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Leaders

Joe Biden’s stimulus is a high-stakes gamble for America and the world

It is part of a three-pronged economic experiment

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The world’s consumers are sitting on piles of cash. Will they spend it?

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Our covid-19 model estimates odds of hospitalisation and death

Death rates depend mostly on age, whereas comorbidities sharply raise chances of hospitalisation in young people

Britain

The cost of Brexit becomes apparent

Filling the GDP gap it has created will be hard

Business

Will Coupang be the next successful baby Amazon?

South Korea’s tech darling is the latest e-commerce sensation to set investors’ pulses racing

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Democratic institutions continued to weaken in 2020

A closely watched measure of global freedom has fallen for 15 years straight

Business

Schumpeter: Should Jack Dorsey combine Twitter and Square?

Twitcoin, anyone?

Books & arts

The lost and future glamour of a Shanghai ballroom

A modern diva is overseeing a reboot of the legendary Paramount

What’s wrong with American democracy?

Leaders

How to renew America’s democracy

A dose of voting reform, and scrapping the filibuster, would help

Briefing

The filibuster is an oddity that harms American democracy

And it does not even stem from the constitution

United States

America’s battle over election laws

The conflict over democracy has escalated since Donald Trump’s exit from the White House

United States

How the 2020 census may help Republicans regain power in Washington

Reapportionment, gerrymandering and the Supreme Court could help the Republicans take back the House

Weekly edition

Biden’s big gamble: What a $1.9 trillion stimulus means for the world economy

March 13th 2021
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Britain’s royal ructions

Britain

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle take on the firm

The palace’s nightmare made flesh

Britain

Harry, Meghan and Marx

Brand Sussex represents the biggest threat to the monarchy so far

1843 magazine

From the archive: Meghan the moderniser?

At a time of flux, she appeared to be an asset to the royal family

The Economist explains

Where does Britain’s royal family get its money from?

The monarchy is funded by a mix of government largesse and private assets

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Business

McKinsey’s partners suffer from collective self-delusion

The smuggest guys in the room

Finance & economics

The world’s consumers are sitting on piles of cash. Will they spend it?

Households look set to power the economic recovery—especially in America

Science & technology

DNA from Neanderthals affects vulnerability to covid-19

One genetic legacy is protective. Another is harmful

Graphic detail

Covid-19 cases can be shaped by medical conditions and demography

Our risk model estimates chances of death and hospitalisation based on age, sex and comorbidities

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Special report: The future of shopping

The return of one-to-one commerce

Not since the Industrial Revolution has shopping been in such upheaval, writes Henry Tricks

E-commerce profits may become harder to make

The Amazons and Alibabas are not as impregnable as they might seem

The rise of the rebel brands

Turning backs on Amazon is hard but not impossible

Independent retailers may choose multiple sales channels

Alternatives to big tech are flourishing around the world

The importance of "omnichannel" strategies

Reports of the death of the supermarket have been exaggerated

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