The Economist
Also: Britain overtaxes well-paid workers
A man climbs down a ladder as flames rise from an administrative building hit by a Russian jet-powered drone strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine
Red October
Putin’s new bombardment of Kyiv has a terrible logic
A Russian terror campaign aims to cripple the capital even before winter hits
Three cows are shown, with the middle cow producing a long line of milk buckets while the cows on either side produce far less. It suggests a stark difference in productivity or output between otherwise similar cows.
Hooray for Henry
Britain overtaxes well-paid workers
To the benefit of average earners and the super-rich
A veiled woman walks past a propaganda poster in Tehran
Reversion to the mine
Has Iran lost its grip on Gulf oil exports?
Exports through the Strait of Hormuz and beyond are soaring but prices remain stubbornly high
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham waves at the end of his keynote speech at the Labour Party's annual conference
Hope, for now
Andy Burnham gets bold at last
But looming hard decisions could test Labour’s unity
A silhouetted man looking down at a baby with a dollar bag for a nappy
Buttonwood
Investing for babies involves knotty trade-offs
Should new parents favour financial capital, human capital or something else?