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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon The wages of chavismo: Venezuela’s agony China’s navy: The new gunboat diplomacy Trade deals: A special relationship with reality AI in China: Code red Demography: In defence of the childless On the German economy: Letters to the editor Venezuela: The mess tropical Marxism makes Labour shortages: The market for lemons Sanctions against Russia: They don’t trust him Jeff Sessions in peril: Pondering the next big crisis Health reform: Getting thinner Gender politics: Trans action-man Detroit, the movie: Riots remembered New York neighbourhoods: Harlem shuffle Lexington: Norman Rockwell’s lost America Migration to Mexico: Fewer rivers to cross Banking for the FARC: Capitalism 101 Indian infrastructure: Powering ahead Politics in Japan: A dogfight Labour in the Philippines: Endo without end South Korean hairstory: How wigs tell the story of South Korea Banyan: Daggers out at the chicken’s neck China and Russia: Unlikely partners Libya’s civil war: The increasing heft of General Haftar Morocco and Algeria: Open Sesame Israel’s navy: In deep water Lobbying in Africa: For whom Bell Pottinger toils Animal health in Africa: An end to goat plague? Illiberalism in Poland: Objection sustained Checks and balances in Europe: Policing the club Unions in France: Seasons of discontent Turkey’s purges: Absurdity in power Charlemagne: Brussels bookshelf The car industry: Mini boost, major problems Charlie Gard: Peace at last Education: New tricks Gerontocracy: The pensioners’ parliament Transport policy and the regions: Northern uproar Five years after the Olympics: Did the taking part count? Women’s cricket: Pushing boundaries Bagehot: Northern star Demography: The rise of childlessness Internship Online travel: The Priceline party Equal pay: Stop gap German carmakers: Exhausted China’s market for music: A pirate’s life no more Fashion and artificial intelligence: AI la mode Schumpeter: Consumption conundrum Bitcoin’s civil war: Breaking the chains Buttonwood: Hope rebooted Crops and conflict: A bitter harvest Retail banking: Withdrawal symptoms Financial innovation: Fighting disease with finance Free exchange: Too many quiet lives The theory of the firm: Coase call Target recognition in warfare: Know your enemy Boring technology: Underground adventures Multiple sclerosis: Unexpected protection Southern food: Meat and greet St Petersburg: White nights, dark history Dalits in India: The lowest caste Animal writing: Creature consorts Contemporary choreography: Man on a mission Irina Ratushinskaya: Written on soap Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index South Africa’s economy Markets Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)