The Economist’s Post

A change of management is a good result for Britain. Labour’s momentous win offers Sir Keir Starmer a huge opportunity. He must take it https://lnkd.in/eCv8kqeU

China’s government is discouraging ostentatious displays of wealth. But the recent struggle of luxury brands in the country probably has little to do with a crackdown on online influencers https://lnkd.in/dePDFnGm

Keeping customers, employees, investors and analysts happy is no mean feat. So what is the retailer’s secret? https://econ.st/4eQX1ER

In Russia’s version of Wikipedia, the most sensitive moments of history have been left out or rewritten https://econ.st/45XJ3wQ Photo: Alamy

A new study shows that waistlines are widening almost everywhere https://lnkd.in/emxbrr8t

Society bombards us with instructions to be happier, fitter and richer. Why have we become so dissatisfied with being ordinary? https://econ.st/3xSEK9q

Which are the world’s richest countries? Our annual index is designed to give a more complete assessment than does a focus on any single measure https://lnkd.in/egcEv8-j

Japan is often a target of nationalist ire on the web in China. Some nationalists even wish for the island to sink to the bottom of the sea. While the Communist Party has long tolerated such vitriol, it is now taking a step to curb it https://lnkd.in/ei4fsD7N

When Las Vegas elects a new mayor in November it will mark the end of a quarter-century of Goodman rule in the city. The couple’s time in office, and their lives, are worth considering https://econ.st/3S4faoJ Photo: Cody Cobb/New York Times/Redux/Eyevine

Non-Western powers have a stake in bringing peace to Ukraine, argues the historian https://lnkd.in/dYTgkXe5