability well within a decade"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 11:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 39.7K engagements

"After DeepSeek America and the EU are getting AI wrong"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-02-12 21:49:03 UTC 208.1M followers, XXX engagements

"Today on The Intelligence: how AI is changing the web Austrias accidental chancellor and North Koreas beach resort"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 21:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 47.3K engagements

"Theodore Roosevelt saw stability in a world carved into spheres of influence that balanced the interests of big powers. Donald Trumps fans detect thrilling parallels. But Mr Trump is no Roosevelt"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 12:20:03 UTC 27M followers, 55.3K engagements

"The world must escape the manufacturing delusion"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-05 11:27:33 UTC 208.1M followers, 38.3K engagements

"Our Big Mac index will sadden Americas burger-lovers"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 17:30:51 UTC 208.1M followers, 187.7K engagements

"Sir Keir Starmer should stop undermining Britains strengths prioritise reform and arm himself with the "Poundland" strategy that can make the country better off"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 07:20:08 UTC 27M followers, 40.9K engagements

"It has been nine years since Gianni Infantino became FIFAs president. Independent estimates suggest that the organisation is on course to double its annual revenue. But his leadership is not without controversy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 20:40:04 UTC 27M followers, 55.3K engagements

"A watchdogs annual report is sounding the alarm on Britains pension system. Much of the extra burden comes from the triple lock guarantee which has already cost around three times what was first expected"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 14:40:12 UTC 27M followers, 44.3K engagements

"What will the European Union look like in 2034 Only the most confident fortune-teller would venture a guess. Yet in Brussels a ritual even odder than staring at tea leaves or crystal balls is afoot"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 18:10:09 UTC 27M followers, 38.6K engagements

"Three books explain why it mattersand can easily be lost"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 16:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 41.4K engagements

"Azerbaijan maintains a deep-rooted mistrust of its former foe Armenia. But Russias malign activity in both countries adds urgency to the peace process one expert warns"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 04:00:13 UTC 27M followers, 45.7K engagements

"Victorias Secret has sought to redefine its image after a series of scandals. Yet the makeover has not returned the company to growth"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-20 20:15:08 UTC 27M followers, 40.6K engagements

"Around the world politicians are fixated on factories. But this obsession with factories is built on mythsand will be self-defeating"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 08:20:12 UTC 27M followers, 38.3K engagements

"Citadel and other giant funds have remade public markets"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 22:00:23 UTC 27M followers, 47.8K engagements

"How the next financial crisis might happen"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-30 12:23:52 UTC 208.1M followers, 50.7K engagements

"Americas broken construction industry is a big problem for Trump"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 00:01:07 UTC 208.1M followers, 103.2K engagements

"Luiz Incio Lula da Silva put Brazil on the map but he hasnt adapted to a changed world"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-06 10:00:33 UTC 27M followers, 121.2K engagements

"Jiangsu province is home to one of Chinas most important electronics manufacturing centres. But the country cares more about what happens in its football stadiums"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 23:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 40.9K engagements

"Whereas private-equity firms find solace for their troubles in financial engineering venture capitalists seek salvation from their own liquidity crunch in the next big thing"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-30 16:30:07 UTC 27M followers, 35.3K engagements

"Zimbabwe faces its worst economic crisis in a decade"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2019-08-15 15:08:38 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.8M engagements

"Ideas for how to squeeze the countrys interest bill ideally without cutting spending or raising taxes are at a premium. One has recently raised hopes. But taking advantage of it will be very difficult"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 19:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 44K engagements

"The delusions plaguing Britains warming summers"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 17:40:03 UTC 208.1M followers, 54.9K engagements

"Agriculture is a mainstay of Ukraines economy. In regions close to the front the Russians have begun sending drones to set fields alight"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 22:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 44.9K engagements

"The idea of forming an army was once laughed at in Iceland. No longer"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 07:00:14 UTC 27M followers, 41K engagements

"Will Chinas shoppers cushion the Trumpian blow"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-04-25 17:07:22 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.2M engagements

"The American president once mocked Volodymyr Zelensky for having no cards. Now he has decided to slip him a few new onesat least for a time Photo: Getty Images"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 23:00:17 UTC 27M followers, 41.5K engagements

"Were very unhappy with Russia Donald Trump declared. But he declined to answer questions about what he would do if Vladimir Putin intensified his attacks"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 11:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 37.3K engagements

"Yes atmospheric CO2 has increased over timebut so has life expectancy writes Chris Wright. In a guest essay Americas energy secretary invites the world to rethink renewable energy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 16:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 45.4K engagements

"The state pension is projected to add more to the long-term rise in spending than anything except health care and interest payments"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 11:40:04 UTC 27M followers, 59.5K engagements

"Hedge funds make billions as Indias options market goes ballistic"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 23:03:05 UTC 208.1M followers, 116.6K engagements

"Now Chinas ultra-cheap EVs are scaring China"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-06 07:31:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 381K engagements

"How Graham Hancock became conspiracy theorists favourite historian"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-23 19:18:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 135.4K engagements

"Its most urgent task is to decode the desires of younger consumers. Victorias Secret may yet find its stride again"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-22 11:20:05 UTC 27M followers, 68.8K engagements

"Vladimir Putin unleashes a summer offensive against Ukraine"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-02 06:52:44 UTC 208.1M followers, 68.3K engagements

"Why investors lack a theory of everything"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 10:20:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 45.9K engagements

"Wyoming is Americas Trumpiest state. Now it has a legislature to match"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 22:20:12 UTC 27M followers, 139.7K engagements

"AI is killing the web. Can anything save it"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 00:59:43 UTC 208.1M followers, 229.7K engagements

"How to build strong magnets without rare-earth metals"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 09:20:02 UTC 208.1M followers, 45.4K engagements

"Muhammadu Buhari failed to build a better Nigeria twice"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 14:40:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 128.6K engagements

"An advisory panel installed by him has recommended that thimerosal used in some multi-dose vaccine vials be removed from all flu jabs. But the scientific evidence suggests that this is a mistake"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-07 19:20:14 UTC 27M followers, 47.3K engagements

"Donald Trumps hostility to the very idea of climate change may yet end up making green technologies better hopes Vinod Khosla by forcing a rethink on wasteful subsidies and refocusing government efforts on the most promising tech to scale"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 19:20:03 UTC 27M followers, 55.3K engagements

"US Marines are training to defend Taiwan in a new way"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-07 10:01:28 UTC 27M followers, 86K engagements

"In his hit song of 2009 I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) Pitbull repeats that phrase no fewer than XX times. Yet he seems to have got it slightly wrong. His fans do not want him: they want to look like him"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 20:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 49.3K engagements

"Bad Bunny who begins a residency in Puerto Rico this week has become a global hitmaker while rapping and singing almost exclusively in Spanish. Heres how"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 02:00:28 UTC 27M followers, 63.2K engagements

"Turkeys relations with America having plumbed new depths over much of the past decade are undergoing a remarkable reboot"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-06 09:00:30 UTC 27M followers, 411.5K engagements

"There was a Trumpian twist to the deal: the weapons for Ukraine will be bought by European allies rather than donated from American stocks or bought from manufacturers with American money as in the past"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 00:20:12 UTC 27M followers, 47.3K engagements

"One William Woods was telling the truth. The other was living his life The Economist"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 15:40:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 33.1K engagements

"Japans Liberal Democratic Party has commanded the political system since its founding in 1955. That may change. New parties and new media are transforming the country"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 00:40:12 UTC 27M followers, 46.7K engagements

"A savage squabble between China and Europe"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 04:25:06 UTC 208.1M followers, XXX engagements

"War geopolitics energy crisis: how the economy evades every disaster"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 12:40:09 UTC 208.1M followers, 38.8K engagements

"The envy of the world Oct 19th 2024 The Economist"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2024-10-15 01:24:40 UTC 208.1M followers, 409.3K engagements

"Nobody knows the power of some people are saying better than Donald Trump. For Americas leading conspiracy theorist to become the target of a conspiracy theory himself is delicious but is it also consequential Not in the obvious way Photo: Getty Images"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 22:21:08 UTC 27M followers, 43.7K engagements

"At the worlds best-known lingerie brand the dirty laundry is on full display. In an open letter to Victorias Secret an activist investor told its chairwoman that the firm was failing its shareholders"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-20 20:30:08 UTC 27M followers, 38.5K engagements

"Agriculture is a mainstay of Ukraines economy. In regions close to the front the Russians have begun sending drones to set fields alight"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 20:10:10 UTC 27M followers, 39.2K engagements

"Africa is changing so rapidly it is becoming hard to ignore"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2020-03-26 15:50:02 UTC 208.1M followers, 7.1M engagements

