The world this week

Politics
Business
KAL’s cartoon
Leaders


Xi Jinping
The Prince
How to make sense of China’s enigmatic ruler—and the threat he poses at home and abroad

Russia and Ukraine
Baloney ballots
Phoney polls do not make Ukrainian land Russian, whatever Vladimir Putin says

The world economy
The rate shock
Markets are reeling from higher interest rates. The world economy is next

Companies and greenery
All talk, no trousers
The fundamental contradictions of ESG are being laid bare

Rebellion in Iran
Is this time different?
If the protests gather momentum, there is no knowing how they will end

Britain in crisis
How not to run a country
Liz Truss’s new government may already be dead in the water

Letters

Letters to the editor
On the British monarchy, clean energy, Norway, Vladimir Putin, New York
By Invitation


Britain’s economy
The stupidity of Kwasi Kwarteng’s policies means markets expect their reversal, says Tony Yates
Europe’s energy crisis
To protect Germany’s green transition, accept coal and nuclear power, says Veronika Grimm
Briefing


The Prince among princelings
The Prince among princelings
Xi Jinping is the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao. The Economist has spent nine months exploring what shapes his thinking
Asia


Japanese politics
Moments of silence
Kazakhstan
Capital punishment
Labour shortages
Hostel to fortune
Trade and subsidies
Electric storm
Banyan
Global guru
China


The economy
Who will be the next economic tsar?
Population control
Procreative differences
Chaguan
China tires of covid controls
United States


Midterm effects
A chronicle of gridlock foretold
Hurricane Ian
Unnatural disaster
Urbanism
The joy of roundabouts
Midterm maths
The new swing voters
The labour market
Forgotten men
The Supreme Court
Back to the bench
Lexington
The style of a Democrat

Middle East & Africa


The Democratic Republic of Congo
Dispatch from a forgotten war
Rebellion in Iran
Women lead the way
The Arabic language
Swamped by English
The Americas


Brazil’s election
Are the polls right?
Bello
Peru’s degraded politics
Europe


Russia’s war
Nothing to celebrate
Energy crisis
The very long winter
Italy’s new government
The F-word
The French budget
Steady on
Church bells
Going for a bong
Charlemagne
Auf wiedersehen, pact
Britain


Britain in crisis
Pounded land
Public opinion
No growth please. We’re British
The National Health Service
Cold, hard truths
Strip clubs
Poles apart
Energy conservation
Nanny knows best
Bagehot
The rise of Default Man
International


Nuclear blackmail
Climbing the ladder
Business


The corporate-credit crunch
Debt, denial and deleveraging
Italian business
Giorgia on their mind
Unilever
Hope after Jope
Semiconductors
Painful memory
The business of Indian weddings
Matrimony Inc
Bartleby
The grip of vice
Schumpeter
BlackRock and a hard place
Finance & economics


Financial markets
The chill spreads
Inflation fighting (1)
The great tightening
Inflation fighting (2)
Last man standing
The saviour state
Bail-outs for everyone!
Buttonwood
Sharpening the axe
Free exchange
Currency-saving time
Science & technology


Malnutrition
Gut reactions
Parental behaviour
Dad brain
Trainspotting
Keeping track of the tracks
Planetary defence
Journey’s end
Recycling
Making the break
Culture


Japanese art
Alive and kicking
Historical fiction
Roaring into the maw
World in a dish
South to a very old place
Military history
The German way of war
A guide to the vale of tears
No other way but through
Back Story
The seventy year itch
Economic & financial indicators

Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail


Politics and statistics
Shining light on lies
The Economist explains


The Economist explains
Why the capture of a Russian T-90M tank matters
The Economist explains
Who are Iran’s hated morality police?
Obituary


Hilary Mantel
The ghosts within