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The Economist· 2026-02-19 02:20
The bottom has fallen out of the job market https://t.co/g9AFCLKrEB ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-19 02:00
On Thursday a court will rule on insurrection charges against Yoon Suk Yeol. The case against him appears to be clear-cut. Yet his actions have created deep cleavages on the South Korean right https://t.co/j8Cwt1yiKTPhoto: Getty Images https://t.co/t0QgDXzDJU ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-19 01:40
At the moment, ADHD is considered something you either have or you don’t. This binary approach to diagnosis has two consequences https://t.co/HIp1ODyrkg ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-19 01:20
Around the world, politicians are fixated on factories. But this obsession with factories is built on myths—and will be self-defeating https://t.co/1kObPsV5iV ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-19 01:00
Jesse Jackson knew he was the man with the energy, electricity and sublime preacher’s oratory to carry on where Martin Luther King had left the civil-rights cause. We remember the life of the trailblazer https://t.co/aUfWDXegT2 ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-19 00:40
Most people are loth to trade three square meals a day for the promise of a longer retirement, so the search has been on for chemical alternatives to fasting https://t.co/t5hPdJzyd3 ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-19 00:25
Donald Trump’s America makes Gaullism respectable again https://t.co/UJwPDF4UPP ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-19 00:20
Disdain for droids is not new—especially in America. To mitigate the backlash, companies may give their machines names and puppy-dog eyes https://t.co/ZAy6bm833H ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-19 00:00
The growth of prediction markets—peer-to-peer platforms where people bet on elections, sports, the weather and more—has led to concerns about informed trading. They are largely overblown https://t.co/f7ApdY11Gx ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-18 23:40
If computing power brings about technological advances without human input, and enough of the pay-off is reinvested in building still more powerful machines, wealth could accumulate at unprecedented speed https://t.co/4iFEl2ToIN ...