"The global asylum system is falling apart"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 13:40:04 UTC 208.1M followers, 51.2K engagements

"The world is complexand changing fast. Our app is a simple way to understand big news developments and why they matter on the go. Visit the App Store or Google Play to find the latest version"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 18:01:04 UTC 27M followers, 35.9K engagements

"Chinas growth targets cause headacheseven when met"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-05 20:20:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 394K engagements

"Europes streets are alive with the sound of protests"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-05 13:41:40 UTC 208.1M followers, 344.6K engagements

"The worlds most and least walkable cities"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2024-05-28 07:28:36 UTC 208.1M followers, 37.4K engagements

"At one point more water was surging through the Guadalupe river than the typical flow over Niagara Falls. These charts and maps show the scale of the disaster in Texas"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-08 13:00:31 UTC 27M followers, 37.3K engagements

"The trend towards a revival of bats in Britain is a conservation triumph but it suggests an uncomfortable conclusion. Laws that make building homes and infrastructure intolerably hard can have a good effect"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 06:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 37.4K engagements

"America will supply air-defence missiles and may punish countries that trade with Russia"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 20:00:05 UTC 27M followers, 40.4K engagements

"Making peace with the Palestinians looks much harder than with Irans regime or Shias in Lebanon"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-08 23:00:54 UTC 27M followers, 39.9K engagements

"Kraft Heinz is not the only food giant in trouble"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 19:01:04 UTC 208.1M followers, 36.3K engagements

"More and more parents around the world prefer girls to boys"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-09 13:17:40 UTC 208.1M followers, 127.3K engagements

"What the tourist industry reveals about Cuba"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.2M engagements

"Did understanding atoms make nuclear weapons inevitable Listen to The Bomb a new four-part series on the past present and future of the worlds most devastating weapons"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 09:20:08 UTC 27M followers, 31.6K engagements

"Donald Trumps first XXX days: tracking promises executive orders legal challenges and cabinet picks The Economist"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-21 13:42:21 UTC 208.1M followers, 191.5K engagements

"Vladimir Putin still sees the south Caucasus as being in its sphere of influence or as one expert describes its playground. Yet the speed that Russia has lost clout in the region is striking"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 05:00:20 UTC 27M followers, 52.4K engagements

"Its most urgent task is to decode the desires of younger consumers. Victorias Secret may yet find its stride again"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-23 10:12:22 UTC 27M followers, 53.9K engagements

"An unusual blend of folkliness and futurism defines Wendell Weeks boss of Corning Inc a firm that keeps popping up at the cutting edge of technology"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-30 13:21:10 UTC 27M followers, 44.2K engagements

"If you are an athlete in search of a chemical boost your options are limited. An exception is creatine a staple of sports nutrition and one of the few supplements with a solid evidence base behind it"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 22:20:04 UTC 27M followers, 49.8K engagements

"American men are hungry for injectable testosterone"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-08 20:01:14 UTC 208.1M followers, 185.8K engagements

"American tariffs are starting to hammer Chinese exporters"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-09 12:05:18 UTC 208.1M followers, 409.9K engagements

"Eighteen months ago drones could target anyone 5km from the front line in Ukraine. Now that has extended to 15km. But that cuts both waysand soldiers say they need more weapons"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 17:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 32.3K engagements

"Indian diplomats and strategists take pride in being unshockable remaining coolly transactional whatever the world throws at them. But since Donald Trumps return to office its elites are off-kilter Illustration: Chloe Cushman"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 01:00:49 UTC 27M followers, 45.7K engagements

"Digital nomads are a force for good in Latin America"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2024-09-26 13:33:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 135K engagements

"AI scientists are producing new theories of how the brain learns"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2024-08-14 16:31:51 UTC 208.1M followers, 410.9K engagements

"The bond markets problems arent all to do with Donald Trump write Anil Kashyap and Jeremy Stein"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-04-12 14:02:55 UTC 208.1M followers, 546.2K engagements

"Chinese overcapacity is crushing the global steel industry"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2024-09-17 18:06:16 UTC 208.1M followers, XXX engagements

"The invasion has stalled but Putins war on dissent marches on"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2023-02-20 21:45:26 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.1M engagements

"Under communism Albania got about 5000 tourists a year. Now tourism is exploding. But many locals are not welcoming the influx of visitors. We explain why"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 22:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 42.6K engagements

"For decades a big story in education has been the ascent of girls. They now outperform boys in most subjects. But one subject remains a problem"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-12 22:58:05 UTC 27M followers, 397.9K engagements

"From Lego to Novo Nordisk many of Europes top firms come from the region. One factor is that Nordic businessmen like their Viking ancestors are foreign adventurers"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 09:00:14 UTC 27M followers, 29.5K engagements

"Why Baghdad may have the worst traffic in the Middle East"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-26 10:30:33 UTC 208.1M followers, 480.1K engagements

"Hotels and villa complexes are mushrooming along the coast of Albania. But over-tourism is becoming a worry as limited resources are stretched beyond their means"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 04:00:26 UTC 27M followers, 43.9K engagements

"In some areas of military strength China has surpassed America"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2024-11-04 18:59:19 UTC 208.1M followers, 361.3K engagements

"Climate change is a by-product of progress not an existential crisis says Trumps energy czar"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 13:55:29 UTC 208.1M followers, 455.7K engagements

"Adolescence Dying for Sex and Severance are all among our recommendationsbut there are also several you might not have spotted"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 17:40:12 UTC 27M followers, 35.4K engagements

"When El Salvadors would-be strongman promised to keep people safe from criminals by suspending the rule of law he succeeded for a while. But now there is no law left to keep Salvadorans safe from their dictator"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-30 21:04:09 UTC 27M followers, 2.5M engagements

"Xi Jinping worries that Chinas troops are not ready to fight"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2023-11-06 12:32:59 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.1M engagements

"How Wyoming went from MAGA laggard to leader"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 21:00:48 UTC 27M followers, 46.8K engagements

"The Danish lefts case for toughness on migration is that its costs fall overwhelmingly on the poor. But the ugly upshot around limiting immigrationhowever noble the motivesis that it makes being nasty acceptable"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 05:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 39K engagements

"For Nvidia which has become the first company to reach a $4trn market value governments are a potentially lucrative source of business"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 21:00:03 UTC 27M followers, 58.8K engagements

"As prime minister for XX of the past XX years Mahathir Mohamad is due considerable credit for Malaysias economic success. This record helps explain his enduring popularity. Yet politically he has left a largely toxic legacy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 02:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 49.6K engagements

"Wimbledon is the grand slam that most professional tennis players dream of winning. To better understand what it takes to succeed on Centre Court pick up one of these books"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 20:50:09 UTC 27M followers, 41.4K engagements

"The new titans of Wall Street present the world with new risks"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 20:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 50.5K engagements

"Why should you pay any attention to Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories There are reasons why a rational sceptic should spend a few minutes thinking conspiratorially"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-19 10:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 42.4K engagements

"Why India is annoyed by its ceasefire with Pakistan"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-14 11:05:38 UTC 208.1M followers, 154.9K engagements

"Rife with hucksters and Instagram influencers an industry has emerged in America that pitches testosterone as a fountain of youth. Evidence suggests that hormones can bring health benefitsbut better regulation is needed"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 19:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 40.4K engagements

"Rare-earth magnets have found their way into everything from electric cars and wind turbines to MRI machines and missile-guidance systems. And Chinese firms dominate the market"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 09:20:02 UTC 27M followers, 45.4K engagements

"CoreWeaves purchase of a cryptocurrency miner gives it ready-built data centres and power agreements with local utilities both of which are needed to meet ballooning demand for AI"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 19:20:02 UTC 27M followers, 68.2K engagements

"What Donald Trump owes William F. Buckley"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 00:40:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 90.7K engagements

"The dominant model of the universe is creaking"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2024-06-19 17:21:08 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.1M engagements

"Donald Trump seems to take a 19th-century view of the Western hemisphere. But nostalgia for this period in time is misplaced Illustration: Chloe Cushman"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 13:00:39 UTC 27M followers, 46.4K engagements

"Britains ex-chancellor on how to fix a welfare crisis thats partly of his own making"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-10 16:46:52 UTC 208.1M followers, 63.3K engagements

"Argentina: the making of an economic miracle"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2024-11-20 09:16:43 UTC 208.1M followers, 790.6K engagements

"Zimbabwes worst economic crisis in more than a decade"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2020-07-09 14:52:30 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.8M engagements

"People fleeing calamity have a right to seek safetybut that does not mean access to a rich countrys labour market"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 21:40:12 UTC 27M followers, 46.8K engagements

