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Pole position: elections in Poland

After two terms in power, Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s nationalist party has lost its majority. For...

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Checks and Balance: War in the Middle East

In recent years the US has facilitated a warming in relations between Israel and its Arab...

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6000 bombs in six days: life in Gaza

Bombs have rained on the strip since Hamas’s attack on Israel last Saturday. With food, water and...

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Money Talks: Goldin rules

It’s that time of year when an economist is woken by an early call from the Nobel Committee in...

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Mass destruction: Israel prepares for a ground invasion

The Defence Force is preparing to follow up its air strikes on Gaza with troops. An incursion...

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Babbage: Deb Chachra on the value of great infrastructure

From roads to telecommunications, networks of infrastructure define people’s lives, but are often...

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An interview with a Hamas leader

How does the Palestinian militant group justify the atrocities committed in Israel? Why has it...

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Drum Tower: Walls and ladders

Drum Tower is turning one. To celebrate our first anniversary, we are taking listeners behind the...

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Shell shocked: Israel fights back

As the retribution continues, the state has now cut off supplies to the Palestinian enclave, and...

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Editor’s Picks: October 9th 2023

A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This...

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Hamastrophe: a bloody assault on Israel

Almost exactly 50 years on from the moment that launched the deadly Yom Kippur War, Hamas, the...

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Checks and Balance: A yard act to follow

America doesn’t have enough homes. The “yes in my backyard”, or YIMBY, movement believes that...

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Windows of opportunity: Microsoft’s AI push

The once-unassailable titan of tech has missed big opportunities in recent years. But it has a...

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Money Talks: Why is customer service getting worse?

Trouble is brewing in the world of customer service. After rising steadily for nearly two...

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So the Tory goes: Britain’s Conservatives meet

Divisions within the ruling party are on full display this week, and the provocative policies...

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Babbage: The 2023 Nobel prizes in science

This year’s Nobel prizes in science recognised the former underdogs behind mRNA vaccines, how to...

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Blown speaker: Kevin McCarthy is out

Another shutdown standoff, funding worries for Ukraine, more leadership chaos: the booting of...

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Drum Tower goes to Washington DC

Sign up for Economist Podcasts+ now and get 50% off your subscription with our limited time...

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SBF, FTX, WTF? Sam Bankman-Fried goes on trial

The founder of FTX, a spectacularly failed cryptocurrency exchange, is a curious character. He...

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Boss Class: Trailer

The workplace keeps changing and managers have to keep up. The best bosses create systems for...

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