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The pope was, in any case, no great admirer of the United States, or of unbridled capitalism. As a Latin American—an ...

Productivity fell from 81% of the American level in 2000 to 68% in 2023. In the same period, Canadian investment per worker tumbled from 60% of America’s to 41%. Lagging productivity has cascade ...

Immigration lawyers contacted by The Economist say they have had lots of inquiries. Plenty of people will pay good money to ...

T HE BALD MAN has not moved for more than three years. She arrived to take on a cargo of sunflower oil on the day before ...

Peter Thiel is obsessed with atoms. The prescient venture capitalist has said that the Manhattan Project, which created the ...

For much of the Western world, the two-day weekend is sacrosanct. In China, the right to rest for two days each week is not a given. Many students say goodbye to the concept when they start high ...

His election reflected a broader geographical shift in the church. Although the Vatican has been Catholicism’s spiritual and ...

O n Birmingham’s poorer streets, veiled mothers push their prams through scattered litter. The remarkably sunny spring would ...

During the stockmarket slumps of 2008 and 2020, for instance, the dollar rose. When investors are fearful, they normally rush ...

W hat do the following three companies have in common? Stellantis, owner of the Fiat, Jeep and Chrysler brands; Merck, which ...

Not many biographies would qualify as influential enough to justify their own exhibition. But it is impossible to argue with the choice made by the New York Historical museum to host a show ...