"Dream of writing for The Economist Were looking for journalists to work in our Washington DC office. Find out how to apply here"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 10:40:08 UTC 27M followers, 37.8K engagements

"Brazils Congress have hurled insults at Marina Silva the environment minister compared her to terrorists and told her to resign. They want to pass a bill that would dismantle many of the countrys environmental regulations"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 19:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 45.9K engagements

"What baby names reveal about American and British society The Economist"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 21:00:27 UTC 208.1M followers, 58K engagements

"Switzerland is ticking towards a tighter deal with the EU"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 13:58:16 UTC 208.1M followers, 36.9K engagements

"The race for broad adoption is just as important as the one for artificial general intelligence"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 10:25:10 UTC 27M followers, 38.3K engagements

"Whats behind Britains earthworm cataclysm"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2024-05-22 14:48:22 UTC 208.1M followers, 221.2K engagements

"Content producers are urgently trying to find new ways to make AI companies pay them for information. If they cannot the open web may evolve into something very different Illustration: Nick Little"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 19:00:14 UTC 27M followers, 46.7K engagements

"Chinas AI boom is reaching astonishing proportions"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-03-11 14:56:03 UTC 208.1M followers, XXX engagements

"Between 25m and 34m people may now be in default according to one estimate which would be twice the level of five years ago. Dealing with personal debt remains shameful yet the government is struggling to help"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-08 12:00:43 UTC 27M followers, 40.2K engagements

"Thank the Trump familys investments friendly regulators and lavish election spending"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 10:20:03 UTC 27M followers, 46.5K engagements

"Our Big Mac index shows how burger prices differ across borders"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2021-01-18 13:29:52 UTC 208.1M followers, 59.1K engagements

"Our footloose index ranks the most attractive countries for graduates"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 07:40:02 UTC 27M followers, 38.7K engagements

"Silicon Valleys venture capitalists are jealous of people like you. Lately ordinary retail investors have seen all the upside to the firms founded with their money. On Money Talks how the VC industry is changing"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 12:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 42.7K engagements

"To create an asylum system that offers safety for those who need it but also allows a supply of foreign labour policymakers need to separate one flow from the other"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 06:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 40.9K engagements

"Will Jamie Dimon build the first trillion-dollar bank"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-23 00:43:17 UTC 208.1M followers, 38.9K engagements

"Where can Chinas millions of debtors find relief Support groups for them have been growing online. The government has tried to show a modicum of sympathy with their plight"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 01:20:12 UTC 27M followers, 50.8K engagements

"Could an amateur football league in China be a hedge against the trade war @donweinland explains on The Intelligence. Listen now"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 21:00:45 UTC 27M followers, 38.1K engagements

"What a football shirt can tell you about finance and geopolitics"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 17:41:08 UTC 208.1M followers, 43.3K engagements

"Putins war in Ukraine may cost him control of the south Caucasus"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 14:45:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 265.8K engagements

"What does an arson attack on a warehouse in London have to do with the Russian Wagner Group Of the five men convicted for the attack none were Russian citizens. This is part of Vladimir Putins plan to cause chaos in the West"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 10:01:04 UTC 27M followers, 52.3K engagements

"Germanys memory culture prevents it from coping with Gaza"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 20:40:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 79.6K engagements

"The race for the broad adoption of the technology is just as important as the one for artificial general intelligence argues Britains former prime minister in a guest essay"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 13:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 38.1K engagements

"Should psychedelics be more widely available"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2022-05-31 16:19:39 UTC 208.1M followers, 276.3K engagements

"The Supreme Court keeps helping Donald Trump"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-03 21:57:37 UTC 208.1M followers, 55.6K engagements

"Perus president survives because shes not in charge"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-19 08:30:32 UTC 208.1M followers, 251.9K engagements

"The goala decarbonised and globally competitive European auto industryis within reach argues Ola Kllenius. But the next XX months will be decisive he warns"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 10:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 37.9K engagements

"Society bombards us with instructions to be happier fitter and richer. Why have we become so dissatisfied with being ordinary"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 03:00:39 UTC 27M followers, 63.5K engagements

"Combat capitalism: how Ukraine built a war economy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 19:10:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 70.5K engagements

"Latin Americas health systems brace for a battering"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2020-04-11 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, XXX engagements

"Our Big Mac index shows how burger prices differ across borders"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2024-11-20 11:51:47 UTC 208.1M followers, 100.4K engagements

"From Billie Jean Kings candid autobiography to an illuminating portrait of Roger Federer our recommendations bring you inside the game of tennisboth on and off the court"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 08:00:15 UTC 27M followers, 43.9K engagements

"Could stablecoinscryptocurrency tokens backed by safe assets such as short-term Treasury bondsdrive up demand for American debt and pull down borrowing costs The idea is not as outlandish as it seems"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-19 13:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 52.4K engagements

"Americas most popular hellfire preacher of the 1980s died on July 1st aged 90"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 18:20:05 UTC 27M followers, 52.5K engagements

"Can Tim Cook stop Apple going the same way as Nokia"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 20:20:14 UTC 208.1M followers, 54K engagements

"Just how resilient is the economy On Checks and Balance this week: 🎧 Assessing supply chains and tariffs with @birdyword 🎧 Looking back at the introduction of the income tax 🎧 What the next year may look like with @MichaelRStrain"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-19 19:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 28.1K engagements

"For a place with a cuddly reputation Denmark has been cruel to its migrants. We explain how Illustration: Peter Schrank"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 06:00:13 UTC 27M followers, 57.3K engagements

"Nigerias problem in the 1980s was not its weak institutions worn down by a flood of oil wealth the former general thought. No the enemy was the laziness and greed of civilians and their feckless leaders"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 15:40:13 UTC 27M followers, 33.4K engagements

"Lawmakers in Brazil want to dismantle many of its environmental regulations. The impulse to simplify the law is reasonable but their plans could offer new avenues for corruption"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 19:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 47.8K engagements

"Turkeys strongman is becoming Donald Trumps point man"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-03 14:08:03 UTC 208.1M followers, 500.6K engagements

"AI-powered search engines remove the need for people to trawl the web. As they take readers away the incentive for content to be created is removed. The technology that is opening up the web also threatens to kill it"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 17:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 34.1K engagements

"Brazils president is losing clout abroad and unpopular at home"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-03 12:45:20 UTC 208.1M followers, 395.9K engagements

"In recent years investors who have bet on stocks past performance have scored wins. But it is probably time to start inspecting the road ahead Illustration: Satoshi Kambayashi"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 19:00:16 UTC 27M followers, 45.9K engagements

"Spotting a tariff impact on Americas economy requires a microscopic look at the data. Whether slight price rises are the start of something more serious depends in large part on how punchy the president feels on Wednesday Photo: Getty Images"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-08 11:00:40 UTC 27M followers, 44.5K engagements

"Demand for construction projects is soaring. But delays and cost overruns are inevitable. Productivity in the industry has gone from bad to worse"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 00:01:07 UTC 27M followers, 46.5K engagements

"Poland: the ignored stockmarket superstar"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-17 21:04:53 UTC 208.1M followers, 4364 engagements

"Britains public finances are bad. Their future looks worse"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 11:40:04 UTC 208.1M followers, 103.7K engagements

"This time really is different for the dollar writes Kenneth Rogoff"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-20 12:00:14 UTC 208.1M followers, 232.4K engagements

"A dozen coups dtat have not yet delivered a political system that makes the generals happy. That does not mean they will not try again"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 07:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 46K engagements

"Chinas AI industry has almost caught up with Americas"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-01-23 14:31:04 UTC 208.1M followers, 101.4K engagements

"China has become the most important enabler of Russias war machine"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-19 15:05:36 UTC 208.1M followers, 160.9K engagements

"The spectacular folly of Donald Trumps copper tariffs"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 14:03:22 UTC 208.1M followers, XX engagements

"The AI revolution promises to bring more knowledge more quickly to more people. Users are right to embrace it. But there is a sting in the tail"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 14:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 40.8K engagements

"If you thought a reusable water bottle was a plain boring receptacle then you would be wrong. For Gen Z it is both a necessity and a fashion statement"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 15:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 34.9K engagements

"Flush with cash and fired up by the AI boom many venture capitalists are looking to hold on to the most promising startups for longer and to ride valuations into the stratosphere"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 22:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 46.2K engagements

"Sweden is suffering a grim wave of gang violence"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2023-11-13 20:41:50 UTC 208.1M followers, 446.2K engagements

"There is nothing wrong with seeking a better life. But when jobseekers and refugees crowd into the same funnel malign consequences follow. Here is how the worlds asylum system could be redesigned"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 13:40:04 UTC 27M followers, 51.2K engagements

