How a dollar crisis would unfold
The world this week
Leaders
Biting the hand that funds
How a dollar crisis would unfold
If investors keep selling American assets, a grim fate awaits the world economy
Leaders
In its pursuit of a policy, Donald Trump’s government is content to destroy a man
What’s at stake in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Swipe it away
Zuckerberg on trial: why Meta deserves to win
Social media has plenty of problems. Lack of competition isn’t one of them
The rule of law
Brazil’s Supreme Court is on trial
How a superstar judge illuminates an excessive concentration of power
In praise of plastics
Don’t overlook the many benefits of plastics
If they are a problem, it is because they are badly managed
Something rotten
The lesson of Birmingham’s striking binmen
The moment is ripe to reform Britain’s equal-pay rules
Letters
A selection of correspondence
The threat to university research in America, and more
By Invitation
United States
Falling feeling
Donald Trump’s approval rating is dropping
By the numbers
Tracking Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown
Eating the rich
Berniechella: America’s left protests against Donald Trump
Hurrah for exams
America’s progressives should love standardised tests
The Americas
23rd time lucky
Milei’s bold move: making Argentina’s economy normal
House Bukele at the court of Trump
Nayib Bukele provides Donald Trump with a legal black hole
Spring unsprung
Guatemala’s indigenous people grow impatient with their champion
Democrat or dictator?
The judge who would rule the internet
Nobody’s perfect
Daniel Noboa wins another term as Ecuador’s murder rate soars
Asia
Sticks and carats
The biggest bugs in the new gold rush are Asian
Risky routines
Indians are losing big on the stockmarket
Risen and rising
Why Christianity is taking an Asian turn
China
Middle East & Africa
The UAE’s destabilising influence
The UAE preaches unity at home but pursues division abroad
Trouble in the Horn of Africa
A new smash and grab for Red Sea ports
Israel’s Qatargate
Binyamin Netanyahu’s other war
Young and broke
Populism meets reality in Senegal
Pre-poll lock-up
When does opposition become treason in east Africa?
Europe
Fighting and talking
Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire is slipping away
When politics becomes the weak point
Power is being monopolised in Ukraine
Germany’s gag reflex
The threat to free speech in Germany
The battle on the right
Young men in Spain love the hardline Vox
Britain
When “equal value” comes to town
Birmingham’s bin strikes reveal local problems—and a national one
The Hollywood of Europe
Are hits like “Adolescence” good or bad for Britain?
The Economist poll tracker
The splintering of British politics
The value of a life
How Britain decides which drugs to buy
Bagehot: Patriotism
In praise of flag-shagging
International
Business
Uncle Sam v the dragon
Pity American firms in China. Xi Jinping is hitting back
When the levies break
How to swerve Donald Trump’s tariffs
Europe’s sunny south
Spanish business thrives while bigger European economies stall
Mutual connections
LinkedIn’s unlikely role in the AI race
Trash talk
A new way to recycle plastic is here
Bartleby
Reclaiming the office lunch
Finance & economics
Check your privilege
How Trump might topple the dollar
A time for bravery
Can the euro go global?
Collateral damage
Poor countries would miss King Dollar
Free exchange
Hell is other people’s currencies
Science & technology
Plastic and health
Microplastics have not yet earned their bad reputation
Artificial diplomats
AI models could help negotiators secure peace deals
Deep freeze
Scientists are getting to grips with ice
Well informed
Electric vehicles also cause air pollution
Culture
He said, she said
Bill v Melinda Gates: whose memoir should you read?
The Economist watches
The six best films about financial turmoil
Literary retellings
A celebrated Chinese novelist grapples with “Moby-Dick”
Looking sharp
A century on, Art Deco is as stylish as ever
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
A passion for freedom