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How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America

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Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy http://dlvr.it/T4swLs

Which country will be last to escape inflation?

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A new dividing line in the global fight http://dlvr.it/T4hlYW

How the “Magnificent Seven” misleads

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Forget the supergroup of stockmarket darlings http://dlvr.it/T4hlGs

How India could become an Asian tiger

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The world’s most selective bureaucracy is struggling to make it happen http://dlvr.it/T4hkyl

Europe’s economy is under attack from all sides

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First Putin, now Xi. Next Trump? http://dlvr.it/T4fr4S

As markets soar, should investors look beyond America?

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The country’s stocks are extremely expensive http://dlvr.it/T4XvPF

America’s realtor racket is alive and kicking

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Celebrations over a settlement between agents and homeowners are premature http://dlvr.it/T4PHbl

First Steven Mnuchin bought into NYCB, now he wants TikTok

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Is there any limit to his ambitions? http://dlvr.it/T4PHFY

Why America can’t escape inflation worries

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The Federal Reserve sticks to its plans, despite an uncertain situation http://dlvr.it/T4Mk7y

Japan ends the world’s greatest monetary-policy experiment

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For the first time in 17 years, officials raise interest rates http://dlvr.it/T4JHGf

How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties

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Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis http://dlvr.it/T4GJ1z

How NIMBYs increase carbon emissions

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Opposition to new buildings has unfortunate consequences http://dlvr.it/T43WGw

The private-equity industry has a cash problem

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Little wonder its investors are protesting http://dlvr.it/T43VyM

China’s economic bright spots provide a warning

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What is revealed by a visit to an optimistic port http://dlvr.it/T43VbL

Saudi Arabia’s investment fund has been set an impossible task

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It must earn eye-watering returns while speeding the shift to a post-oil economy http://dlvr.it/T43VFJ

China is churning out solar panels—and upsetting sand markets

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The hunt for grains with a silica concentration of more than 99.9% http://dlvr.it/T43Tt5

Is the bull market about to turn into a bubble?

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Share prices are surging. Investors are delighted—but also nervous http://dlvr.it/T3x1Sg

Russia’s economy once again defies the doomsayers

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As an election nears, Vladimir Putin now looks to have inflation under control http://dlvr.it/T3t5sS

How investors get risk wrong

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Contrary to popular wisdom, more volatile stocks do not outperform http://dlvr.it/T3lBd9

The world is in the midst of a city-building boom

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Everyone, from Donald Trump and Peter Thiel to Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, is getting involved http://dlvr.it/T3lBKV

America’s rental-market mystery

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And why it may deter the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates http://dlvr.it/T3l9y9

Globalisation may not have increased income inequality, after all

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A new study questions the received wisdom on trends within countries http://dlvr.it/T3l9fB

Bitcoin’s price is surging. What happens next?

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The cryptocurrency is up by 63% this year http://dlvr.it/T3jkZM

Can Israel afford to wage war?

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As the battle continues, costs are spiralling http://dlvr.it/T3g5gR

The Economist’s finance and economics internship

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We invite applications for the 2024 Marjorie Deane internship http://dlvr.it/T3fnbS