"Feather boas and bald caps: the wacky world of concert fashion"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 20:40:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 189.9K engagements

"America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-02 11:58:43 UTC 208.1M followers, 258.7K engagements

"To understand America today study the zero-sum mindset writes Stefanie Stantcheva"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 21:20:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 74.6K engagements

"It is hard to escape the sense that there is no logic behind Indias rulesthat is because there isnt say people who have worked with government Illustration: Lan Truong"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-07 01:00:33 UTC 27M followers, 59.8K engagements

"How to ease pollution gridlock and honking on Indias roads"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 20:40:09 UTC 208.1M followers, 87.5K engagements

"The Economist is hiring journalists to work in Washington"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 13:05:17 UTC 208.1M followers, 86.3K engagements

"Six months after his return to the White House how effective have Donald Trumps tariffs been Our Big Mac index suggests that the dollar isnt as competitive as he might have hoped"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 20:00:12 UTC 27M followers, 65.8K engagements

"Which countries would be hit hardest by levies on electronics and pharmaceuticals"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 10:51:02 UTC 27M followers, 39.4K engagements

"For now there is still poor awareness among patients and little diagnosis by doctors of mental-health conditions related to hormonal changes in both men and women. But researchers are taking heed"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 01:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 47.5K engagements

"Kishida Fumio Japans former leader says the countrys shift to investing is a test of whether it can leave behind its deflationary past and embrace growth"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 10:00:26 UTC 27M followers, 50.5K engagements

"A seemingly modest clause deep in the 330-page bill appears poised to wipe out professional gambling entirely"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 00:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 46.2K engagements

"Content producers are urgently trying to find new ways to make AI companies pay them for information. If they cannot the open web may evolve into something very different"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 10:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 46.1K engagements

"Long one of Africas most state-controlled economies Ethiopia has recently begun to liberalise. Yet the fruits of promising reforms are under threat from waste graft and conflict"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 10:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 37.8K engagements

"The former presidents nickname Baba Go Slow was coined in 2015 after he took months to name a cabinet. His supporters argued that it was a deliberate tactica strategy of gradual reform. Others saw a tired old man lacking energy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 17:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 38K engagements

"The death of the web has been predicted beforeat the hands of social networks then smartphone appsand not come to pass. But AI may pose the biggest threat to it yet"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-19 17:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 39.3K engagements

"Indias roads are dangerous especially to pedestrians. Improving roads would speed up travel reduce noise pollution cut emissions and increase productivity"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 12:00:45 UTC 27M followers, 39.3K engagements

"Africans need jobs. The rest of the world needs workers"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-17 12:15:01 UTC 208.1M followers, 325.4K engagements

"As prime minister for XX of the past XX years Mahathir Mohamad is due considerable credit for Malaysias economic success. This record helps explain his enduring popularity. Yet politically he has left a largely toxic legacy Illustration: Lan Truong"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 01:00:40 UTC 27M followers, 59.3K engagements

"Luiz Incio da Silva took office promising to tackle the illegal ranchers loggers and miners. A new bill proposed by Congress endangers his pledgebut the president is loth to stand in its way"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 20:20:04 UTC 27M followers, 74K engagements

"China has a new chance to call Americas bluff"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 07:20:04 UTC 27M followers, 41K engagements

"Of all human activities war is the least rational. So you might think that economicsa discipline associated with rational self-interestwould have little to say about it. A new book argues otherwise"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 15:50:08 UTC 27M followers, 34.5K engagements

"Foreign-policy types talk of an age of unprecedented disorderand markets barely notice"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 17:10:32 UTC 27M followers, 42.3K engagements

"Over the past decade Victorias Secret has lost much of its sparkle. Sales and market value have fallen competitors have pinched market share and the firm is on to its third CEO in four years"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-21 08:03:47 UTC 27M followers, 47K engagements

"Putins radioactive chokehold on the world"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-04 10:00:41 UTC 208.1M followers, 216.4K engagements

"Azerbaijan maintains a deep-rooted mistrust of its former foe Armenia. But Russias malign activity in both countries adds urgency to the peace process one expert warns"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 17:40:14 UTC 27M followers, 39.6K engagements

"Can Nvidia persuade governments to pay for sovereign AI"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 09:10:57 UTC 208.1M followers, 46.8K engagements

"RFK junior wants to ban an ingredient in vaccines. Is he right"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-04 18:05:45 UTC 208.1M followers, 304.8K engagements

"Americas most popular hellfire preacher of the 1980s died on July 1st aged 90"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 01:20:04 UTC 27M followers, 59K engagements

"The rise of AI art is spurring a revival of analogue media"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 14:06:23 UTC 208.1M followers, XX engagements

"Robert Mueller charges Russians with election interference"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2018-02-16 18:03:17 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.8M engagements

"Chinas one-child policy led to the widespread seizure of children for international adoption a new book shows. For decades the countrys officials turned international adoption into a money-making racket"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 19:50:09 UTC 27M followers, 38.2K engagements

"Turkmenistan finds a novel solution to mass emigration"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2018-07-05 14:57:17 UTC 208.1M followers, 6.6M engagements

"Eighteen months ago drones could target anyone 5km from the front line in Ukraine. Now that has extended to 15km. But that cuts both waysand soldiers say they need more weapons"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-19 18:20:08 UTC 27M followers, 34.3K engagements

"You can glean a lot about America and the world from whom Hollywood chooses as its baddies. Lately its attention has turned to technology. It seems many screenwriters are doomers when it comes to AI Photo: Landmark/Universal Pictures"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-06 19:00:48 UTC 27M followers, 65.8K engagements

"Donald Trump has signalled renewed enthusiasm for supporting Ukraine. Although his word is unreliable the country and its supporters must seize on the opportunity Photo: Reuters"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 06:30:11 UTC 27M followers, 33.3K engagements

"♦ The dismantling of the Education Department can continue. ♦ Barack Obama reportedly tells Democrats to toughen up. ♦ Andrew Cuomo will run as an independent in New Yorks mayoral election. Keep up with US politics"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 14:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 36.7K engagements

"Austrias leader is striving to fend off the hard right"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 04:40:08 UTC 208.1M followers, 48.7K engagements

"Millions of girls were aborted for being girls. Now parents often lean towards them"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 01:40:04 UTC 27M followers, 60.3K engagements

"The incredible story of Afghanistans exiled womens cricket team"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2024-12-19 14:22:06 UTC 208.1M followers, 435.1K engagements

"Bangladeshs economic miracle is in jeopardy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2023-03-01 17:35:25 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.1M engagements

"Financial giants are transforming Wall Street"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-29 13:31:09 UTC 208.1M followers, 45.9K engagements

"Some XX% of the 160000 children who were adopted by foreigners between Chinas legalising of this practice in 1991 and its banning last year were forcibly taken from their birth parents by one count"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 17:30:16 UTC 27M followers, 36.7K engagements

"What do you do when a country is sinking On The Intelligence @ItsRachelDobbs @Eaterofsun and @HenriettaMcF discuss Australias climate visa for people from Tuvalu. Listen now"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 20:00:44 UTC 27M followers, 42.1K engagements

"No one should expect the web of the future to look just as it does today. Bringing a new business model to the web is daunting; it may take a shove from regulators to get started"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 15:50:11 UTC 27M followers, 38.8K engagements

"A pattern of revoked threats and watered-down proposals has convinced investors of the TACO mantra (Trump Always Chickens Out). But there is reason to think that the presidents industry levies might be a different matter"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 23:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 38.6K engagements

"A vast right-wing conspiracy comes for the president"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 19:06:06 UTC 27M followers, 41.3K engagements

"Victorias Secret has sought to redefine its image after a series of scandals. Yet the makeover has not returned the company to growth"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-24 13:09:04 UTC 27M followers, 44.1K engagements

"Culture-war issues may play a role in the recent exodus from Americas blue states. But the main driver is cost of living"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 23:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 72.1K engagements

"Years of deflation and stagnation left Japanese savers wary of risk but new economic developments are creating incentives for them to invest"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 08:40:08 UTC 27M followers, 37K engagements

"The asylum system is not working. It cannot cope with a world of proliferating conflict cheap travel and huge wage disparities. A more pragmatic approach starts by helping refugees find shelter closer to home"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 13:00:45 UTC 27M followers, 5M engagements

"Would you like to work for The Economist in Seoul Were looking for a fluent speaker of Korean and English to report research interpret and fact-check. Find out how to apply here"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 19:10:09 UTC 27M followers, 42.5K engagements

"The countrys deal with AC Milan is unlikely to attract many tourists. But it may bring other benefits"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 04:20:04 UTC 27M followers, 60.4K engagements

