Leo Mirani

Nov 19, 2024 | economist.com | Leo Mirani

And not before time By Leo Mirani, Asia correspondent, The EconomistUpon taking office as India’s prime minister in 2014, Narendra Modi immediately boosted infrastructure spending. Many state and local governments followed suit. The country desperately needed it. Urban infrastructure has endured years of neglect even as cities expanded in size and population.

Nov 19, 2024 | economist.com | Leo Mirani

Travel trends will return to more normal levelsBy Leo Mirani, Asia correspondent, The Economist Is there such a thing as “overtourism”? Ask people lucky enough to live in or near Amsterdam, Goa, Mount Fuji or any decent-size city in southern Europe, and they will answer with a resounding “Yes”. They are, you might say, over tourism. The influx of tourists, they grumble, is causing congestion and pollution, driving up housing costs and skewing development priorities away from the needs of locals.

Nov 19, 2024 | economist.com | Leo Mirani

By Leo Mirani, Asia correspondent, The Economist The American presidential election of 2024 was groundbreaking in many ways, not least in its elevation to the highest office, for the first time, of a convicted felon. But it established another precedent too: that age is a consideration when running for president. American voters, Democratic Party powerbrokers and eventually President Joe Biden himself concluded that 81 was too old to run for another four-year term.

Nov 13, 2023 | economist.com | Leo Mirani

The World Ahead | Asia in 2024From biometric IDs to payment systems, it has a lot to offerBy Leo MiraniListen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android. Your browser does not support the <audio> element. Buried on page 22 of the 29-page G20 leaders’ declaration (excluding annexures), produced in New Delhi in September and endorsed by the world’s biggest economies, is a section with the anodyne title of “Technological Transformation and Digital Public Infrastructure”.

Aug 6, 2023 | newyorker.com | Leo Mirani

Of the many gifts that America has to offer the would-be immigrant—liberty, opportunity, security, the Choco Taco—it was cricket that attracted Chambers, who grew up in Jamaica. On a family vacation to Hartford when he was eighteen, he found himself roped into playing for the local team. “I played one game with them,” he said. “And I never went back home. I stayed here and played my cricket.” That was in 1968.