The Economist 2024 Portada Cover

The Economist 2024 Portada Cover. Annual investment in new productive forces is $1.6trn—double what it was five years ago and equivalent to 43% of all business investment in america in 2023. Get a year of independent insights for half price—offer ends december 3.

As estrangement from the west deepens, so deterrence may weaken. Unusually, we also had one extra digital cover.