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

Don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions. Except in some circumstances

An office parable

How imperfect technologies spread

Rich and poor consumers are seeing their spending patterns converge

Tight regulation is largely to blame