If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! What is the best springboard to Asia? Many companies don’t bother to debate this question. This is one of the biggest strategic decisions a firm can make, and it’s often made quickly, blindly and influenced entirely by emotion. Firms […]

A round-up of noteworthy articles in the print edition of October 28th - November 4th 2006. In this week’s podcast: Iraq and America; Britain’s white underclass; the future of videogames; and an obituary of Eric Newby, travel writer and fashion buyer.

A discussion with Sophie Pedder, Paris Bureau Chief of The Economist: “There is nothing inevitable about decline in France. There is a sense sometimes elsewhere that this is just the way the French are… that they are conservative and resistant to change. That is actually nonsense.”

A round-up of noteworthy articles in the print edition of October 21st - 28th 2006. In this week’s podcast: how Asia will shop while America drops; Saudi Arabia’s uneasy crown of petrodollars; North Korea’s food shortage; and how listening to this podcast may help your brain.

A discussion with Tom Standage, Business Editor of The Economist: “The industry would like us to go to this information nirvana where we buy everything from one company. But I don’t think it’s going to be quite as simple as that.”

A round-up of noteworthy articles in the print edition of October 14th - 21st 2006. In this week’s podcast: the approaching disaster for America’s Republican Party; dealing with a nuclear North Korea; why Google bought YouTube; and the murder of Anna Politkovskaya.

A discussion with Brooke Unger, Sao Paulo correspondent of The Economist: “The elite in Sao Paulo are passionately against Lula. This is from a combination of things… partly because the corruption that the Workers’ Party engaged in is more widely known in Sao Paulo… and partly there remains a class prejudice against Lula, who comes from a very humble background. There is a feeling among paulistanos that he is not worthy to represent Brazil.”

A round-up of noteworthy articles in the print edition of October 7th - 13th 2006. In this week’s podcast: North Korea’s nuclear threat; a squeeze on internet gambling; the problems at Airbus; and America, a “Dangerous Nation”.