The Economist

October 26th - November 2nd 2024

Contents

1. It’s not just obesity. Drugs like Ozempic will change the world

2. Elon’s $1m voter

3. The blistering rally in gold augurs ill for the power of the dollar

4. Decarceration is the key to better prisons

5. Time to shake up Asia’s sleepy monopolies

6. Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping meet and resolve a border row

7. Ambiguity or madness? Where Harris and Trump stand on China

8. Donald Trump’s terrifying closing message

9. Yahya Sinwar made Hamas his own fief

10.Blackouts in Cuba highlight the island’s extreme energy fragility

11. Putin’s plan to dethrone the dollar