"Indias recent conflict with Pakistan was the first in which advanced Chinese fighters and missiles were used against Western and Russian equivalents. America and its allies are especially interested in what went wrong"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 23:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 38.3K engagements

"Want to be a good explorer Study economics"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 13:20:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 91.5K engagements

"Sovereign AI may help countries develop local models protect sensitive information and widen access to the technology. But it will do little to reduce their dependence on America and in many cases risks wasting money. Photo: Getty Images"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 16:00:15 UTC 27M followers, 36.8K engagements

"Zimbabwes flawed election will ensure its pariah status endures"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2023-08-27 10:32:47 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.8M engagements

"Fear of border chaos has fuelled the rise of populism from Brexit to Donald Trump and poisoned the debate about legal migration. A better system would restore order"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 01:20:04 UTC 27M followers, 52.2K engagements

"Ukraine would take the biggest hit: it would lose $1.4bn from the amount Congress approved in the 2024-25 financial year. But some poorer countries that stand to lose smaller amounts will feel the loss far more"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 12:00:17 UTC 27M followers, 35.9K engagements

"An unusual blend of folkliness and futurism defines Wendell Weeks boss of Corning Inc a firm that keeps popping up at the cutting edge of technology"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-27 23:50:01 UTC 27M followers, 46.7K engagements

"Is Putin ready to accept a truce with Ukraine"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-03-11 23:16:44 UTC 208.1M followers, 525.3K engagements

"His Netflix show claims to uncover the truth about our ancient past. Critics say he peddles dangerous nonsense"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 12:00:47 UTC 27M followers, 66.6K engagements

"The hope was that the 2025 World Expo would provide a big boost to the local Japanese economy. And also that the event might help Osaka wrest away at least a little of Tokyos outsize power and prestige"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 03:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 49K engagements

"The man who called himself William Woods was an all-American success story. But as he would soon discover there is nothing more American than failing to outrun the past"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 15:40:12 UTC 27M followers, 33.1K engagements

"Brazils leader is increasingly incoherent on the world stage. And at home his popularity is slipping. What has Luiz Incio Lula da Silva done wrong"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 12:04:44 UTC 27M followers, 42.1K engagements

"Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-29 12:01:28 UTC 208.1M followers, 413K engagements

"Can at-home brain stimulators make you feel better"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 09:40:01 UTC 208.1M followers, 36.1K engagements

"Most of the federal agents cover their faces with masks or balaclavas. Children look on fearfully. Our dispatch from inside Americas immigration courts"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 18:40:04 UTC 27M followers, 52.6K engagements

"In his hit song of 2009 I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) Pitbull repeats that phrase no fewer than XX times. Yet he seems to have got it slightly wrong. His fans do not want him: they want to look like him"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 04:00:38 UTC 27M followers, 46.2K engagements

"Does America need permission to bomb another country Allies used to insist presidents seek UN approval before military action. However as @DSORennie argues they are increasingly tolerating Donald Trumps Lone-Ranger vigilante methods"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 10:00:03 UTC 27M followers, 34.7K engagements

"The Trump administration will take any help it can get"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 19:21:10 UTC 27M followers, 40.8K engagements

"How Russia dodges oil sanctions on an industrial scale"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2023-01-29 20:51:47 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.4M engagements

"Womens sports have already formed their own identities often thanks to their fans. The athletes should now chart their own coursefollowing the men is easy but unimaginative"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 16:50:09 UTC 27M followers, 34.9K engagements

"Bad Bunny has become a global hitmaker while rapping and singing almost exclusively in Spanish. Heres how: Photo: Getty Images"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 19:00:39 UTC 27M followers, 55.4K engagements

"How many people have died in Gaza The Economist"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-11 06:43:49 UTC 208.1M followers, 32.1K engagements

"Call centres could be a gold mine for Africa"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-26 20:06:35 UTC 208.1M followers, 1017 engagements

"Despite governments growing enthusiasm to have their own AI systems the concept remains woolly"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 03:40:03 UTC 27M followers, 53.5K engagements

"Deadly dirty indispensable: the nitrogen industry has changed the world"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2023-05-19 15:00:47 UTC 208.1M followers, 758.2K engagements

"American companies are carrying out simplifications strategic realignments and other euphemisms for sackings in an effort to reassure investors"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 12:20:03 UTC 27M followers, 56.2K engagements

"The relationship between the neighbours which share a 1600km-long border has waxed and waned. But Iran can no longer rely on Iraq the way it used to"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 02:01:04 UTC 27M followers, 41.9K engagements

"Britain and Germany sign a historic treaty"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 17:52:04 UTC 208.1M followers, XX engagements

"Which countries would benefit most from an American brain drain"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-04-12 16:09:05 UTC 208.1M followers, 38.8K engagements

"Its not just Labubu dolls. Chinese brands are booming"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-24 02:21:59 UTC 208.1M followers, 1523 engagements

"Todays youngsters are an eco-conscious cohort. But the reusable cup trend is more about style than sustainability Photo: Shutterstock"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-19 17:00:27 UTC 27M followers, 46.7K engagements

"Vienna has lost its crown. Instability threatens living standards everywhere"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 16:20:13 UTC 27M followers, 42.4K engagements

"Africa is undergoing social change without economic transformation"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-01-06 13:55:29 UTC 208.1M followers, 916.2K engagements

"There's this sense in Ukraine thatAmerica is missing something about the way in which confrontations in the future will be fought. @cerianrj tells Money Talks what the West can learn from Ukraines war economy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 18:30:11 UTC 27M followers, 34.6K engagements

"AI researchers receive the Nobel prize for physics"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2024-10-08 15:38:04 UTC 208.1M followers, 410.9K engagements

"They turn retail savers into hedge-fund managers. Perhaps being saddled with a big loan is not so bad after all"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 04:40:05 UTC 27M followers, 50.7K engagements

"Britain is cheap and should learn to love it. After a decade of sorry growth the country has no shameand lots to gainfrom being a bargain"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 12:00:29 UTC 27M followers, 48.5K engagements

"A luxury mansion in Shanghai sold for $38m. That the wealthy are prepared to pay such an exorbitant price is being interpreted as a sign that a huge and interminable crisis might finally be ending"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 17:20:04 UTC 27M followers, 50.9K engagements

"The long goodbye Mar 16th 2024 The Economist"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2024-10-22 14:11:35 UTC 208.1M followers, 370.2K engagements

"A new book reveals how child trafficking worked in China and how its exposure in the 2000s devastated adoptees and their new families. Barbara Demick focuses on a case involving the abduction of a twin girl in 2002 and her adoption in America"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 03:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 43.6K engagements

"The term premium on Britains gilts has risen sharply over the past years and is now notably higher than in America the euro area or Japan"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 05:40:03 UTC 27M followers, 52.1K engagements

"The market value of Simon Property Group the largest owner of American malls rose by half between the start of 2023 and the end of 2024 approaching an all-time high. But challenges lie ahead"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-04-29 19:00:07 UTC 27M followers, 35.3K engagements

"Gown and out: are British universities broke"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 21:00:45 UTC 208.1M followers, 73K engagements

"The competition for the worlds best AI talent is frenzied. But hiring hotshots makes sense only if you believe that talent is portable and that superstars will continue to shine in their new organisations"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-19 14:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 40.5K engagements

"Despite enormous challenges the EU sticks with its puny budget"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 20:30:21 UTC 208.1M followers, 81.6K engagements

"Oversize tumblers reveal more about fashion than wellness"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 18:20:12 UTC 27M followers, 48K engagements

"If liberals do not build a better asylum system populists will build a worse one. The key is to help refugees long before they reach Western shores"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 05:20:08 UTC 27M followers, 50.8K engagements

"Big multinational firms have found this damp corner of Europe a good place to magic away profits that are then taxed at one of the worlds lowest rates"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 18:10:09 UTC 27M followers, 39K engagements

"This is no time to dismiss climate tech as a tree-hugging virtue argues the venture capitalist. On the contrary it is one of the most important levers of geopolitical influence"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 16:40:12 UTC 27M followers, 40.1K engagements

"Challenging Chinas dominance will be a tall order"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 14:48:15 UTC 27M followers, 37.5K engagements

"Cuban thaw: a history of US-Cuban relations"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2016-03-18 12:05:04 UTC 208.1M followers, 2.2M engagements

"The news from India could carry political and regulatory consequences not just for the trading firm but for an entire ascendant industry of marketmakers"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 14:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 42.7K engagements

"Playing tennis Or cricket You'll need a lawn for that. For centuries the lawn has been synonymous with British culture. But as our culture correspondent explains it seems Britons are giving up on their lawns. To find out what happens to Wimbledon's lawns at the end of the tournament click the link:"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 10:01:05 UTC 27M followers, 51.7K engagements

