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Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon Data and the economy: Instant economics Nigeria: The crime scene at the heart of Africa Monetary policy: Don’t jump the gun Democracy in the EU: An October revolution The geopolitics of money: Be swift, be bold Letters to the editor: On Pakistan, the American navy, management, the Peshtigo fire, Ethiopia, learning classics, God The real-time revolution in economics: The real-time revolution Ukraine: Winter is coming Hungary: The unexpected challenger Spain: Liberty lady Germany’s next government: Green-lit Ritual slaughter: Trouble and knife Charlemagne: A court of kings Monetary policy: Ready for a leap in the dark Agriculture: Making a pig’s ear of it Climate change: Jolly green giant Investment: Doffing the cap Trains: Railing against modernity Domestic operations: Call in the troops, again Bagehot: A great parliamentarian Nigeria: When things fall apart Africa’s wannabe financial centres: Capital cities Lebanon: Probing too deep Iran: Andy Warhol and the ayatollahs Wages: Striketober Ethnic studies: Race and class Warming seas: Considering the lobster California: Toying with the nanny state Social media: Devious licks Secessionists: Oregone Lexington: Reconstructing America Peru: Jobs for the comrades Brazil’s woes: President anti-vaxxer Mexico: Not ageing gracefully Reform in Central Asia: From gulag to ordinary grumbles Afghanistan: More extreme than the extremists Violence in Kashmir: Valley of fear Politics in Singapore: Outside job Banyan: Learning how to be happy again Uyghur culture: Poetry from the gulag Nuclear weapons: Glide and seek Chaguan: The Communist Party’s confidence Climate change: Heated debates Samsung Electronics: The third star A makeover at Facebook?: About-face Bartleby: Why mission statements matter Green business: The hydrogen rush Chinese industry: Awaiting electrocution Schumpeter: Let a hundred flowers bloom China’s economy: From the sublime to the subpar Property in China: Evergrande plans Crypto assets: Bitcoin bounce The Bundesbank: Hawk descending SWIFT: Message in a battle Buttonwood: When the pipes creak Free exchange: Tanks for nothing Servicing EVs: Farewell to the grease monkey Self-driving cars: Hands off the wheel Extracting power from waves: Like clockwork Tuberculosis: Making resistance useless Evolution in action: Spoils of war Entertainment in the Arab world: Tales of the unexpected Rare foods: Refined tastes Municipal mistakes: The coast of dystopia Spies and the stage: Smoke and mirrors Economic data, commodities and markets Vaccine mandates: Strictly come jabbing Colin Powell: A soldier in Washington Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)