First is Best: The Economist | Selected New Articles, - August 24, 2012. -

Banyan: School's out Sri Lanka's government suspends higher education until further notice read more » Schumpeter: First is best The order in which people experience things affects their opinion of them: they tend to like the first option best read more » Babbage: And now, the space-weather forecast Can neutrinos be used to predict solar storms? read more » Video: Old foes After a wave of nationalist, anti-Japanese protests across China, our correspondents discuss whether there is any hope of improved relations between the two countries watch » Prospero: Curiouser and curiouser At 70, Robert Wilson is still directing a very different kind of theatre read more » Game theory: Away swing Why the South African cricket team fares so much better away from home read more » Daily chart: If China catches a cold A slowdown would have far-reaching effects read more » Online deb