Christmas Specials
Hollywood and AI
AI is stalking the last lions of Hollywood
The first actors to lose their jobs to artificial intelligence are four-legged
Desert island dismal science
Why economists love “Robinson Crusoe”
The classic yarn of a shipwrecked sailor reveals a lot about scarcity
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
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
Cereal killer
The life-giving, death-dealing power of corn
Maize fed ancient civilisations, then wiped out 100,000 American Southerners. What went wrong?
Life does not stop
How five Ukrainian cities are coping, despite Putin’s war
From ravers to rubbish collectors, residents tells their stories
Beside the seaside
Millions of Chinese are venturing to the beach for the first time
China’s beach culture is a microcosm of society
Make America Godly Again
Many Trump supporters believe God has chosen him to rule
The Economist tries to find out why
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
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
