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In Spain’s parliament, you can now speak Basque (or Catalan or Galician)

ALWAYS REMEMBER this, Sepharad / Keep safe the bridges of dialogue / and take care to understand and keep / the different reasons and languages of your children. In 1960 Salvador Espriu, a Catalan po…..
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Stealing from museums is easier than you might think

Go into the British Museum. Ignore the Rosetta Stone; dont turn left for the Elgin Marbles; dont be seduced by the sumptuous naked statue of Venus. Instead, head up the stairs to Room 69. Here, it is…..
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America’s corporate giants are getting harder to topple

Attend any business conference or open any management book and an encounter with some variation of the same message is almost guaranteed: the pace of change in business is accelerating, and no one is…..
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Elections in Ecuador and Guatemala suggest an anti-incumbent surge

ON AUGUST 20TH voters went to the polls in Ecuador and Guatemala. Both elections had surprising results. In Ecuador, two candidates will now head to a run-off: Luisa González, a protégée of Rafael Co…..
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Britain has a growing problem with dangerous dogs

THESE DOGS are my therapy, says Darren Egan, a 12-year-old dog handler, as he carefully straddles Indie, his 44-kilo American Bully pup. I trust them. Darren and his dad, Michael, have driven 17 hour…..
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Goldman Sachs has a David Solomon problem

It began as a steady drip of criticism, including on the cover of The Economist, concerning Goldman Sachss patchy performance during his tenure as chief executive. The firms foray into consumer banki…..
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Ukraine’s sluggish counter-offensive is souring the public mood

Read more of our recent coverage of the Ukraine crisis THE DISAPPOINTING pace of Ukraines counter-offensive has been the focus of international headlines for weeks. For Anastasia Zamula the conseque…..
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China’s defeated youth: Young Chinese have little hope for the future

IN THE SOUTHERN city of Huizhou an electronics factory is hiring. The monthly salary on offer is between 4,500 and 6,000 yuan (or $620 and $830), enough to pay for food and essentials, but not much e…..
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Japan’s porn industry comes out of the shadows

KURUMIN AROMA, a 33-year-old YouTuber who lives near Tokyo, used to dream of becoming a singer. A decade ago, a man approached her on the street and asked her to be a swimsuit model. He also offered …..
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Flying taxis could soon be a booming business

Paris has long been at the heart of the history of flight. It is where the Montgolfier brothers ascended in the first hot-air balloon in 1783, and where Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo tra…..
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War in Ukraine has triggered a boom in Europe’s defence industry

WE ARE WORKING flat-out, says Armin Papperger, chief executive of Rheinmetall, Germanys biggest arms-maker. Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, the Düsseldorf-based maker of tank…..
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A retiring consultant’s advice on consultants

DEAR Robin, I was delighted when you commissioned me to prepare this report for you after our discussion at the club. As a newly appointed chief executive at a Fortune 500 company, a thrilling yet pe…..
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Politics

Donald Trump was hit with a fourth indictment. The front-runner in the Republican primary faces a total of 91 criminal charges. The latest blow comes from Georgia, where the former president and 18 o…..
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Having shaken off nationalism, Europe risks civilisationalism

It is possible to be black and Dutch, or for a person of Moroccan descent to be unequivocally French. But is it possible to be non-white and to think of oneself as European? In most ways, certainly. …..
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The BRICS are getting together in South Africa

LIKE THE iPod and MySpace, the BRICS bloc is a product of the benign optimism of the 2000s. In 2001 Goldman Sachs coined the acronym BRIC in a paper about the economic potential of Brazil, Russia, In…..
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Anwar Ibrahim survives his first electoral test

For six decades after its independence in 1957, Malaysia was governed by a single party. Then in 2018 voters ejected the United Malays National Organisation, appalled by the involvement of the prime …..
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Germany is becoming expert at defeating itself

In The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, an animated film from 1976, one of the feats the diminutive Gaul must perform is to secure a government permit. To do so he must visit a vast office called The Place T…..
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Democracy and the price of a vote

Atypical economist does not have all that much in common with a typical protester in a failing dictatorship. Dismal scientists favour cautious lessons, carefully crafted and suitably caveated, backed…..
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Is Vietnam’s EV darling heading for a crash?

On August 15thVinFast, a Vietnamese electric-vehicle (EV) manufacturer, made its trading debut on the Nasdaq, an American stock exchange. It was quite the entrance: the companys share price rocketed,…..
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Ethiopia risks sliding into another civil war

The sight of tanks rolling through towns as armed drones circle in the sky was supposed to be history. Nine months after a peace deal brought a formal end to Ethiopias civil war, many had hoped the c…..

About The Economist

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The Economist is a British weekly newspaper printed in demitab format and published digitally that focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, technology, and culture. Based in London, the newspaper is owned by The Economist Group, with core editorial offices in the United States, as well as across major cities in continental Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. In 2019, its average global print circulation was over 909,476; this, combined with its digital presence, runs to over 1.6 million. The editorial stance of The Economist primarily revolves around classical, social, and most notably economic liberalism. Since its founding, it has supported radical centrism, favouring policies and governments that maintain centrist politics.
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