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America's next fiscal fight

Gimmicks

From the filibuster to the debt ceiling, the agenda of the US government is now being determined by a series of legislative gimmicks 91

Pakistani politics

General turmoil

Profound instability looms in Pakistan, which may be just what the army wants 94

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Japan’s economy

Keynes, trains and automobiles

Can a fiscal and monetary splurge reboot Japan’s recessionary economy? 100

Infrastructure in Brazil

Daylight piracy

A plan to fix the ports 44

Infrastructure in India: the country's love affair with public-private partnerships faces a stern test (Dec 2012) 37

Drugs in sport

Legalise drugs—except in sport

Making drugs illegal encourages crime and corruption, but there are reasons to ban them in sport 149

Why steroid users should nevertheless be admitted to baseball’s Hall of Fame 65

Measurement

Mass effect

A better way to clean the world’s one true kilogram 30

Innovation pessimism

Has the ideas machine broken down?

The idea that innovation and new technology have stopped driving growth is getting increasing attention, but is not well founded 142

Reform in China

Battling the censors

Protesters are calling for freedom of the press and freedom of speech. Rarely have such demands been aired so openly 129

For the Pope, cash is king

Why payment cards are no longer accepted by Vatican City

Facebook's latest innovation

Search and your friends will find

Chips off the old block

Tracking children has never been easier. Nice for parents, not for privacy

Fighting in Myanmar's Kachin state

An unwelcome escalation in the far north

Trivia and sleaze

The recent coverage of the death of a Romanian celebrity was yet another illustration of how the standards of Romania’s media are deteriorating

A languid Tango

Argentina grounds its presidential plane to keep it from being seized

Remembrance of the recent past

War memorials in the Balkans continue to set off disputes about how to remember the past

Academia attacked

Syria’s war continues to inflict a staggeringly high toll on civilians

Edison's revenge

Long eclipsed by AC, DC electricity is coming back

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