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Also on the daily podcast: the Canadian bridge caught in a Trumpian trade tantrum and a tribute to a junk-art genius

To restrain them, countries must increase testing and reduce stigma

Yes. But perhaps best not to overthink it

Canadians are starting to turn against Mark Carney’s pragmatic response

Provocative films and TV shows feature on our list

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Forget OPEC. The Chinese Communist Party calls the shots

But it could ease the way towards a much-needed regional breakthrough, writes Ernest Moniz

These products of wildfires worsen their creators

A novel dataset provides some surprising answers

John Prideaux, our executive editor, on why the left is focusing on the wrong kind of candidate

Why a debate over a hit cartoon is more than culture-war madness

Rachel Lloyd, our deputy culture editor, looks at how the moustachioed football coach became a cultural symbol

The movement trying to reclaim our attention

Also on the daily podcast: Catholic confessionals and the woes of short men

Our weekly podcast on America. This week, responding to rapid technological change in the workplace

The state is a poor representative of the country

Treating it as a mere by-product of deeper distortions lets China off too easily, argue Anantha Nageswaran and P.S. Srinivas

Greater freedom to innovate has helped bring about an artisanal revival

The public likes all the controls—until they get in the way

Anshel Pfeffer, our Israel correspondent, examines why so few of the country’s former generals succeed in politics

Three reasons why our midterm prediction model sees Abdul El-Sayed as a relatively weak candidate

Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, scoring the new Fed chair

Egypt promised to fight and Jordan promised to stay neutral. Neither delivered

The assemblage artist who challenged black stereotypes died on July 22nd, aged 99

Its next governor will have to focus more on costs than culture

Startups claim they can screen embryos for everything from genetic diseases to IQ. Not everyone is convinced

Age-gap relationships are becoming more common off-screen, too

A new book warns that they could affect youngsters’ development

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Tom Sasse, our South Asia bureau chief, on the bleak future facing the few Afghan girls still able to study

Also on the daily podcast: Is Europe safer than America and the power of padel

McDonald’s and other chains are turning to gimmicks to lure customers back

He has advice for Gianni in Switzerland, Kevin in Washington and Claude in San Francisco

The hottest new hangout is old-school

China’s commercial shipyards provide it with a big advantage

Self-interested Taiwanese politicians are making the country increasingly ungovernable. China is the only winner

Tom Gardner, our Africa correspondent, takes a rare trip to Khartoum

Supernatural beliefs lead to lower economic growth

Young netizens mine the Cultural Revolution for tropes

Those who do are more likely to return home afterwards