Our daily political update, featuring the stories that matter
Ledgers haven’t been this exciting since the invention of double-entry book-keeping
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
But its billionaires threaten to flee if there is another attempt to fleece them
Bosses, investors, policymakers—all are fearful of a jobs-pocalypse
Mass migration and sex tourism are causing a new wave of exploitation across Latin America
John Prideaux, our US editor, considers the implications of a leaked phone call between American and Russian officials
What does it mean to live by your principles when your country seems to be going astray?
How do you prepare 100,000 meals at sea?
Andriy Yermak amassed enormous power and lots of enemies
How we chose this week’s image
Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, a holiday conversation one of our co-hosts long tried to avoid