Finance after the crisis

Vigilante on the move

In the first in a series of profiles of financial institutions after the crisis we look at PIMCO, a giant fund manager (1)

America's jobless recovery

The slow down

The recovery loses steam, as second-quarter GDP growth falls to 2.4%

BP and its oil spill

The wages of failure

Despite the howls, Tony Hayward’s departure as boss of BP was deftly handled. And other firms are trying harder not to reward bad leadership (42)

World economy

The rising power of the Chinese worker

In China’s factories, pay and protest are on the rise. That is good for China, and for the world economy

The human genome project

Ignition sequence commence

A history of twists and turns

Kenya's constitutional referendum

A chance to improve how Kenya is run

The president and his prime minister are backing a new constitution that could change their country for the better

China and the IMF

Plato’s Republic of China

A Socratic dialogue between China and the IMF

Buttonwood

Paying the price

Time to reassess how fund managers are rewarded

Film-makers and Cambodia

Enemies of the People

How a low-budget film helped to catch a Khmer Rouge leader

Quiz

Ten questions drawn from the current edition of The Economist, on topics ranging from the maintenance of the Mona Lisa to booking cheap flights to Iraq

Obituary

Steve Schneider

A climate scientist who encouraged debate, and doubts, on subjects that some of his colleagues thought beyond the pale

Prospero

Our new blog on books, arts and culture

Economist Debates

Gambling

This house believes there should be no legal restrictions on gambling

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