"The risks of keeping schools closed far outweigh the benefits"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2020-07-18 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 1658 engagements

"No figure embodies the problems with Brazils Supreme Court more than Alexandre de Moraes. His record shows that judicial power needs to be pared back"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-04-16 23:29:05 UTC 27M followers, 969K engagements

"Cognac producers are worried about a slump in sales of their tipple in America. It partly reflects the general strain on consumers wallets. But it is also the result of longer-term trends"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 06:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 37K engagements

"Health clinics across America are serving up injections of testosterone. Men younger than XX are the most eager customers"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 13:40:04 UTC 27M followers, 70.2K engagements

"The Arab world thinks differently about this Iran war"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-16 05:30:50 UTC 208.1M followers, 1990 engagements

"The competition for AGIAI that surpasses humans at all cognitive tasksis of fundamental geopolitical importance writes @RishiSunak. The fact that America or China will win this contest should not turn other countries into mere spectators"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 06:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 37.7K engagements

"Iran is losing its stranglehold over Iraq"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 20:20:02 UTC 208.1M followers, 148.4K engagements

"Orcas are making exfoliating brushes out of kelp stalks and grooming each other a new paper reports. Not bad for an animal with no hands"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 21:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 45K engagements

"Scrap the asylum systemand build something better"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 14:06:13 UTC 208.1M followers, 288.2K engagements

"How a mortgage transforms your investment portfolio"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-04-30 21:25:29 UTC 208.1M followers, 51K engagements

"Thirty years after the Wall fell East German art is causing a stir"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2019-10-31 16:02:15 UTC 208.1M followers, 9.4M engagements

"China has built the worlds largest bullet-train network"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2018-11-13 15:30:01 UTC 208.1M followers, 8.7M engagements

"Civil-service exams in China and India are notoriously difficultbut shape society. Try a sample to see how you would do"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 11:40:12 UTC 27M followers, 73.4K engagements

"During Marina Silvas five-year tenure as environment minister deforestation in the Amazon plummeted by 50%. Now she and her green policies are under attack Photo: Alamy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 15:00:37 UTC 27M followers, 49.8K engagements

"Chinas exporters shrug off the trade warfor now"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-19 03:33:39 UTC 208.1M followers, 37.5K engagements

"What a bovine beauty pageant says about the future of the worlds beef supply"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 23:20:04 UTC 27M followers, 57.7K engagements

"Instead of the people it voted for Thailand ended up with a fractious and failing coalition government after its general election in 2023. While the elites squabble the country is stagnating"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 04:20:08 UTC 27M followers, 46.6K engagements

"Years of deflation and stagnation left Japanese savers wary of risk but new economic developments are creating incentives for them to invest Photo: Getty Images"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 01:00:03 UTC 27M followers, 59.8K engagements

"It is easy to make the case that Donald Trump cares little about Africa. Yet he is showing surprising enthusiasm for meeting his counterparts from across the continent Photo: AP"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 11:00:38 UTC 27M followers, 36.9K engagements

"The murder of Haitis president will worsen the countrys chaos"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2021-07-07 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.4M engagements

"Assumable mortgages first gained popularity with other creative financing methods in the early 1980s when rates exceeded 18%. Over the subsequent four decades they were of little use. Now they are again Photo: Getty Images"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 22:01:17 UTC 27M followers, 39.8K engagements

"The Big Beautiful Bill will kill one profession"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 16:23:03 UTC 208.1M followers, 46.5K engagements

"Why a rocky archipelago south of Newfoundland is officially part of France"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2017-05-22 01:18:33 UTC 208.1M followers, 583.5K engagements

"Wendell Weekss homespun approach to management has helped keep Corning Inc a 174-year-old materials firm at the heart of the digital economy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-27 22:25:02 UTC 27M followers, 44.5K engagements

"DeepSeek sends a shockwave through markets"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-01-27 19:33:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 112.6K engagements

"Fear of border chaos has fuelled the rise of populism from Brexit to Donald Trump and poisoned the debate about legal migration. A better system would restore order"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 11:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 40.2K engagements

"Trumps tariffs have brought a double serving of pain"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 17:30:51 UTC 27M followers, 44K engagements

"China is waking up from its property nightmare"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-02 10:01:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 66.4K engagements

"Water bottles the accessory Gen Z is thirsting after"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 18:20:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 174K engagements

"Prescriptions for antidepressants and anti-anxiety medicines have soared in rich countries in recent decades. Yet they do not work for everyone. If their reputation could be improved hormones could be promising mental-health drugs"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 00:20:10 UTC 27M followers, 38.7K engagements

"The German industrialists who aided and abetted the Nazi regime"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2022-04-30 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 13.3K engagements

"Justice for Haitis murdered president is messy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 13:56:32 UTC 208.1M followers, XX engagements

"Move over Tim Cook. Jensen Huang is America Incs new China envoy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 13:12:53 UTC 208.1M followers, 74.6K engagements

"Hong Kongs richest man founded CK Hutchison which operates ports including those at either end of the Panama Canal. That has made him a target for Donald Trump"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-11 14:11:59 UTC 27M followers, 52.5K engagements

"Five charts explain Trumps cuts to foreign aid"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 21:20:55 UTC 208.1M followers, 336.9K engagements

"The Israel-Iran war is now a brutal test of staying power"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-16 05:30:50 UTC 208.1M followers, 93.9K engagements

"How is Britain doing under Keir Starmer The Economist"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-02 20:41:16 UTC 208.1M followers, 1094 engagements

"Kenya has grown steadily and sustained a largely peaceful democracy. But now the picture is looking bleak as people grow discontented and vent their anger in the streets. The countrys leader must change tack Photo: Imago"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-04 11:00:30 UTC 27M followers, 1.3M engagements

"Turkey and Israel are becoming deadly rivals in Syria"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-04-08 06:59:57 UTC 208.1M followers, 251.7K engagements

"A historical guide to surviving and thriving in the court of Trump"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 07:40:09 UTC 208.1M followers, 41.5K engagements

"A surge of public anger sends Lebanons politicians reeling"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2019-10-24 14:55:50 UTC 208.1M followers, 3.7M engagements

"William Ruto is taking Kenya to a dangerous place"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-03 16:20:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.4M engagements

"For many tasks the human brain remains the sharpest tool in the toolkit. But in time consumers of generative AI will have to assess whether the wider benefits outweigh the costs"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 00:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 45.6K engagements

"In 2022 Russia kept the economic show on the road"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2022-12-29 16:58:31 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.1M engagements

"Thanks to Morgan Wallen country musics popularity has surged"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2023-09-01 19:06:18 UTC 208.1M followers, 464.8K engagements

"The trouble with MAGAs manufacturing dream"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-04-29 10:03:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 409.9K engagements

"Donald Trumps son-in-law wants to build a resort in Albania. The government approved his plans despite the location being in a protected area. Now locals are fighting back"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-19 09:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 46.5K engagements

"In the 1980s in Nigeria tardy civil servants were forced to do frog jumps queues were whipped into line and hawkers who dared to despoil the streets were swept away. But the country refused to bend to the dictators will"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 14:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 57.2K engagements

"The prospect of war has turned Europe into a continent of preppers"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-04-16 11:41:09 UTC 208.1M followers, 6966 engagements

"Russias population nightmare is going to get even worse"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2023-03-04 14:22:06 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.1M engagements

"As locals in Mexico City protest sometimes violently about tourists they would do well to remember that remote workers from foreign countries can be good for the economy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 01:00:38 UTC 27M followers, 94K engagements

"Taiwans dominance of the chip industry makes it more important"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2023-03-06 11:18:54 UTC 208.1M followers, 808.8K engagements

"A new case highlights the pivotal role of Chinas private sector which serves as a force multiplier for Chinese spy agencies"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 02:20:04 UTC 27M followers, 57.4K engagements

"After October 7th supporters of Palestine in Germany charged that solidarity with Israel was edging into repression. Yet friends of Israel had legitimate complaints too"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 12:00:16 UTC 27M followers, 34.2K engagements

"In the early 2000s the biggest rappers in the world were all American; Latin artists had to perform in English if they wanted to reach a global audience. No longer"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 12:00:42 UTC 27M followers, 54.2K engagements

"After another leader is brought low Thailands voters need a real choice"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 01:00:50 UTC 208.1M followers, 189.1K engagements

"The asylum system is not working. It cannot cope with a world of proliferating conflict cheap travel and huge wage disparities. A more pragmatic approach starts by helping refugees find shelter closer to home"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 16:00:54 UTC 27M followers, 46K engagements

