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Around the world, an anti-red-tape revolution is taking hold. Done right, it could kick-start economic growth. In the wrong hands, it risks giving deregulation a bad name
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Britain’s new government may already be dead in the water. It has shredded its own reputation and poisoned the politics of growth
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War is tipping a fragile world towards mass hunger. Fixing that is everyone’s business. Our latest cover story explains how the calamity can be minimised
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More than 80% of foreign correspondents surveyed said they faced "interference, harassment or violence" working in China
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Put your social plans on paws: it’s Fat Bear Week (yes, really). Here’s why it matters 👇
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Donations to Black Lives Matter-related causes since May were $10.6bn
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"I once did a Terminator film called “Judgment Day”. That’s just Hollywood. But January 6th is Judgment Day for a lot of politicians," writes @Schwarzenegger for The Economist
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Today on “The Intelligence”: a special episode examining China’s crimes against the Uyghurs and how the party’s influence is felt by the diaspora all over the world
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The viewing figures for the second presidential debate could well exceed those for the first
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America is taking the lead on challenging China over allegations of forced labour
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Refugees are actually the least likely potential terrorists
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What advice can this year’s @NobelPrize winners give a new generation of economists? Laureate David Card of @UCBerkeley joins @R_Shanbhogue on our “Money Talks” podcast
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Donald Trump’s polling lead over Joe Biden may be smaller than it looks. If you consider only the highest-quality polls, the Republican’s advantage melts away 📈.
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Donald Trump's early success in Florida, Ohio and Texas has put America’s election on a knife's edge. Our #Election2020 hub has the latest analysis
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China's authoritarian rule in Hong Kong, repression of Uyghurs and alleged cyber-attacks in the US are some of the actions that America has criticised
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In a guest opinion series debating the wisdom of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, @general_ben argues that negotiating with Russia would be “foolish”
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The most nail-biting risk of all this year is of an unintended clash between China and America over the South China Sea #TheWorldIn2021
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During Andrew Yang’s presidential bid, in which universal basic income was a centrepiece, approval for the programme rose more than 40%
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America's police kill roughly one person a day. All eyes are once again on #Ferguson . http://t.co/KanccPdAc3
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During Andrew Yang’s presidential bid, in which universal basic income was a centrepiece, approval for the programme rose more than 40%
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📍 The event is hosted by Katmai National Park & Preserve in southern Alaska. 🐻 Fans use before and after photos to vote for the bear they think has gained the most weight throughout the summer to prepare for hibernation
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The Federal Reserve has been formally shooting for 2% since 2012. Some economists argue that the target should be higher
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On September 7th El Salvador will become the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. What will change?
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For children born during 1994-2013, vaccinations prevented 322m illnesses, 21m hospitalisations and 730,000 deaths http://t.co/mEpqFiBsuw.
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Today on “The Intelligence”: Hong Kong’s democratic old guard on trial, a spate of activist murders in Colombia and analysing Oregon’s drug-decriminalisation bid
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In Xinjiang, a million or more people have been put in camps. Uyghurs who live abroad still fear the Chinese authorities
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Income inequality in America is much worse than the figures suggest http://t.co/g03bwOCbzK
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Jimmy Carter, a former American president and winner of a Nobel peace prize, turns 91 today
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The final reading of our presidential forecast model puts Kamala Harris on a median of 276 electoral-college votes, with Donald Trump on 262. Explore the data: 👇.
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It is difficult to imagine the Chinese yuan overturning the dollar, but a transition could start. Tourists could be key
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Half of America's poor say banking is too expensive for them. Life without banks is costly too http://t.co/3s2GKjeJTb
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Daily chart: how households around the world spend their money differently http://t.co/VE3L6LP79c
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Only a handful of US universities admit applicants solely on academic merit. All should http://t.co/jkbW4h9BtZ.
