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1843 Magazine brings stories of an extraordinary world to life. The Economist publication covers topics like culture, lifestyle, design, fashion, health, travel, and technology.

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Jan 17, 2022 - 22 min

Capitol riot: “America was on the edge of disaster long before Trump”

We should not have been shocked by the events of January 6th 2021.

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Jan 5, 2022 - 54 min

The Dubai debt trap

Dubai law can be particularly cruel in disputes over money.

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Dec 23, 2021 - 17 min

Stuck for gift ideas? Mao bought Nixon two pandas

Historical giving, from holograms to potatoes.

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Dec 22, 2021 - 17 min

How a Pokémon character is rewriting Chile’s future

Giovanna Grandón had no interest in politics. Then she put on a Pikachu costume.

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Dec 15, 2021 - 48 min

Can you ever escape the American prison system?

How parole can become a trap.

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Dec 11, 2021 - 15 min

Ethiopia’s civil war: one man’s journey from entrepreneur to militant

“If someone is going to kill me in my home I’m not just going to sit there and do nothing.”

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Nov 27, 2021 - 14 min

Our kids always lose stuff. Why do we tolerate them destroying the planet?

An environmentalist mother’s patience is running out.

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Nov 22, 2021 - 16 min

COP it like it’s hot: meetings that changed the world

Global summits have always been full of drama.

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Nov 13, 2021 - 18 min

The Hong Kongers fleeing to Blackpool: “It’s a wonderful place...a playland”

What do the newcomers make of the British seaside town?

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Nov 11, 2021 - 22 min

Billions of banknotes are missing. Why does nobody care?

It's safe to say that cash is booming.

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Oct 22, 2021 - 16 min

Family fortunes: Huawei, the Murdochs... OnlyFans?

Some real-world family fights are fiercer than fiction.

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Oct 16, 2021 - 20 min

Sunk costs: business failures from the Titanic to Evergrande

A crash course in crumbling companies.

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Oct 11, 2021 - 23 min

Petrol, pints and pasta: meet one of the lorry drivers plugging Britain’s shortages

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Sep 4, 2021 - 8 min

From pirates to ransomware: the secret economics of extortion

Studying the values of risk and reward.

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Aug 30, 2021 - 23 min

The perfectionism trap

We’re holding ourselves to impossible standards, no matter the circumstances.

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Aug 10, 2021 - 8 min

I don’t: my very modern marriage

Here comes the tax break.

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Aug 8, 2021 - 10 min

The original anti-vaxxers

How the zeal of Edward Jenner contributed to today’s culture wars.

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Aug 8, 2021 - 22 min

The strange case of WhatsApp and the child-kidnappers

On India’s misinformation front line, a policewoman fights a tech giant.

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Jul 29, 2021 - 7 min

I’m a bad parent because I’ve forgotten my own childhood

How to reconnect with your inner ten-year-old.

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Jul 23, 2021 - 16 min

Hell is other people: a monk’s guide to office life

What we can learn from the ultimate WFH experiment.

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Jul 13, 2021 - 11 min

Woke Coke: should the fizzy-drinks giant defend American democracy?

Why the US national drink needs to fight back.

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Jul 3, 2021 - 7 min

Marketing Marmite: how an advertising agency started a culture war

How the Brits were convinced to love it or hate it.

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Jun 30, 2021 - 14 min

“Anxious people do well in New York”: night-walking with Lucy Prebble

The writer of “Succession” on money, men and the Murdochs.

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Jun 15, 2021 - 7 min

COVID has exposed the great fiction of middle-class life in India

The pandemic has revealed a stark truth for some.

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Jun 13, 2021 - 6 min

I’ve just sent my daughter to nursery school. Have I lost her for ever?

Childhood is a process of self-definition.

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May 30, 2021 - 10 min

The great Hawaiian pizza culture war

How pineapple topping broke the internet.

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May 22, 2021 - 9 min

Did an avant-garde French artist sell the first NFT?

Parisian air: only $3000, a jar.

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May 15, 2021 - 38 min

“I've mortally offended Putin by surviving”: why Alexei Navalny keeps fighting

His fight isn’t over yet.

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May 11, 2021 - 18 min

Are you into productivity porn or yak shaving?

A guide to navigating the world of efficiency.

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May 2, 2021 - 6 min

Is neurotic parenting worse than bad parenting?

Is worrying about fucking up your kids, fucking up your kids?

