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The Economist· 2026-02-15 09:20
The shortage of tenor singers is worsening. Given the enormous scale of choral singing, that is a problem for music in general https://t.co/o6PFJ54gNN ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-15 09:00
Many politicians in Asia know corporate reform is needed. But as America’s shareholder revolution a half-century ago shows, lasting change cannot simply be mandated https://t.co/RaQz9STZI1 ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-15 08:40
Every potential alternative to Britain’s Labour leader ranges from the implausible to the insane, yet one will eventually become inevitable https://t.co/VlElGSLsPs ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-15 08:20
A wave of legal constraints on social-media use would mark a big change in the lives of teenagers. But the case for bans is weak and the benefits are uncertain https://t.co/0WUp8iyiy5 ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-15 08:00
Blanket bans appear to offer an easy answer—and politicians are only too happy to do something which, for once, pleases voters from all parties. Yet policymakers should reconsider https://t.co/8WuJdhix3c ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-15 07:40
Sir Keir Starmer’s government may soon start boasting that growth last year was the fastest for three years. But that may not be the full picture https://t.co/jjgld9cxqo ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-15 07:20
China is enjoying a concert boom. It is one of the rare extravagances that people seem willing to splurge on amid economic gloom https://t.co/Tl9Wp6LbhC ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-15 07:00
"We do not need to abandon the system of international co-operation we authored, and we don’t need to dismantle the global institutions of the old order that together we built,” Marco Rubio argued in a speech to European leaders https://t.co/CuOhLMgyAs ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-15 06:40
A form of dysfunctional collaboration between firms—that has doomed several European defence projects in the past—is killing the continent’s sixth-generation fighter jet https://t.co/g68CXWGeGM ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-15 06:20
Bottlenecks in facilities and labour supply, as well as red tape, are a scourge across the economy; defence is no exception https://t.co/ifz4xXaBmx ...