Thursday, October 15, 2026
10 stories
The Economist's leader asks what happens if AI begins taking over science itself, arguing that scholars will have to reinvent their disciplines to keep up. It is a sweeping meditation on how machine-made knowledge could reshape research.
Canada under Mark Carney is held up as a model for how mid-sized countries can navigate a dangerous world. The leader draws lessons other middle powers might follow as great-power politics turns rougher.
The generation once written off as a lost cause has found its footing, the paper argues — and its success deserves a proper toast. It is an upbeat reassessment of millennials' economic record.
The Economist calls Donald Trump's scheme to secure Russian diesel 'scandalous' in a blunt leader. The plan has drawn outrage from critics who see it as buying fuel from an adversary during the Ukraine war.
With AI investment pouring into chips, the paper asks whether the semiconductor industry is heading for a crash — and finds reasons to think a bust, if it comes, would be less vertiginous than the boom. A cooling look at the industry at the heart of the AI rally.
The AI boom is running on numbers investors can no longer trust, the paper warns, describing an epidemic of unreliable data. It is a cautionary piece on the statistics behind the hype.
Falling consumer credit is the latest warning sign for China's economy. The paper notes that a crackdown on aggressive debt collectors is both good news and bad news.
PrivatBank, Ukraine's biggest bank, is presented as a case study in how to keep a financial institution running through a war. It is a story of adaptation under bombardment.
A potential sulphur shortage, another commodity shock tied to the Iran war, could hurt mines and farms around the world. Sulphur is a key input for fertiliser and mining, making this a quiet but far-reaching risk.
The world's richest man disdains charity, and his foundation shows it: opaque, miserly and self-serving. The Economist takes a critical look at how Elon Musk gives — or doesn't.