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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

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Baby-boomers are keeping their bad habits into retirement

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It set off destructive riots in Belfast and beyond

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The ghost of Versailles haunts Ukraine’s peace

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A shortage of good housing in Asia’s great metropolises goes hand in hand with high prices for the few decent dwellings. This is hurting the region’s economies

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Xi Jinping’s pet project, Xiongan, offers perks to its growing number of residents. But it is becoming an elite enclave, home to the government’s most privileged workers

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The management consultant’s guide to love and sex

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Why monoculture events like the World Cup are becoming the exception

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That is why New Yorkers love them

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Increasing bills, taxes or cutting spending elsewhere are the only ways to fund the nationalisation of British utilities. That’s a question not of ownership, but of political courage

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Irregular migration into the EU has markedly declined of late. But register for free to learn why the issue continues to poison European politics

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Since South Korea’s democratisation in the late 1980s, more than half of presidents have been impeached, jailed or both. Lee Jae Myung’s legacy will thus in part depend on whether he can break the curse of the Blue House

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Mega-events such as the World Cup still seize global attention. But the bigger picture is that entertainment is fragmenting

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“Europe must make clear that Ukraine’s future lies in the EU,” argues Anders Fogh Rasmussen. “This is the most powerful signal it can send to Vladimir Putin that any hope of subjugating Ukraine is futile”

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Xi Jinping will have to choose carefully when it comes to handling of his right-hand man’s future. Aides and advisers can easily be replaced. Trust cannot. Want our take on it? Read on by registering for free

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Is it possible to make electronics out of food? And why would anyone want to do that? Find out on this week’s “Babbage” podcast

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India’s demographic transition is the most striking example of a global trend. For it is no longer just wealthy places where families have few, or no, kids. Curious as to why? Register to continue reading (it’s free)

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Fundamentally, the British right has bet that the British public are, for want of a better word, bastards Illustration: Nate Kitch

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A study in France shows a striking gender gap within the first months of school

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Carmakers usually talk up a new model. Yet Ferrari is not like other car firms

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Concentrating power and wealth yet further among the handful of AI gods risks aggravating the very political backlash that is starting to worry Washington

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Developing countries—especially India—should learn from one place in particular

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Japan’s sprawling sex industry is thought to be worth ¥2trn-5trn ($12bn-31bn) a year. Lately a debate has raged over how the work is policed

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A recent report is perhaps the first document in the history of independent India to take a rational approach to alcohol. At its core is the concept of social harm and how to price it

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In short, they get plenty done in just 150 pages

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Symptoms include a flagging libido, tiredness, shrinking muscles and growing body fat

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The show now averages 8m American viewers per episode. A third of them rewatch episodes; 15% have watched five times or more

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The greatest civilisations of the past 3,000 years were the opposite of MAGA

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Our senior economics writer picks five books for those starting to study the subject

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Despite the Communist Party’s obsession with control, space for criticism of institutions occasionally still opens—though it is tough to know in advance how far one can push

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Companies run on decisions. Asking three questions makes choices better

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South Korea can “move beyond this normalisation of the abnormal”, President Lee Jae Myung tells The Economist, plausibly. He is less convincing in suggesting it could “develop into a nation that leads the world”. Register for free to read the full interview

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Could you survive 72 hours without outside food, water or electricity?

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Since property sales stopped plunging early this year, China’s property market has fallen back into the basement. There is the more than the pride of its leaders at stake

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The recipe for Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa hasn’t changed since it was first concocted in the 1600s. Yet the sweet syrup is enjoying a renewed surge in popularity

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Working out what might be going wrong inside your gut can involve invasive tests. What if you could swallow a pill to monitor your health instead? Find out more on “Babbage”

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When the Fed began buying Treasuries in huge volumes in March 2020, that suited both its monetary-policy and financial-stability objectives. Today, that would not be the case

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Wall Street’s sycophancy towards SpaceX marks quite a change from past IPO waves, when bankers were the masters of the universe

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That Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch recalls a passé imperial aesthetic is not lost on any of its critics—a near-competitor, height-wise, sits in the North Korean capital

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Lawmakers have little more than six years to find a remedy. If nothing is done, the immediate consequences will be dire for America’s pensioners