--- title: TIME Magazine Cover: Ordinary Families. Extraordinary Kids. description: The Secrets of Super Siblings India’s Economic Engine Has a Rocky Road Ahead We’re Working Harder Than Ever, So Why Is Productivity Plummeting? Most economists... canonical: https://time.com/4465789/in-the-latest-issue-82/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-25T10:00:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:57:44.655Z og:title: TIME Magazine Cover: Ordinary Families. Extraordinary Kids. og:description: The Secrets of Super Siblings India’s Economic Engine Has a Rocky Road Ahead We’re Working Harder Than Ever, So Why Is Productivity Plummeting? Most economists... og:url: https://time.com/4465789/in-the-latest-issue-82/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e2f2ba226005245/6988a385e20a875124a9224e/family1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Extraordinary Kids Families Time Magazine Cover 160905 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME Magazine Cover: Ordinary Families. Extraordinary Kids. twitter:description: The Secrets of Super Siblings India’s Economic Engine Has a Rocky Road Ahead We’re Working Harder Than Ever, So Why Is Productivity Plummeting? Most economists... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e2f2ba226005245/6988a385e20a875124a9224e/family1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # In the Latest Issue (25 Aug 2016) by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Aug 25, 2016 10:00 AM UTC  Photo illustration by Katherine Wolkoff for TIME by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Aug 25, 2016 10:00 AM UTC [The Secrets of Super Siblings](http://time.com/superfamilies) [India’s Economic Engine Has a Rocky Road Ahead](http://time.com/4465749/indias-economic-engine-has-a-rocky-road-ahead/?iid=toc%5F082516) [We’re Working Harder Than Ever, So Why Is Productivity Plummeting?](http://time.com/4464743/productivity-decline/?iid=toc%5F082516) Most economists believe American blue and white collar workers alike are firing on all cylinders. Why that hasn’t translated in a boost in global productivity [What Donald Trump Knew About Undocumented Workers at His Signature Tower](http://time.com/4465744/donald-trump-undocumented-workers/?iid=toc%5F082516) [A Distressing Summer of Workplace Sexism Reminds Us How Far We Have to Go](http://time.com/4465734/workplace-sexism/?iid=toc%5F082516) [The New Transplant Revolution](http://time.com/4465740/the-new-transplant-revolution/?iid=toc%5F082516) A rise in transplants that improve lives rather than save them is filled with promise and ethical dilemmas [The First Task for Donald Trump’s New Campaign Chief: Manage the Candidate](http://time.com/4465745/the-first-task-for-donald-trumps-new-campaign-chief-manage-the-candidate/?iid=toc%5F082516) [The Benefits of Friendship With Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4465732/the-benefits-of-friendship-with-hillary-clinton/?iid=toc%5F082516) [10 Questions with Akhil Reed Amar](http://time.com/4465720/akhil-reed-amar/?iid=toc%5F082516) The author of The Constitution Today extols the relevance of a document so essential that he carries three copies [Nigeria Wages War on “Indiscipline”](http://time.com/4465722/nigeria-wages-war-on-indiscipline/?iid=toc%5F082516) [Review: The New _Ben-Hur_ Is Mildly Exciting At Best](http://time.com/4461330/ben-hur-movie-review/?iid=toc%5F082516) You can never be sure what this $100-million spectacle is trying to be, or exactly whom it’s for [Review: Barack and Michelle’s First Date, Imagined, in _Southside with You_](http://time.com/4461336/southside-with-you-review-barack-obama/?iid=toc%5F082516) Inspired by fact, the film shimmers with warmth [Review: Edgar Ramirez Makes a Dazzling Roberto Duran in _Hands of Stone_](http://time.com/4461340/hands-of-stone-review/?iid=toc%5F082516) The real fighting spirit is there in Ramirez’s eyes [Can Virtual Reality Help People Manage Pain?](http://time.com/4465747/can-virtual-reality-help-people-manage-pain/?iid=toc%5F082516) [This Just In](http://time.com/4465724/this-just-in/?iid=toc%5F082516) [Clea DuVall](http://time.com/4465725/clea-duvall/?iid=toc%5F082516) The actor, 38, wrote and stars in her directorial debut, The Intervention, a dramedy about a group of friends who gather for a weekend to try to persuade two unhappily married pals to divorce. [A New Wave of Miniseries Lends Clarity to a Muddled Medium](http://time.com/4465726/a-new-wave-of-miniseries-lends-clarity-to-a-muddled-medium/?iid=toc%5F082516) [Milestones](http://time.com/4465729/milestones/?iid=toc%5F082516) [A Taste of a Carless Future](http://time.com/4465731/a-taste-of-a-carless-future/?iid=toc%5F082516) This summer Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, became the latest city to ban cars from the roads on select days, joining a global movement by cities grappling with car-related fatalities and worsening air pollution. [For the Record](http://time.com/4465737/for-the-record/?iid=toc%5F082516) [Where Rio Goes from Here](http://time.com/4465751/where-rio-goes-from-here/?iid=toc%5F082516) [Talk May Be Cheap, but It’s Humanity’s Best Asset](http://time.com/4465738/talk-may-be-cheap-but-its-humanitys-best-asset/?iid=toc%5F082516) [Pop Chart](http://time.com/4465739/pop-chart/?iid=toc%5F082516) [You’ll Cry Until You Laugh at Amy Schumer’s New Book](http://time.com/4465741/youll-cry-until-you-laugh/?iid=toc%5F082516) [The Bright Side of Darker Emotions](http://time.com/4465742/the-bright-side-of-darker-emotions/?iid=toc%5F082516) [Europeans Cooling on NATO](http://time.com/4465743/europeans-cooling-on-nato/?iid=toc%5F082516) [‘Smart’ Tattoos](http://time.com/4465746/smart-tattoos/?iid=toc%5F082516) [The Hidden History of Books](http://time.com/4465748/the-hidden-history-of-books/?iid=toc%5F082516) [What You Said About …](http://time.com/4465750/what-you-said-about/?iid=toc%5F082516) [Frank Ocean’s New Look Could Last](http://time.com/4465752/frank-oceans-new-look-could-last/?iid=toc%5F082516) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4465789/in-the-latest-issue-82/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4465789/in-the-latest-issue-82/"},"headline":"In the Latest Issue (25 Aug 2016)","datePublished":"2016-08-25T10:00:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:57:44.655Z","description":"The Secrets of Super Siblings India’s Economic Engine Has a Rocky Road Ahead We’re Working Harder Than Ever, So Why Is Productivity Plummeting? Most economists...","url":"https://time.com/4465789/in-the-latest-issue-82/","keywords":["Living"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e2f2ba226005245/6988a385e20a875124a9224e/family1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e2f2ba226005245/6988a385e20a875124a9224e/family1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Extraordinary Kids Families Time Magazine Cover 160905","caption":"Extraordinary Kids Families Time Magazine Cover","creditText":"Photo illustration by Katherine Wolkoff for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4465789/in-the-latest-issue-82/","name":"In the Latest Issue (25 Aug 2016)"}}]}] ```