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Upward momentum

Why high inflation will persist in America well into the new year

Regardless of policy or the pandemic, price surges have their own remorseless mathematics

Our books of the year

The best books of 2021

Our favourite works considered God, opioids, China and cannibalism

Weak tea

The Supreme Court declines to block Texas’s abortion law

Clinics may challenge the novel six-week ban—but on narrow grounds

The great reallocation

Want to own shares in Chinese companies?

Come to China

The World Ahead 2022

Saudi Arabia reins in its disastrous foreign policy

Economic problems at home are more pressing

Banyan

Myanmar’s generals want Aung San Suu Kyi locked up forever

Yet the opposition to their regime has grown far beyond its figurehead

Daily chart

Why are cricket’s best captains batsmen?

Bowlers barely get a look-in

Back Story

Life and death in a Christmas tree

A cultural history from Dickens to the Griswolds, Stevie Wonder and Lady Gaga

Checks and Balance

Could Taiwan spark war between America and China?

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