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本期文章: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Political thought: The threat from the illiberal left Afghanistan: Do not move on, move forwards The world economy: Delta means change Defaults in China: China’s toxic twins Famine: Why Madagascar is going hungry Letters to the editor: On Afghanistan, vaccinations, chewing-gum, Berlin, corporate jargon The illiberal left: Out of the academy Imposing orthodoxy: Echoes of the confessional state The White House: Polling realpolitik The Supreme Court: Roe on the ropes Closing the 9/11 era: Wauthorisation Dim the lights: Star power Philanthropy: The woking class Lexington: Through a glass darkly Venezuelan talks: Machiavellian manoeuvres Canada’s election: A cuddlier kind of Conservatism Afghanistan: After the airlift Media in Afghanistan: Cutting Kabul’s cable Prostitution in Indonesia: Perverse outcomes Higher education in Singapore: Lessons learnt Banyan: The missing warrior Property: Red lines, grey rhinos and big mountains Coal projects: Squeezing out the carbon Chaguan: Xi Jinping Thought for children Madagascar: Hunger island Nigeria’s accidental public servant: Reform, and its malcontents Israel’s foreign policy: Manage the conflict The Middle East’s heritage: Bulldozing history Russia: Get them while they’re young Germany’s election: It’s complicated Germany: A tale of two pubs Georgia: Too many boys Poland and Belarus: Stranded in no-man’s-land Charlemagne: Après Afghanistan Britain’s economy: Out of stock Trade after Brexit: Tied up in knots Online privacy after Brexit: GBPR Learning loss: Back to basics Scottish politics: Going nowhere Health care: Spin doctors Bagehot: Not up to it Conspiracy theories: It’s all connected, man The future of meetings: Update your calendar Information technology: The Oracle of AI Rivian: Can it deliver? Video gaming: Game over Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos: Theatre of blood Bartleby: ‘Twas ever thus Schumpeter: Epic’s battle royale Vietnam’s growth model: The special sauce Labour shortages: Help wanted Bitcoin as legal tender: Satoshis for cervezas Climate risk: Hot take Buttonwood: Profit and dross Free exchange: All tied up We're hiring: Wanted: a new economics writer Finding living planets: Worlds enough, and time AI for vehicles: Is it smarter than a seven-month-old? Evolution: Cross-dressing hummingbirds Scientific errors: Autoincorrect Cuban history: An American tragedy Liberalism and the truth: The faculty of useful knowledge Johnson: He, she, hizzer Israeli fiction: The long road back The history of books: Keys to all knowledge Economic data, commodities and markets Environmental regulation: We were expecting you Gino Strada: Blood and roses Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)