The Economist

September 28th - October 5th 2024

Contents

1. The sinking feeling caused by Labour’s clumsy start

2. The war is going badly. Ukraine and its allies must change course

3. An Israel-Hizbullah war would be a disaster for both

4. If you must raise taxes, raise VAT

4. How worried should Sri Lanka be about its ex-Marxist president?

5. YouTube’s do-it-yourself brigade is taking on Netflix and Disney

6. An upset in Sri Lanka propels an outsider into power

7. Xi Jinping wants to stifle thinking at a top Chinese think-tank

8. Kamala Harris is outspending Donald Trump. Will it matter?

9. Hizbullah seems to have miscalculated in its fight with Israel

10. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is militarising public security

11. Turkey and Central Asia are riding together again

12. Much keener on Trump, less sure about Charles III