THE BIG STORY

THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS

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15 Whodunnit?

(<>)Nick Dowson asks where the global inflation crisis has come from and sketches some people-first solutions.

(<>)19 THE FACTS

Structural adjustment 2.0

debt crisis is sweeping the globe and Zambia is among the hardest hit. But is the IMF’s austerity prescription the medicine it needs? Zanji Valerie Sinkala reports.

28 Wealth safari

(<>)Prices getting you down? Spare a thought for the rich, says Vanessa Baird – those booming profits won’t count themselves.

On borrowed rice Alessio Perrone speaks to Sierra Leoneans struggling to make ends meet amid soaring food costs.
Lessons in resistance: The farmers rise
Busted: 3 myths about inflation
Lessons in resistance: Debtors unite
Pushing against the perfect storm The cost of living and climate crises are deeply entwined. Marianne Brooker looks at the fossil fuel curse and ways to put out the fire.

8	Iran’s revolution song	Plus: Borderlines
9	(<>)Introducing: Georgia Meloni Plus: Seriously?
10	Mexico’s thwarted pipeline	The West Bank’s ‘deadliest year’	Plus: Inequality Watch	Plus: Sign of the Times
11	(<>)Joy and trepidation in Brazil
12	Colombia’s historic pact	Plus: Open Window
13	(<>)Acid attack survivors claim their space in India Plus: Reasons to be cheerful

Letters

(<>)Letter from Shapajilla Stephanie Boyd begins her series from Peru with a dramatic new arrival.

Country Profile: South Korea
Cartoon History – Pepsi Number Fever Jack Dunleavy and Lawrence Dodgson tell the story of the soda giant’s botched campaign in the Philippines.

(<>)Is it morally right to send weapons into a conflict? Symon Hill and Archie Woodrow get to grips with a thorny and salient question.

Southern Exposure Photographer Ayesha Vellani’s otherworldly shot of Karachi’s modernist National Mausoleum.
Temperature Check Danny Chivers shares some good news for the climate.
The Interview Human rights activist Muhanned Qafesha speaks to Frances Leach about growing up under Israel’s occupation in Hebron, Palestine.
Hall of Infamy – Bongbong Marcos Like father, like son? The new Filipino president is the product of his parents’ politics – and the centre-left’s failure.
The Puzzler