May 31st 2014

A world to conquer

The world this week

Leaders

Asian business

A world to conquer

Asian business is reforming. Its emerging multinationals will change the way we all live

Europe’s angry voters

Bucked off

Europe’s leaders need to cut the power of Brussels in many areas, but in some they need to extend it

Health-care fraud in America

That’s where the money is

How to hand over $272 billion a year to criminals

A chocolate baron wins in Ukraine

Sweet victory

As well as pacifying separatists and dealing with Russia, Petro Poroshenko must remake Ukraine’s politics

Egypt’s new president

Marching to the wrong tune

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi must change course—or risk the fate of his predecessors

Letters

On Chinese philanthropy, Putin, Thailand, data, pharmaceutical companies, tax, American foreign policy, apprenticeships, shadow banking

United States

Foreign policy

The war on terror, part two

Texan primaries

Tea time in Texas

California’s congressional primary

The waning of Waxman

The job market

No degree required

Health-care fraud

The $272 billion swindle

How complex are health regulations?

The 140,000-code question

Lexington

History and Harleys

The Americas

Protest in Brazil

Cheering for Argentina

Colombia’s election

Uribe’s wrath

Migrants in the Dominican Republic

No place like home

Bello

The reform that got away

Asia

Thailand’s coup

In for the long haul

Indian politics

A flying start

Barack Obama and Afghanistan

Clock-watching

Japan’s demography

The incredible shrinking country

Banyan

The impossible dream

Middle East & Africa

Mali and the Sahel

The war is far from over

Migration from Africa

No wonder they still try

South Africa’s new government

The low-growth road

Religion in Sierra Leone

All things happily to all men

Football in Saudi Arabia

Where the popular will matters

Egypt’s election

A coronation flop

Europe

Europe’s elections

The Eurosceptic Union

Germany’s European elections

An alternative becomes real

Berlin’s airports

Don’t touch Tempelhof

Seismic shifts in French politics

Triple shock

Greece’s protest parties

Syriza and other radicals

Spain’s “indignant ones”

Exit Rubalcaba

Italy’s Renzi wins

Against the trend

European elections in the Nordics

Schadenfreude

Ukraine’s presidential poll

A two-tone election

Charlemagne

Who will run Europe?

Britain

Politics

The people’s army

UKIP and the economy

Enjoy it while it lasts

London’s lockups

Garage music

Tractor manufacturing

Dominating the field

Racism in Britain

Pride and prejudice

Chinese tourists

Quality, not quantity

Bagehot

Ed’s toast

Scottish independence

The oracle of Holyrood

International

Demography

Quality time

Pay activism

The new minimalism

Fridge ownership

Cool developments

Special report

Business in Asia

How to keep roaring

Megatrends

Q & Asia

Governance

Avoiding the dinosaur trap

China Mobile

Get up and dance

Hutchison Whampoa

Now for the fat-cow years

Globalisation

The fear factor

Convergence

One world

Business

SABMiller in Africa

The beer frontier

Liquefied natural gas

Bubbling up

American firms in China

Technationalism

Driverless cars

In the self-driving seat

Company accounts

Truthful top lines

All-inclusive holiday firms

The return of the free lunch

The book trade

Burying the Hachette

Daum and KakaoTalk merge

Getting the message

Schumpeter

The corporate closet

Finance & economics

Kick-starting southern Europe

Some like it hot

National accounts

Sex, drugs and GDP

American finance

Risk on

South Korea’s household debt

Hole in won

Buttonwood

Inside job

China’s property market

End of the golden era

Football albums

Stickernomics

Free exchange

Picking holes in Piketty

Science & technology

Brawn v brain

Muscled out

Mitochondria and male lifespan

Power down

Short-range telecommunications

Daisy, daisy, give me an answer do

Oral health

Wine gums

Regenerating teeth

An enlightened approach

Books & arts

Tiananmen Square

Ageing rebels, bitter victims

China

Wild at heart

Saudi youth

Fast and furious

Healthy eating

The case for eating steak and cream

The Great Barrier Reef

A world in water

Michael Schmidt's photography

A prize before dying

Economic & financial indicators

Output, prices and jobs

The Economist commodity-price index

Markets

Stockmarkets

Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates

Obituary

Rupert Loewenstein

Sympathy for the Devil

China

Remembering Tiananmen