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Apr 30, 2021 - 6 min

My three-year-old has taught me the value of talking to strangers

The enriching experience of raising an extroverted toddler.

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Apr 20, 2021 - 11 min

Send for the orphans: how the smallpox vaccine crossed the globe

How pandemic politics have changed over 300 years.

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Apr 19, 2021 - 8 min

The geeky origin of your cool sunglasses

Why offering aloofness and mystery matters.

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Apr 18, 2021 - 13 min

A byte to eat: will AI super-tasters disrupt food?

Machine learning is building a sophisticated palate.

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Apr 3, 2021 - 11 min

Know what a “propaganda-condom” is?

Learn the lingo of disinformation.

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Mar 24, 2021 - 47 min

Banker, princess, warlord: the many lives of Asma Assad

The unlikely winner of Syria’s war.

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Mar 23, 2021 - 28 min

After the tsunami: what happened to the girl from Fukushima?

Healing the wounds of a tragedy.

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Mar 9, 2021 - 20 min

Weapons of mass obstruction: protest symbols, from rubber ducks to pussyhats

How protesters turn everyday objects into tokens of defiance.

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Mar 6, 2021 - 10 min

Are barbers the secret weapon against vaccine hesitancy?

The friendly neighbourhood barber has a subtle power of influence where others don’t.

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Mar 1, 2021 - 9 min

I’m spending more time than ever with my children — no one is enjoying it

Navigating the intricacies of parenthood in the era of lockdowns and home-schooling.

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Feb 23, 2021 - 33 min

The alien hunter of Harvard

A scientific hypothesis on the subject.

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Feb 17, 2021 - 10 min

A house redivided: how the pandemic changed our homes

Our living spaces are revealing our fears and desires.

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Feb 15, 2021 - 8 min

Ye olde Substack: publishing’s hot new business model has 17th-century origins

The gossip sheets of yesteryear have been reborn.

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Feb 7, 2021 - 6 min

How the pandemic wiped the smile off our faces (literally)

Put a mask on and you lose the subtlest form of communication.

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Feb 5, 2021 - 38 min

Gulp! The secret economics of food delivery

Jonathan Nunn: How DoorDash and Deliveroo are changing the way we eat.

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Jan 25, 2021 - 27 min

How does it really feel to be lonely?

Loneliness is silent, invisible and as deadly as a smoking habit.

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Jan 24, 2021 - 20 min

Where there’s muck there’s brass: making money from sewage in Kolkata

Sustainability: In the East Kolkata Wetlands, the city’s waste is purified and turned into fish food.

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Dec 24, 2020 - 7 min

The anguish of grandparenting in a pandemic

On the wonders of being a grandparent; a continuation of parenthood.

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Dec 20, 2020 - 9 min

Why Christmas can never be cancelled

Boozing away the winter blues is a long-held right.

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Dec 9, 2020 - 28 min

How Dominic Cummings wasted the greatest opportunity of his life

Britain's 'digital Machiavelli' embodied a data revolution, but his abrasiveness cost him dearly.

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Dec 8, 2020 - 13 min

Mindfulness is useless in a pandemic

Is living in the present overrated?

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Dec 6, 2020 - 21 min

The painter and the zebra-hunter: what presidents do after leaving office

Theodore Roosevelt went "hunting for science," while Bill Clinton had some $16 million in debt to pay.

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Nov 29, 2020 - 11 min

The epidemic that exposed racial fissures in America — two centuries ago

In 1793, a yellow fever outbreak prompted a fraught discussion about race. Here is what happened next.

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Nov 29, 2020 - 15 min

Lessons in losing, from Cleopatra to Thatcher

A short, but highly valuable history of defeat.

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Nov 24, 2020 - 8 min

TikTok-ology: lessons from the 15-second philosophers

Here's how to 'train' your algorithm.

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Nov 9, 2020 - 10 min

“Dad, I’m bored”: What I learned from my son’s incurable boredom

Is a child ennui a sign of a parent's failure, or an existential revelation?

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Nov 8, 2020 - 13 min

Woodworking with Francis Fukuyama

How the political philosopher’s pastime has influenced his most influential claims.

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Oct 31, 2020 - 33 min

First-class flights, chauffeurs and bribery: the secret life of a private tutor

Tutoring has become a weapon in the global arms race in education.

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Oct 24, 2020 - 7 min

Why the Philly cheesesteak can swing a presidential election

How an Italian-American sandwich forecasts popular appeal.