"Today on The Intelligence: the messy finances of Britains universities Chinas amateur footballers and what Superman tells us about US foreign policy. Listen now"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 22:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 34.8K engagements

"If Congress approves the cuts would save less than Americans thinkand risk countless lives"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 21:20:55 UTC 27M followers, 43.1K engagements

"Indian officials now admit to losing some aircraft in their recent conflict with Pakistan. Theyre also starting to indicate the losses may not have stemmed from technological deficiencies Photo: Getty Images"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 01:00:12 UTC 27M followers, 355.6K engagements

"China calls the shots in Myanmar's civil war The Economist"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-06 10:55:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 264.6K engagements

"But will Mlaga fall victim to its own success"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 02:40:11 UTC 27M followers, 50.3K engagements

"The greatest civilisations of the past 3000 years were the opposite of MAGA"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 11:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 53.4K engagements

"Why Eritrea is called Africas North Korea"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2018-08-14 08:45:57 UTC 208.1M followers, 4.5M engagements

"The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act marks a transformative moment for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency will become the best-resourced most aggressive version of itself Photo: AP"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 22:01:37 UTC 27M followers, 37.2K engagements

"Its no longer the done thing to turn up to a gig in any old kit: instead the most committed fans demonstrate their affection for the artist by wearing the right stuff. We explain why"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 00:00:12 UTC 27M followers, 39.8K engagements

"The bias in favour of boys is shrinking in developing countries even as a preference for girls emerges in the rich world"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 08:00:09 UTC 27M followers, 36.6K engagements

"More than XX% of Democrats think the government is covering up evidence about Jeffrey Epstein. More surprising is that according to polling by YouGov for The Economist half of Republicans agree"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-19 01:00:12 UTC 27M followers, 45.1K engagements

"How AI will divide the best from the rest"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-02-13 10:41:43 UTC 208.1M followers, 1500 engagements

"Detentions at immigration courts rose fast about six weeks ago. At first agents came for people whose asylum cases had been dismissed. Now those who had been given court dates are being detained too"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 15:40:04 UTC 27M followers, 48.7K engagements

"Scientists have known for decades that some sea slugs pinch chloroplasts from algae. But how they pull off the heist remained a mystery until now"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-06 16:40:12 UTC 27M followers, 59.1K engagements

"Trumps real threat: industry-specific tariffs"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 10:51:02 UTC 208.1M followers, 121.8K engagements

"Texas troopers are in more and more lethal car chases"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-04-16 11:41:09 UTC 208.1M followers, 6966 engagements

"Iceland has no armed forces but that could change"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 18:30:17 UTC 208.1M followers, 170.5K engagements

"Situated alongside the belligerents of todays most dangerous warsRussias against Ukraine and the Iranian-Israeli conflictthe region illustrates like few others the rise of middle powers and retreat of big ones"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 18:00:38 UTC 27M followers, 49.1K engagements

"♦Nearly XX% of Americans want the government to reveal whatever it has on Epstein our poll says. ♦Republican senators passed a rescissions package that would cancel funding for foreign aid. ♦Maurene Comey was reportedly sacked by the DoJ. Keep up with US politics"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 14:20:08 UTC 27M followers, 38.1K engagements

"It has a China-size population with a UAE-size room supply"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 11:50:47 UTC 27M followers, 41.4K engagements

"Another day another deadline Latest US politics news from The Economist"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 11:20:11 UTC 208.1M followers, 45.5K engagements

"Israels weird war clock: XX days for Iran XX months in Gaza"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-04 15:13:09 UTC 208.1M followers, 89.6K engagements

"Newer smaller parties offer clearer messages. A focus on young working-age Japanese voters is threatening the long-time ruling party"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 05:00:21 UTC 27M followers, 63.9K engagements

"Among business and policy elites no consensus exists about whether India should aim to decouple from China. If Donald Trump were predictable such calculations would be easier. Because he is not the country walks on treacherous ground"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 00:20:12 UTC 27M followers, 40.4K engagements

"Donald Trump has managed to bomb Irans nuclear programme and immediately impose a ceasefire without a single American casualty. Has his gamble paid off"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-26 11:50:06 UTC 27M followers, 1.5M engagements

"Britain is cheap and should learn to love it"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 17:29:41 UTC 208.1M followers, 73.4K engagements

"People move to the sunbelt for affordable homes. But it is getting harder to build there"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 18:01:21 UTC 27M followers, 41.4K engagements

"Gianni Infantino FIFAs strongman-loving boss"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 18:35:18 UTC 208.1M followers, 145.6K engagements

"Moldova is still caught between Russia and the EU"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2019-02-25 05:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.4M engagements

"In an era of geopolitical crises stockmarkets have still climbed to great heights. We explain how changes in the global economy are blunting events that once would have prompted turmoil"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-22 17:23:02 UTC 27M followers, 66.3K engagements

"Fed up with Putin Trump offers Ukraine arms and tariffs"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 20:00:05 UTC 208.1M followers, 179.7K engagements

"France is doing well but feeling miserable"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2021-11-17 16:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 1790 engagements

"Americans are being squeezed whether or not they are burger-lovers while their currency becomes no more competitive"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 19:15:10 UTC 27M followers, 43.2K engagements

"Yes atmospheric CO2 has increased over timebut so has life expectancy writes Chris Wright. In a guest essay Americas energy secretary invites the world to rethink renewable energy Illustration: Dan Williams"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 16:00:10 UTC 27M followers, 45.1K engagements

"How did Pakistan shoot down Indias fighter jets"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 03:27:41 UTC 208.1M followers, 468.1K engagements

"British restaurant chains are opening in America. A particular success is the traditional Sunday roast marketed to customers as being like a weekly Thanksgiving meal"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 17:30:52 UTC 27M followers, 48.5K engagements

"What goes on in Americas immigration courts"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 13:50:25 UTC 208.1M followers, 176.8K engagements

"The directors of Assicurazioni Generali have a lot to ponder as Italys pivotal investment bank has bid on a wealth manager that the insurer half-owns. Heres why they may choose to part away with profits"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-06 13:37:05 UTC 27M followers, 33.4K engagements

"This is no time to dismiss climate tech as a tree-hugging virtue argues the venture capitalist. On the contrary it is one of the most important levers of geopolitical influence Illustration: Dan Williams"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 13:00:21 UTC 27M followers, 38.8K engagements

"Were looking for writers to cover politics and public policy"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 13:05:17 UTC 27M followers, 48.4K engagements

"Moldova and Estonia show how different democracies can be"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2019-02-28 15:42:16 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.4M engagements

"A bat protection structure is being built over the new HS2 railway line in Buckinghamshire at a cost of over 100m ($135m). For a government eager for growth this is unacceptable"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 06:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 46.4K engagements

"The rise in migration from blue to red states is real. But as Democrats remove obstacles to building and Republicans face more red tape those trends could reversewith big political consequences"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 00:00:26 UTC 27M followers, 153.9K engagements

"Artificial intelligence has undermined the internets central bargain"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 13:50:21 UTC 27M followers, 39.2K engagements

"Comics and films of the late 20th and early 21st centuries depict the Man of Steel as increasingly nervous about overstepping when it comes to foreign intervention. We explain how the new Superman film reflects the politics of today"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 14:20:03 UTC 27M followers, 59K engagements

"But China could calibrate a trade quarantine to limit unintended consequences"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 05:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 47.1K engagements

"Markets have no fundamental laws which is why they are so interesting"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 10:20:12 UTC 27M followers, 45.9K engagements

"Americas moves against Chinese biotech will hurt patients at home"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2024-04-18 12:56:19 UTC 208.1M followers, 29.3K engagements

"As awareness of the microbiome has grown the shelves of health-food shops have become stocked with products designed to boost good bacteria. But which ones actually work"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-19 15:00:28 UTC 27M followers, 36.4K engagements

"A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 17:40:03 UTC 27M followers, 54.9K engagements

"Crypto-miners are probably to blame for the graphics-chip shortage"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2021-06-19 00:00:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 963.4K engagements

"Americans think that they are more generous than they are. When pollsters ask them to estimate what proportion of its budget the federal government spends helping people abroad the average answer is 26%. In reality it is about 1%"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 15:50:10 UTC 27M followers, 38.3K engagements

"Brazil is bashing its patron saint of the environment"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 15:10:32 UTC 208.1M followers, 206.4K engagements

"Various countries have tried to occupy the sparsely populated island. What makes it so special"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 02:00:30 UTC 27M followers, 64.5K engagements

"The Liberal Democratic Partys debut on TikTok was not a success. Its leaders seem more at ease in the smoke-filled bathrooms of Tokyos traditional restaurants than online"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 16:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 39.9K engagements

