The Economist

TwitterFacebook
Get flash to fully experience Pearltrees

Debates

http://www.economist.com/debate/archive Kip Hawley is the author of a forthcoming book, "Permanent Emergency: Inside the TSA and the Fight for the Future of American Security" (Palgrave Macmillan, April 2012). He left his job in Silicon Valley one month after 9/11 to help build the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

Free exchange

Mar 26th 2012, 17:43 by R.A. | WASHINGTON http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange
http://www.economist.com/blogs Apr 20th 2012, 15:10 by R.G. METRO, a London freesheet, has a fine article about 3-D printing today.

Latest blog posts

OUR correspondents discuss the novelist's new book, the evolution of his style and his chances of winning the Man Booker Prize for a third time http://www.economist.com/culture

Culture

Science & Technology

In our weekly Babbage podcast we discuss how Yahoo! enjoys some rare good news, Facebook struggles, SpaceX successfully launches the Dragon and SceneTap opens to controversy in San Francisco As manufacturing goes digital, it will change out of all recognition. http://www.economist.com/science-technology
North Korea’s missile launch puts new focus on a shift in Japan’s defence posture http://www.economist.com/world/asia

Asia

Special Reports

http://www.economist.com/node/21538805

Business this week

The European Central Bank reportedly intervened heavily in the bond markets again, by purchasing Italian and Spanish government debt.
http://www.economist.com/node/21538806 Mario Monti, a former European commissioner, was sworn in as Italy’s prime minister following Silvio Berlusconi’s resignation. Mr Monti’s technocratic cabinet contains bankers, ambassadors and bureaucrats but no politicians.

Politics this week

Articles for Greece

Daily Charts