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Oct 13, 2020 - 11 min

If you’re happy and you know it...press the button

How the four faces of HappyOrNot changed customer feedback.

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Sep 27, 2020 - 11 min

Climbing with Erik Weihenmayer

The blind adventurer has climbed the highest mountain on every continent, and he isn't done yet.

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Sep 19, 2020 - 9 min

Mash hits: the land that spawned the supermarket spud

Getting to know the single Chilean island that started it all.

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Sep 11, 2020 - 7 min

Why the baked bean divides America and Britain

Exploring the world through the lens of a surprisingly controversial can.

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Sep 5, 2020 - 3 min

Why global crises are the mother of invention

In 1815 a volcanic eruption wreaked havoc around the world — but it also led to the birth of the bicycle.

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Sep 3, 2020 - 10 min

Nothing to speak of: the horror of a world without gossip

The pandemic has put paid to the thrill of recounting illicit activities — and we’re all the poorer for it.

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Aug 29, 2020 - 15 min

Homeless at the Holiday Inn

When coronavirus hit Britain, thousands of rough sleepers were moved to hotels — what happened next?

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Aug 23, 2020 - 12 min

The Russian prisoner’s guide to lockdown

For lessons in surviving solitude, it's hard to beat Russia's rich subgenre of prison memoirs.

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Aug 20, 2020 - 10 min

The virtual couch

What happens when psychoanalysis moves onto Zoom?

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Aug 17, 2020 - 12 min

In lockdown with Lee Child

The man behind Jack Reacher looks forward to a retirement of smoking and solitude.

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Aug 16, 2020 - 27 min

Why do people go to restaurants? It’s not about the food

Succesful London restaurateurs explain what drives us to dine out.

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Jun 21, 2020 - 10 min

In the footsteps of a murderer

Using Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment as a guidebook to St. Petersburg.

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Jun 16, 2020 - 26 min

Are ghosts haunting the British Museum?

"Even without visitors, the Museum is never completely silent."

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May 24, 2020 - 37 min

The rise of PTSD

Does society's openness have costs as well as benefits?

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May 19, 2020 - 22 min

Death of the office

What are we losing by bringing our working lives into our homes?

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May 17, 2020 - 10 min

Gaming with Joshua Wong

He appeared on Time magazine at 14, where is the icon of protest now?

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May 13, 2020 - 35 min

Can we escape from information overload?

"The dark could be addictive."

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May 3, 2020 - 12 min

Reading “Paradise Lost” with Armando Iannucci

The director on his obsession with understanding "evil bastards."

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Apr 29, 2020 - 6 min

Moscow melt: Russia’s mozzarella-makers

“Even without closed borders, I’d like to think my mozzarella could win in a fair fight.”

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Apr 26, 2020 - 33 min

The curse of genius

Why are so many brilliant children miserable misfits?

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Apr 22, 2020 - 28 min

How donuts fuelled the American Dream

A road trip through history, immigration and delicious baked goods.

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Apr 19, 2020 - 32 min

Between the spreadsheets

The management consultant’s guide to love and sex.

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Mar 13, 2020 - 5 min

Waiter, there’s a fork in my soup

Listen together: what can this tell us about the trajectory of technological adoption?

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Mar 5, 2020 - 38 min

Death of the calorie

Why the calorie is the world’s most misleading measure.

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Feb 20, 2020 - 32 min

The last of the great explorers

Meet the man descending to the bottom of the deepest trenches on the planet.

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Feb 19, 2020 - 7 min

Indian tequila: one man’s quest to perfect a national spirit

What happens when you try making tequila, Mexico’s national drink, in India?

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Feb 16, 2020 - 19 min

Impostor syndrome: do you sometimes feel like a fraud?

The modern epidemic of impostor syndrome and its closely tied relationship with our ego.

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Feb 9, 2020 - 66 min

Trapped in Iran

The Economist’s Middle East correspondent recalls one frightful summer.

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Feb 4, 2020 - 18 min

Never gonna give you up

Listen together: our taste in music says a lot about us - but maybe more so about what we remember.

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Jan 29, 2020 - 34 min

Confessions of an Islamic State fighter

What happens when extremists return?

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Jan 19, 2020 - 27 min

Meet Alexa: inside the mind of a digital native

The world of social media through the eyes of a digital native and aspiring influencer.