The Economist: Editor's Picks

Venture capitalists play an outsize role in technology's gender problem. They are bright, clannish and almost exclusively male http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21720621-venture-capitalists-are-bright-clannish-and-almost-exclusively-male-silicon-valleys-sexism

What looked like a two-way race has been thrown wide open http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21720667-worst-case-scenario-run-between-marine-le-pen-and-communist-backed-firebrand-frances

A must-read selection of articles from this week's issue of The Economist, straight from the desk of Zanny Minton Beddoes

Ever since last summer’s referendum on leaving the European Union, the prime minister, Theresa May, has been able to depict Brexit as a Utopian fantasy. Now that negotiations are beginning for real, Britain is due a brutal encounter with reality http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21719793-time-be-honest-about-trade-offs-ahead-britains-brutal-encounter-reality

Blocked by Congress, stuck in the courts and beset by a Russian scandal, Donald Trump is in a hole. That is bad news for America and the world http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21719794-and-bad-americaand-world-trump-presidency-hole

Because of weaker-than-expected electricity demand and growing enthusiasm for renewables, the outlook for coal in Asia’s biggest economies is darkening http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21719826-surge-renewable-energy-another-headache-black-stuff-lacklustre

As Xi Jinping prepares for his first summit with Donald Trump, is China about to challenge the United States for global leadership? http://www.economist.com/news/china/21719828-xi-jinping-talks-china-solution-without-specifying-what-means-china-challenging

Robots are encroaching on human work. The fate of the horse in the 20th century holds worrying lessons for what comes next http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21719795-probably-not-humans-have-lot-learn-equine-experience-will-robots

This week we have two covers. In Europe we ask what can be done to fix the European Union. As leaders gather to celebrate the club’s 60th anniversary, the project is in trouble. If it is to survive, the EU must become a lot more flexible http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21719462-if-it-survive-european-union-must-become-lot-more-flexible-can-europe-be-saved In the rest of the world our cover examines the extraordinary expectations surrounding Amazon. Never before has a company been worth so much for so long while making so little money. If it fulfils its ambitions, it may attract the attention of an even stronger beast: government http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21719487-amazon-has-potential-meet-expectations-investors-success-will-bring-big Terror in London A car, a kitchen knife and an Islamist-inspired killer bring chaos to the British capital http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21719525-car-kitchen-knife-and-islamist-inspired-killer-bring-chaos-central-london-britain US and them Donald Trump promises America greatness. Cutting aid and diplomacy will only make the country weaker http://www.economist.com/news/international/21719467-could-donald-trumps-attack-un-destabilise-world-us-v-un Science’s publishing problem Scientific journals were once a boon. Now they are slowing the progress of medical research http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21719438-about-change-findings-medical-research-are-disseminated-too

Donald Trump promises America greatness. Cutting aid and diplomacy will only make the country weaker http://www.economist.com/news/international/21719467-could-donald-trumps-attack-un-destabilise-world-us-v-un

As leaders gather to celebrate the European Union's 60th anniversary, the project is in trouble. If it is to survive, the EU must become a lot more flexible http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21719462-if-it-survive-european-union-must-become-lot-more-flexible-can-europe-be-saved

A car, a kitchen knife and an Islamist-inspired killer bring chaos to the British capital http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21719525-car-kitchen-knife-and-islamist-inspired-killer-bring-chaos-central-london-britain

Never before has a company been worth so much for so long while making so little money. If it fulfils its ambitions, it may attract the attention of an even stronger beast: government http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21719487-amazon-has-potential-meet-expectations-investors-success-will-bring-big

Scientific journals were once a boon. Now they are slowing the progress of medical research http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21719438-about-change-findings-medical-research-are-disseminated-too

Editor's picks: February 25th 2017