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What the Big Mac index reveals about a global currency beef
It highlights economic problems—and helps explain how to solve them
Despite 40 years of our Big Mac index, currencies are still mispriced
Exchange-rate theory can be a lot to digest. Instead, take three trips to McDonald’s
How many people are dying as a result of USAID’s demise?
Fewer than academics imagine, but more than Elon Musk will admit
A common European safe asset is still unlikely
For that, blame high national debts
Japan pursues an ill-timed fiscal stimulus
Takaichi Sanae’s economic agenda bears little resemblance to her mentor’s
Narendra Modi is on a quest to regain his aura
What India’s government learnt from recent student protests
The political challenges of air-conditioning
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Private equity is coming for the Indian Premier League
The cricket tournament has proved hugely profitable
Behind India’s protests is a crisis in the graduate-jobs market
Fixing the exam system will not solve that
Death toll in Japan earthquake rises to 30 as aftershock and heat hamper rescue efforts
Soldiers and emergency teams search damaged shopping centre, paper mill and homes for survivorsEarthquake rocks southern Japanese island of Kyushu – in picturesThe death toll from the powerful earthquake that...