Worse, it creates incentives to block democracy

Growing hatred of the facilities is reshaping the midterm elections

Wearable machines that assist just one part of the body are proving surprisingly useful

It may be nothing. But it may be something big

Business schools are running out of management ideas, but dressing rooms are full of them

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Investors are unconvinced by Claudia Sheinbaum’s policies

But its new policies could hurt construction and employment

The unintended consequences of curbs on options trading

Nvidia is synonymous with the AI boom. Insatiable global demand for its chips has made it the world’s most valuable company, worth some $5.5trn. Next year it may also become the most profitable, generating perhaps $250bn in net income.

But critics think…

It is woefully short of the resources and international help to cope with them

The chipmaker’s enormous bets are how capitalism is supposed to work

When the Nvidia boss returns to his native Taiwan, things get a little weird

But will its loans prove sound?

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The mountain of debt funding their expansion is growing rapidly

Nothing good, if recent months are anything to go by

Violent crime is falling fastest in cities like London. It’s the counties you should worry about

The performer and champion of traditional opera died on August 11th, aged 97

It takes more than huge amounts of money to disrupt a game