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More teenagers who did not experience gender dysphoria in childhood are coming out as transgender. One controversial study cites "social and peer contagion"
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In Xinjiang, a million or more people have been put in camps. Uyghurs who live abroad still fear the Chinese authorities
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#FatBearWeek began as a niche contest for conservationists. But now it serves two purposes:. 🏔 To bring Alaska’s pristine wilderness to fans’ computer screens. 🐾 To teach people about brown bears, and the fragile ecosystems they inhabit
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Obituary: Burt Shavitz walked away from a billion-dollar company to live in the woods http://t.co/BdZeACUacx
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Mark Kelly's win gives Arizona its first all-Democratic Senate contingent in nearly 70 years
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Our data should be treated as personal property—and we should be paid for it, says @iamwill #OpenFuture
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It was once hoped that as Americans started to experience global warming’s devastating effects they would become more accepting of climate science. That is not happening
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Our quote of the day is from Franklin Roosevelt, the 32nd American president
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Republicans owe much of their electoral success to liberals who don’t vote
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The trial of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor will begin in China tomorrow. The two men appear to be hostages. To get them home Canada will need America’s help
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We are witnessing the most significant shift in power relations since the end of the cold war http://t.co/tiqySH3FOm
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Donald Trump's problem is he's unlikely to prevail with little support among educated voters http://t.co/Qg4zCsCW8R
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Americans are 40 times more likely than Brits to be murdered with a gun http://t.co/chDN3kslIj
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From June: "It is only a matter of time before the next recession. The world is not ready" http://t.co/7V4IyuvMnW
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The patent system should reward fresh ideas. Instead, it holds them back. Here's how to fix it http://t.co/V7GnNNly6Z
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In the contest for popularity in America, Narendra Modi is beating Xi Jinping hands down http://t.co/TasWnzZ2Gu
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“I wanted to try to understand how information ripples through society.” @MariaRessa, the joint winner of the #nobelpeaceprize2021, explains why she started the news organisation Rappler, on “The Economist Asks” podcast
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40 countries around the world have built fences against 64 of their neighbours since 1989 http://t.co/fwVq860hcN
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Between 1877 and 1950 almost 4,000 black southerners were lynched http://t.co/CX3nJnbvBD
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The moral failures of America's prison-industrial complex http://t.co/8zJKJt2Ha8
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The number of mass shootings per year in America has rocketed in the past decade. Why? http://t.co/W8DEJbl55R
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2015 is by far America's worst ever year for mass shootings. And it's not even over http://t.co/qNb0KwmU75
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Poor Americans often rely on high-cost payday lenders—at an interest rate of 322% http://t.co/uLgk9kQErg
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Half of America's poor say banking is too expensive for them. Life without banks is costly too http://t.co/DaQPFsSl5N
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Since 1970, productivity has more than doubled in the US while median incomes rose only 11% http://t.co/whybPvk7Xa
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US presidential hopeful Andrew Yang offers 106 proposals, running from the consequential to the zany. Many of them are quite sensible
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Quito is beautiful but woefully governed. Its mayor, Jorge Yunda, was recently impeached. He now wears an electronic tag
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The presidential debate was awful for Joe Biden, but the cover-up has been worse. The dishonesty of his campaign provokes contempt. He must withdraw
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China is unlikely to give visas to Western reporters to cover the games, other than those in the bubble covering the sports #WorldAhead
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Nearly half of US households must sell or borrow something to cover an unexpected $400 expense http://t.co/vlqYhHNx33
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From June: "It is only a matter of time before the next recession. The world is not ready" http://t.co/K2JgGA7gBP
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Systemic racism is a problem, and so-called “justifiable homicides” are on the rise #Ferguson
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When Fox News won't defend your right to shoot something, you know you're on the wrong side http://t.co/t55KI1mCN4
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Islam is now the second-most popular faith in every southern US state except South Carolina http://t.co/HEa1OYnQb2
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Many of Donald Trump's votes come from better educated high-earners
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Global carbon emissions were 58% higher in 2012 than they were in 1990. The world must act http://t.co/ESW4i2FiTr
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2015 is by far America's worst ever year for mass shootings. And it's not even over http://t.co/6eGDrq5pU9
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Student debt in America now totals $1.2 trillion, up more than threefold over the past decade http://t.co/1qvOlLRryy
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The world’s most advanced surface warships will be deployed by America in the Asia-Pacific
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America's Great Lakes are filling up with the beads in your toothpaste. Now fish are dying http://t.co/5P7unAtvm3
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Why American censors supressed accounts of suffering in Nagasaki 70 years ago http://t.co/aQ2mQDwr5W
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Gun makers have profited handsomely from the anxiety stirred up by Barack Obama’s presidency http://t.co/pqcF54jY65
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The father of Steve Jobs, the ground-breaking founder of Apple, was a refugee from Syria
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For the past 25 years America has utterly dominated great-power politics. Things are changing http://t.co/bmI9w6vrl2
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US presidential hopeful Andrew Yang offers 106 proposals, running from the consequential to the zany. Many of them are quite sensible
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🌟 Creators and fans of Fat Bear Week argue the contest has gone viral because it is a conservation success story that for one week helps dispel feelings of doom about habitat loss and climate change. Learn more here
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Bernie Sanders seduces big crowds with unrealistic policies http://t.co/V8If5nSz1I
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Presidents do not have to be saints, and we hope that a second term for Donald Trump would avoid disaster. But he poses an unacceptable risk to America and the world. If The Economist had a vote, we would cast it for Kamala Harris
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton—organiser of the first women's rights movement in America—was born #onthisday 1815
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Donald Trump talks of vaccines triggering an “epidemic” of autism. He is wrong again http://t.co/mkv9C3dqPu
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After years of treating customers like dirt, airlines are in for surprise. http://t.co/6Op53LNtCq
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It seems that satire especially riles those most ripe for it http://t.co/l59cDjyPwT
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No matter which way you look at it, global poverty has fallen by half since 1987 http://t.co/llCADDnXba
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Silicon Valley is perhaps the most productive and innovative land mass in the world http://t.co/EBLrjfiQhN
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Michigan has been called for Joe Biden. If Mr Biden wins Nevada he reaches the threshold of 270 electoral college votes
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Approval for Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination is lower than for any Supreme Court candidate in more than three decades, according to polling data compiled by The Economist
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Thirty Alaskan villages are about to disappear into the water http://t.co/0PyCC0QVr6
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