Christmas Specials

Rosemont, Illinois
Inside the last true political machine in America
What a town is like when one family runs everything

Desert island dismal science
Why economists love “Robinson Crusoe”
The classic yarn of a shipwrecked sailor reveals a lot about scarcity

Life does not stop
How five Ukrainian cities are coping, despite Putin’s war
From ravers to rubbish collectors, residents tells their stories

Following Fatimah’s sandals
What the journey of a pair of shoes reveals about capitalism
And how Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country, is changing

Missiles and lies
The truth about the passenger jet Putin’s men shot down
Investigating MH17, the crime that presaged the war in Ukraine

The price of a whale
Where capitalism and conservation meet
Can you put a price on the wonders of nature?

Beside the seaside
Millions of Chinese are venturing to the beach for the first time
China’s beach culture is a microcosm of society

Make America Godly Again
Many Trump supporters believe God has chosen him to rule
The Economist tries to find out why

Wine and climate
Global warming is changing wine (not yet for the worse)
New vineyards are popping up in surprising places; old ones are enduring

Sketching the year’s big stories
The cartoons that sum up 2023
KAL, our resident cartoonist, was inspired by AI, inflation, China and Donald Trump