The resurrection of Joe Biden’s career in 2020 owes a lot to who he is not. Our “Checks and Balance” podcast from October explores who Mr Biden is—and what he wants econ.st/3oWOs0X
Joe Biden's incoming team wants to see a fitter, smarter America pick fights with China more carefully—then train hard to win each one #TheWorldIn2021econ.st/3sBce4D
Extremely sorry to hear Dante Barksdale was shot dead in Baltimore yesterday. A reformed convict, he spent over a decade doing conflict resolution in the city, tough street by street. He was forceful, amusing and inspiring. I wrote about him here: economist.com/united-states/…
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Today on “The Intelligence”: Alexei Navalny is arrested on return to Russia, Germany’s ruling party gets a new leader and the Golden Globes’ foreign-language kerfuffle econ.st/3qvlsh8