Christmas Specials
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Hollywood and AI
AI is stalking the last lions of Hollywood
The first actors to lose their jobs to artificial intelligence are four-legged
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Desert island dismal science
Why economists love “Robinson Crusoe”
The classic yarn of a shipwrecked sailor reveals a lot about scarcity
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Free speech, gay rights and waterfowl
A tale of penguins and prejudice is a parable of modern America
When two male penguins hatched an egg in Central Park, they set off an enduring controversy
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Following Fatimah’s sandals
What the journey of a pair of shoes reveals about capitalism
And how Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country, is changing
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Cereal killer
The life-giving, death-dealing power of corn
Maize fed ancient civilisations, then wiped out 100,000 American Southerners. What went wrong?
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Life does not stop
How five Ukrainian cities are coping, despite Putin’s war
From ravers to rubbish collectors, residents tells their stories
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Beside the seaside
Millions of Chinese are venturing to the beach for the first time
China’s beach culture is a microcosm of society
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Make America Godly Again
Many Trump supporters believe God has chosen him to rule
The Economist tries to find out why
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Wine and climate
Global warming is changing wine (not yet for the worse)
New vineyards are popping up in surprising places; old ones are enduring
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Sketching the year’s big stories
The cartoons that sum up 2023
KAL, our resident cartoonist, was inspired by AI, inflation, China and Donald Trump
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