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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
South Carolina’s senior senator is dead at 71
Prosperity and infrastructure development have not come with improved safety
It has spread to five provinces in Congo and may soon reach South Sudan
Its payments firms may be the first casualties
But online misogyny is only one corner of a much bigger problem
The merchants are becoming princes, writes Tim O’Reilly
Alexandra Suich Bass, our culture editor, examines whether the uber-rich pursue Old Master paintings
John Prideaux, our executive editor, on the rise of a new political class from the activist left
Could the global rise in homeschooling be bad for society?
A nice, hot bath can go a long way