May 25th 2024

Cash for kids: Why policies to boost birth rates don’t work

Leaders

Cash for kids

Why paying women to have more babies won’t work

Economies must adapt to baby busts instead

July 4th celebration

Rishi Sunak’s election call makes no sense, but is good news

Whether an act of political genius or lunacy, Britons should welcome it

Lawfare v warfare

The war-crimes case against the leaders of Israel and Hamas is flawed

Politics and diplomacy, not courts, are the key to ending violence and starting two-state talks

Security alert

Hacking phones is too easy. Time to make it harder

Regulators have avoided the problem for too long

30 years after apartheid

How to save South Africa

The rainbow nation needs an alternative to decline under the ANC

The new brains trust

What India’s clout in white-collar work means for the world

In time its tech firms could be as formidable as China’s manufacturers

Letters

On disinformation, digital payments, South-East Asia, Italy, Ravel’s “Boléro”, Tesla cars

Letters to the editor

By Invitation

Briefing

Dawdling and decay

Why this is South Africa’s most important election since 1994

It may force the country’s indecisive leader to make a fateful choice

Asia

China

United States

Middle East & Africa

The Americas

Lessons learned after Canada’s Frankenfires

Canadians are taking dramatic steps to avoid more ruinous firestorms

Europe

Britain

International

Business

Finance & economics

Science & technology

Culture

Economic & financial indicators

The Economist explains

Obituary