Sep 29th 2018

Sex and power: #MeToo, one year on

The world this week

Leaders

Britain beyond Brexit

The quest to remake British politics

Beneath the chaos of the Brexit talks, big ideas are forming that will shape the next decade

Cash for trash

How the world should cope with its growing piles of rubbish

Poor countries must build infrastructure. Rich ones should waste less

Passports for sale

Countries should be free to sell citizenship, but not to crooks

There are many good reasons for wanting a second passport, but also some bad ones

Tick tock

The end of LIBOR

The hunt for a new benchmark interest rate poses risks to financial stability

Sex and power

#MeToo, one year on

A movement sparked by an alleged rapist could be the most powerful force for equality since women’s suffrage

Letters

Letters to the editor

Briefing

The world’s oldest political party’s new problems

How Brexit weakens and strengthens Britain’s Conservatives

And how it may yet spell their doom

United States

Truth and consequences

American politics after a year of #MeToo

Bench-warming

What to look for in the Supreme Court’s 2018-2019 term

Diversity implosion

Anti-discrimination statements by employers...

Midwest murder

How do you police America’s most murderous city?

Uncivil hands

Despite the rhetoric, actual political violence is rare

Lexington

High hopes for Hakeem Jeffries

The Americas

Go on, be a tiger

Steering Chile away from the middle-income trap

Those magnificent men and women

Latin American leaders are embarrassed by their aeroplanes

Bello

Peru’s providential president

Asia

Modicare

India’s government launches a vast health-insurance scheme

Banyan

A deal between China and the Vatican stirs anxiety in Taiwan

Identity politics

A court upholds but curbs India’s giant biometric ID system

Adverse selection

Victims of forced sterilisation in Japan fight for compensation

Sun, sea, sand and surprise

An amazing upset in elections in the Maldives

Dokdo’s spin doctors

South Korea craves foreign approval of its claim to two tiny rocks

China

A grave mistake

Officials in China use strong-arm tactics to curb burials

A spectre is haunting China

Officials in Beijing worry about Marx-loving students

Chaguan

An African enclave in China shows the limits of Chinese openness

Middle East & Africa

99 problems, and Trump’s just one

Iran’s troubles are mounting at home and abroad

Watch your step

Egypt’s president grows even more intolerant of dissent

Power struggle

A floating electricity plant divides Lebanon

Missiles with a message

What Russia’s upgrade of Syria’s air defences means for Israel

Long walk to growth

There are no quick fixes for South Africa’s economy

Restorers required

Somaliland’s inviting Ottoman heritage

Europe

The tenth city

Europe’s capitals are booming, but most voters don’t live there

The perils of cutting tax

A dubious tax cut for Dutch multinationals

Greying Greens

Germany’s Greens are older, wiser and doing well

A thirst for blue blood

A near-royal wedding in Romania

A sea of troubles

Things are going wrong for Vladimir Putin

Charlemagne

How the Brexit talks demonstrate the EU’s underlying resilience

Britain

¿Hasta la victoria?

A confident Labour is swaggering left in its economic policy

Vote early, vote often

Labour’s creep towards a second referendum creates more uncertainty

A new chapter

The NHS genomic service could transform medicine

Bloody scandal

An inquiry into infected blood investigates a cover-up

Lightning strikes

Britain’s first aircraft-carrier landing in eight years

Burn to earn, time to learn

Northern Ireland’s RHI inquiry puts Arlene Foster in the spotlight

A new ingredient

Spice is throwing up problems not seen with other drugs

Bagehot

Jeremy Corbyn, pillar of the establishment

International

A home in the country

Selling citizenship is big business—and controversial

Sweet deserts

How the United Arab Emirates became an oasis for tax evaders

Special report

A load of rubbish

Emerging economies are rapidly adding to the global pile of garbage

Down in the dumps

The poor world and the rich world face different problems with their waste

Exit the dragon

A Chinese ban on rubbish imports is shaking up the global junk trade

Modern-day alchemy

Businesses are trying to reduce, reuse and recycle

Clearing the waves

Serious efforts are being made to clean up the oceans

What goes around

Introducing a more circular economy will meet with resistance

Business

Behind closed doors

American business and #MeToo

Bartleby

The annoying habits of highly effective people

Super-connecting

A tie-up is mooted between Emirates and Etihad

Sky high

Comcast carries off Sky

After Uber

A ride-hailing battle in South-East Asia

Shopping and nothingness

Carrefour adds to the intrigue around a rival French grocer

Panning out

Barrick Gold and Randgold join to form a mega-miner

Joining the high revvers

Makers of very expensive cars want to be luxury-goods firms

Finance & economics

The price of everything

A scramble to replace LIBOR is under way

Buttonwood

American startups have less need to list on the stockmarket

A matter of dispute

America is trying to change the way trade rows are settled

Familiar KORUS

The trade deal between America and South Korea has barely changed

Building it up

The beleaguered BRICS can be proud of their bank

A timeless argument

American creditors say China should honour pre-Communist debts

Second time lucky

The IMF agrees to beef up Argentina’s bail-out

Free exchange

Rising oil prices catch emerging economies at a vulnerable moment

Science & technology

Influenza

The centenary of the 20th century’s worst catastrophe

How influenza evolves

Flu’s success owes much to its genetic mutability

Books & arts

The gladiator’s edge

In the struggle for AI supremacy, China will prevail

Unsafe spaces

The real victims of campus activism are the students

The Rales rules

Contemporary art comes to the American capital

Keys to the heart

William Boyd’s new novel is a moreish romp

Flight to freedom

“Washington Black” is a poignant saga of slavery and escape

Economic & financial indicators

Output, prices and jobs

Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates

The Economist commodity-price index

World GDP

Markets

Obituary

Tradition’s voice