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本期文章: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon The world economy: How high will interest rates go? France’s presidency: Statistically significant The Winter Olympics: An icy chasm The Joe Rogan affair: Free speech’s new frontier Poverty in Britain: Wrong man, wrong plan Letters to the editor: On vaccine protests, the BBC, curling, quadratic voting, tipping Savings: Too much of a good thing Florida: A peninsular podium Preschool education: Wondering what’s best for the kids Abortion by mail: Easier does it Drought victim: The loneliness of the desert tortoise Crypto and the far right: White power and dark money The 2020 census: America is stagnating Lexington: America is uniting against Vladimir Putin Haiti: Aiding and abetting Canada: A populist turn Bello: Adrift in treacherous currents South-East Asian tourism: Out of office The environment in India: Seeing green Anti-vaxxers in Papua New Guinea: A nation of holdouts North Korea: New year fireworks Japanese demographics: Mujin tonic Banyan: Irony-free zones Technology: Virtual state of control New Year: Lame tiger Chaguan: Nixon in China, 50 years on Egypt’s economy (1): Rise and shine Egypt’s economy (2): Grains of wrath Guinea-Bissau: Pushers and putschists Uganda: Pipe dreams The sexual abuse of children: A continuing horror The French presidential election: Macron, odds on Russia and eastern Europe: Who’s next? Ukrainian politics: The man in the middle Turkey and Armenia: Caucasian thaw Charlemagne: Pigs can fly Regional development: Spreading the jam Law after Brexit: Digging deep HP v Autonomy: Lynchpin NHS waiting lists: To infinity and beyond Archives: Scrolling through Children and teenagers: The covid cohort Bagehot: Gray day, Gray day Welfare in poor countries: Just keep us alive Business and labour (1): Talent wars Business and labour (2): Depopulation pressure The snow business: Avalanche risk Spotify v singers: Blockin’ in the free world Bartleby: Body of research Schumpeter: Epic battle Capital spending: The urge to splurge Economic warfare: Taking aim Oil: A slippery patch Interest rates: The bill balloons Stocks in India: Roaring tiger Buttonwood: Sting in the tail Free exchange: The high kingdom Heavenly power: Faster, higher, stronger Scientific publishing: Handsome prints Drug delivery: Trypanophobics rejoice! Climate change: Methane mission Fundamental rights: The megaphone and the muzzle The undiscovered country: A thousand natural shocks GameStop revisited: The house always wins World in a dish: More fish in the sea Playground lore: Jabbed you Back Story: The parable of Taras Bulba Indicators: Economic data, commodities and markets Making a model: Elysian stakes Jean-Jacques Savin: To sea in a barrel Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)