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Barack and Bain: A president's background training matters
Being the head of a private-equity investment house is a different sort of job from being president(32)
How the price of standard domestic letters have changed(31)
Recommended economics writing: Link exchange
The best of the rest of the economics web(3)
Foreigners in China: Barbarians at the gate, again
Popular attitudes towards the growing number of foreign nationals are as volatile as ever(685)
Vienna is still the busiest city in the convention world(1)
SpaceX Dragon's aborted launch: Not quite breathing fire
The Falcon 9 rocket's launch is delayed yet again(46)
Why Silicon Valley's economy isn't creating more jobs(28)
Obesity: Difference Engine: Food for thought
Fresh thinking is needed to tackle America’s obesity epidemic(97)
The Hong Kong International Art Fair: Broadening its reach
Once a scrappy, independent show, this fair now lures international big shots looking for Asian buyers(7)
The week ahead: May 18th 2012: Television debates replace tear gas
EGYPTIANS begin voting for a new president, markets eye Greece with anxiety, Nato and G8 summits in America, and nuclear talks with Iran(0)
Financing football stadiums: Bread, circuses and leather balls
Gouging taxpayers for sport(2)
The Q&A: Terry Gilliam: Fear and loathing in Hollywood
A conversation about his frustrations with the film industry(30)
The Economist: Digital highlights, May 19th 2012
Items from the digital highlights page(0)
US election: Betting on Barack
The Iowa figures show a steady advantage in recent weeks(17)
The service hopes to restore its prestige by celebrating a forgotten conflict(100)
Colombia’s free-trade deal: Carnation revolution
A long-awaited pact comes into force(9)
Philanthropy: Spreading gospels of wealth
America’s billionaire Giving Pledgers are forming a movement(18)
Financing football stadiums: Bread, circuses and leather balls
Gouging taxpayers for sport(26)
Remittances: Over the sea and far away
The business of sending money across borders is lucrative, fast-growing and ripe for change(4)
California’s overcrowded prisons: The challenges of “realignment”
America is home to almost one in four of the world’s prisoners. Now its largest state is embarking on reform(82)
Big data: Crunching the numbers
Banks know a lot about their customers. That information may be valuable in more ways than one(6)
Some Chinese question the party line on patriotism and dissent(212)
Mobile payments: A wealth of wallets
Digital payments pose a serious threat to banks(7)
American business in wartime: Democracy’s arsenal
The "dollar-a-year" men and what they achieved(2)
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