How to make sense of 2016

Hand-picked stories from this week's issue of The Economist.

View in browser | E-mail a friend     SUBSCRIBE     Editor’s picks   December 20th 2016       This week we publish our Christmas double issue. Our main leader looks at what to make of 2016—a year in which liberals, of the classical, free-market kind, have witnessed much to regret around the world. Despite the setbacks, we argue, they should not feel defeated so much as invigorated As Barack Obama enters the last few weeks of his presidency, we publish an essay looking back at his successes and his failures Being Christmas, this is the time when we pack our pages with feature articles that shut out the din of the week’s news Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief       Talo on the range How Finland’s reindeer herders fight to keep their traditions alive READ MORE >   How Finland’s reindeer herders fight to keep their traditions alive READ MORE >     Brentry Britain joined Europe with the Norman invasion in 1066. We report on how the Saxon economy coped with the original Brentry READ MORE >     Crime, ink We explain the meaning of the art that covers convicts' bodies READ MORE >   We explain the meaning of the art that covers convicts' bodies READ MORE >     The world this year The poll-defying election of Donald Trump as America’s president capped a year of triumph for populists in many places. Mr Trump’s rancorous campaign tore up every rule in the political handbook. He won in part by railing against the establishment and vowing to protect American jobs, which went down well in rustbelt states that had not voted Republican in decades. The world is waiting to find out just how many of Mr Trump’s bombastic promises will actually become American policy. He will be inaugurated on January 20th MORE FROM THE WORLD THIS YEAR >   Follow The Economist           Go to Economist.com   This e-mail has been sent to: pramod.srivastav.2000.ambikapur@blogger.com If you'd like to update your details please click here (you may need to log in). Questions? Comments? Please contact us. Replies to this e-mail will not reach us. If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, unsubscribe here. Copyright © The Economist Group 2016. All rights reserved. Advertising Info | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Help Registered in England and Wales. No.236383 Registered office: 25 St James's Street, London, SW1A 1HG