May 4th 2024

Truth and lies: The new science of disinformation

Leaders

A region in mortal danger

Emmanuel Macron’s urgent message for Europe

The French president issues a dark and prophetic warning

Truth or lies?

How disinformation works—and how to counter it

More co-ordination is needed, and better access to data

All talk

Should American universities call the cops on protesting students?

The principles involved in resolving campus protests are not that hard

Uncle Sam’s fiscal folly

America’s reckless borrowing is a danger to its economy—and the world’s

Without good luck or a painful adjustment, the only way out will be to let inflation rip

The dream that darkened

Why South Africans are fed up after 30 years of democracy

After a bright start the ANC has proved incapable of governing for the whole country

The haven falls

Japan is wrong to try to prop up the yen

Supporting the currency is expensive and futile

A Holyrood ending

The wider lessons of Scotland’s political turmoil

Humza Yousaf’s resignation is the latest in a string of setbacks

Letters

On assisted dying, poor fishermen, military conscription, children and smartphones, RFK junior

Letters to the editor

By Invitation

Briefing

Budgetary blindness

America’s fiscal outlook is disastrous, but forgotten

On the campaign trail, both main candidates largely ignore the problem

Asia

China

United States

Middle East & Africa

The Americas

Europe

Britain

International

Business

A copper-bottomed deal

Why does BHP want Anglo American?

Finance & economics

Science & technology

Culture

Economic & financial indicators

The Economist explains

The Economist explains

The vocabulary of disinformation

Obituary