Blame Jio, the country’s telecoms disrupter, going public
Rachel Lloyd our deputy culture editor, reflects on the history of newsletters
Local elections will highlight the ANC’s steep decline and the role of race in politics
Tom Gardner, our Africa correspondent, explains how “civilisational thinking” shapes conflicts in the region
Its agents are more than stochastic parrots and stranger than machine gods, write Henry Farrell and Cosma Shalizi
Also on the daily podcast: our American-midterms series takes Georgia and are film critics out of touch?
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
It could mean a fresh start for the country’s political right
His opponents will, nonetheless, probably struggle to form a government
Credit default swaps are back in vogue amid fears of a debt disaster
The folly of wanting a Middle East run by nationalist strongmen and made rich by global commerce
Hugo Gye, our Britain political correspondent, does some field research at a holiday park—and learns something about Britons’ wallets