"If the web doesnt adapt to keep up with AI one of the great common properties of humanity could be gravely diminished. This would be a tragedy for everyone Illustration: @licknittle"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 17:00:38 UTC 27M followers, 36.2K engagements

"The risks of vaping may be worth the benefits"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 02:20:04 UTC 27M followers, 62.5K engagements

"A Trump adviser on how the international economic system should change"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2024-10-23 14:59:18 UTC 208.1M followers, 5.1M engagements

"Denmark may have done a better job than others of grasping that migration comes with costs. But its attitude towards it risks shattering the social cohesion it is trying to preserve"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 03:00:53 UTC 27M followers, 55.1K engagements

"Ukraine is building up its forces for an offensive"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2023-03-06 19:22:26 UTC 208.1M followers, 3M engagements

"3G Capital magicians of the consumer industry need to learn a new act"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2017-11-09 15:47:33 UTC 208.1M followers, 4505 engagements

"Mahathir Mohamad the leader who transformed Malaysia turns 100"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 02:40:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 49.7K engagements

"Some speculative exchange traded-funds would make the credit derivatives of the 2000s blush. And ETFs are certain to get spicier still"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-01 16:38:03 UTC 27M followers, 46K engagements

"The XX best films and TV shows released so far in 2025"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 17:40:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 35.4K engagements

"How sea slugs give themselves superpowers"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-06 16:40:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 59.1K engagements

"American finance always unique is now uniquely dangerous"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-30 04:28:16 UTC 208.1M followers, 89.3K engagements

"Killer whales appear to craft their own tools"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-24 14:25:03 UTC 208.1M followers, 45K engagements

"Can China sap a divided and isolated Taiwan of its will to resist"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 05:00:26 UTC 208.1M followers, 115.5K engagements

"The Economist is hiring a Seoul-based researcher/reporter"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 19:10:09 UTC 208.1M followers, 42.5K engagements

"Would you pay $XX for a strawberry We explain why America is a growing market for luxury fruit Photo: Courtesy of Oishii"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 19:15:12 UTC 27M followers, 41.4K engagements

"Todays youngsters are an eco-conscious cohort. But the reusable cup trend is more about style than sustainability"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 22:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 48.3K engagements

"How Moldova escaped the effects of a giant banking crisis"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2017-02-16 15:43:58 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.4M engagements

"Under the One Big Beautiful Bill the federal government will spend XX% less on Medicaid over the next decade totalling $1trn. An estimated 10.9m people could lose health insurance. There will be less quantifiable changes too"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 12:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 41.2K engagements

"The XXX least active cities in the study are all found in North America"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-17 08:20:09 UTC 27M followers, 35.7K engagements

"Ferrari is looking less like a carmaker and more like Herms"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-02 16:14:35 UTC 208.1M followers, 64K engagements

"To save Egypts economy get the army out of it"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2023-01-26 14:51:48 UTC 208.1M followers, 307.4K engagements

"Britain has a rare opportunity to lure American talent"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 21:48:37 UTC 208.1M followers, 42.6K engagements

"Unlike everyone else Americans and Britons still shun the office"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-04-23 09:46:44 UTC 208.1M followers, 100.8K engagements

"Victorias Secret has sought to redefine its image after a series of scandals. Yet the makeover has not returned the company to growth Photo: Getty Images"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-24 17:00:11 UTC 27M followers, 44.2K engagements

"Meet Nvidias big new customers: governments"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 21:00:03 UTC 208.1M followers, 112.3K engagements

"As Iraqi militias and politicians loyal to Iran find themselves adrift a space could open up for other homegrown political forces Photo: Getty Images"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 11:00:17 UTC 27M followers, 40.9K engagements

"As country-level tariffs dominate attention it is easy to forget that the steepest tariffs the president has implemented so far are on products. By all indications more of these sectoral tariffs are coming soon"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 20:20:12 UTC 27M followers, 43.8K engagements

"Why southern Europeans will soon be the longest-lived people in the world"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2024-06-20 13:26:14 UTC 208.1M followers, 43.9K engagements

"Jane Street has rejected the allegation that it perpetrated a sinister scheme of manipulation in Indias manic options market. The firms competitors can barely disguise their gleebut they should also be careful"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 13:00:17 UTC 27M followers, 40.6K engagements

"Icelands coastguard does everything from rescuing wayward tourists to protecting undersea cables from sabotage. The country relies on it instead of an army but it is starting to feel a bit overstretched"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 06:20:08 UTC 27M followers, 44.5K engagements

"The battle to reduce risk has shaped centuries of ventures. Modern exploration is no different"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 23:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 46K engagements

"British stocks and bonds look like a bargain"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-13 05:40:03 UTC 208.1M followers, 52.5K engagements

"Astronomers have spotted an interstellar comet older than the Sun"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-12 02:20:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 52.7K engagements

"Hamas is nearing its lowest ebb. Its government no longer governs. Its popular base has collapsed with just X% of Gazans still said to support it. Its foreign backers are retreating too"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 06:40:03 UTC 27M followers, 47.3K engagements

"Financial innovation has transformed Wall Street. As in eras past surging asset values have concealed cracks in the new financial order. Whatever dangers are lurking Donald Trumps presidency will make them more dangerous still"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 00:00:51 UTC 27M followers, 44.8K engagements

"William Woods was jailed for stealing someones identity. But he was the real victim all along. 1843 magazine unpicks a decades-long deception Photos: Adria Malcolm / Additional images: Johnson County Sheriffs Office via AP U.S. Department of Justice"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-18 17:00:02 UTC 27M followers, 30.6K engagements

"Which stockmarkets have benefited from the chaos on Wall Street"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-05-06 08:00:02 UTC 208.1M followers, 410.1K engagements

"Donald Trumps approach to Africa is very well African"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-08 21:20:12 UTC 208.1M followers, 125.9K engagements

"How Tether became money-launderers dream currency"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-05 10:46:44 UTC 208.1M followers, 356.2K engagements

"For a place with a cuddly reputation Denmark has been cruel to its migrants. We explain how"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 23:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 42K engagements

"Governments justify the concept of sovereign-AI projects on various grounds. But they will not offer anything close to self-sufficiency"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-14 20:00:11 UTC 27M followers, 46.1K engagements

"Taiwanese are growing more doubtful that they can fend off their hostile neighbour"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-10 05:00:26 UTC 27M followers, 115.5K engagements

"How Ireland became the Saudi Arabia of siphoned-off global profits"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-12 13:48:22 UTC 208.1M followers, 53.3K engagements

"All big luxury brands fret about the risk of over-exposure but even here the Birkin stands apart. For Herms the danger comes not from the zeal of its marketing but from the ardour of its fans"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 20:40:09 UTC 27M followers, 47.9K engagements

"An Oscar-nominated film sparks a reckoning with Brazils dictatorship"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-02-20 11:09:08 UTC 208.1M followers, 2949 engagements

"Donald Trump finally realises that mollycoddling Vladimir Putin makes him look weak and foolish. @chrislockwd tells The Intelligence why America is finally offering Ukraine weapons. Listen now"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-15 13:20:11 UTC 27M followers, 37.7K engagements

"An industry that dreamed of being above politics has become synonymous with self-dealing"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 01:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 52.5K engagements

"You dont have to be America or China to win in AI says Rishi Sunak"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-16 10:25:10 UTC 208.1M followers, 175.2K engagements

"The Chinese are not XX feet tall but also not the PLA of the eighties and nineties. On Drum Tower @JNBPage and @shashj explore advances in Chinese high-tech weaponry"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 23:40:10 UTC 27M followers, 40.5K engagements

"Venture capitalists are eyeing the next frontier: a $1trn unicorn. With public markets reaping the rewards of AI firms such as Nvidia and CoreWeave VCs are holding on tighterand longer. On this weeks Money Talks will it work"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 18:10:07 UTC 27M followers, 41.3K engagements

"Vanguard will soon crush fees for even more investors"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-03 10:50:32 UTC 208.1M followers, 305.7K engagements

"Over the past decade Victorias Secret has lost much of its sparkle. Sales and market value have fallen competitors have pinched market share and the firm is on to its third CEO in four years"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-06-22 12:51:05 UTC 27M followers, 66.9K engagements

"Struggling with the trade war Amateur football might help"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-06 11:30:44 UTC 208.1M followers, 181.7K engagements

"Russias summer Ukraine offensive looks like its deadliest yet The Economist"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-09 17:17:23 UTC 208.1M followers, 378.1K engagements

"Chinas local governments are approaching a fiscal black hole"
@TheEconomist Avatar @TheEconomist on X 2025-07-11 03:15:24 UTC 208.1M followers, 156.5K engagements

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