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Carrying a child for someone else should celebrated—and rewarded
A must-read selection of articles from this week's issue of The Economist, straight from the desk of Zanny Minton Beddoes
A must-read selection of articles from this week's issue of The Economist, straight from the desk of Zanny Minton Beddoes
Vast flows of data give internet companies unprecedented power and change the dynamics of competition. To keep up, antitrust authorities need to adopt data-savvy rules and tools
Women are not allowed to drive—so they are a captive market for Uber and its rivals
China’s president, Xi Jinping, is pushing an ambitious plan to build new trade routes. How is it going?
Voters who have doubts about Emmanuel Macron should still cast their ballot against Marine Le Pen
A must-read selection of articles from this week's issue of The Economist, straight from the desk of Zanny Minton Beddoes
People say that they want to die free of pain, with dignity, at home surrounded by family and friends. Instead the system puts them through pointless, distressing, last-ditch treatments. It does not have to be that way
Tech firms are on a building spree. What do their gleaming new offices say about the future of work?
Donald Trump takes aim at Canada’s trade with the United States
As they are known today, the icy wastes surrounding the North Pole are unlikely to survive
A must-read selection of articles from this week's issue of The Economist, straight from the desk of Zanny Minton Beddoes
Our cover this week looks at Turkey. Whether or not Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins the referendum on a new constitution on April 16th, the country is sliding into dictatorship http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21720590-recep-tayyip-erdogan-carrying-harshest-crackdown-decades-west-must-not-abandon
Aadhaar, the scheme that provides 1.3bn Indians with a unique, biometrically verifiable identification, is a marvel. But it should be voluntary http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21720599-bjp-government-should-listen-peoples-qualms-about-snooping-indias-biometric-identity
