Description:

Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Inheritance: The case for taxing death The splintering of German politics: Deadlock in Berlin Media and competition policy: One out of two ain’t good Britain’s budget: Winter is coming Marriage: A more perfect union On social media, soldiers, France, the Soviet economy, Arabic, pagers: Letters to the editor Taxing inheritances: Death of the death tax Redistribution: For richer, for poorer Harassment and politics: The reckoning Pipeline politics: Ex-XL? Mental health: Me, myself and iPhone Thanksgiving politics: The pumpkin index Criminal-justice reform: Outing bail Lexington: Trumping the law Elections in Honduras: Smashing. But a success? Bello: Why no Catalonias? Local elections in Cuba: Party tricks Muslims in Canada: Gotta not wear shades Poverty in the Philippines: Fruit and ruts Elections in Nepal: Mountain skew Crime in Japan: Grey peril South Korea’s intelligence agency: Patriotic bribes Corruption in Indonesia: Getting Setya Coal in Australia: Pier pressure The Communist Party: It’s not for everyone Tying Hong Kong to the mainland: Signal failure Zimbabwe: A tyrant is gone Zimbabwe: Robert who? Christians in Sudan: Rendering unto Bashir Israel and Palestine: The art of a peace deal Prince Muhammad’s purge: Sheikhdown Justice in Egypt: Of puppets and parasites Germany: Taking the long way round Sanctions on Russia: Waiting for the other shoe to drop A fishy tale: Failing the smell test Ratko Mladic: Life for genocide Labour rules: The Swedish example Charlemagne: Border blues The budget: Out of ammo Foreign policy: Diplomatic distress Russia, Twitter and Brexit: Londongrad Gerry Adams: Leaving the stage Scottish Labour: You’ll take the left road Law firms: Due diligence The probation service: Let out and let down Bagehot: The chancellor-in-waiting Disaster relief: Defrauding the do-gooders The state of marriage: A looser knot Marriage in India: The triumph of love Consanguineous marriage: All in the family The West: For richer Gay unions: Adam and Steve China: In search of women Parenthood: The four-handed juggling act 21st Century Fox: Rupert stops the presses Battery minerals: The whizz of Oz French business: Dealmaker on hold Ofo and Mobike: Escape velocipede Robonurses: Machine caring Regulating Google in America: Techtonic shifts Schumpeter: Control freaks Sustainable investing: Generation SRI Sustainable investing in Japan: Environmental, social and...what? Ethical investing and passive funds: Thin end of the wedge Euro-denominated clearing: Frankfurters’ foray Investment in Italy: PIRking up Archaeology: Capital in the 80th century BC Russia’s banking clean-up: Sobering up Banking in Afghanistan: Building credit Payment cards in Hong Kong: Octopussy Free exchange: Home rules Nutrition and genetics in Africa: No crop left behind Mate choice: A healthy glow The scientific method: Nothing to smile about It went back to outer space: The first known interstellar rock gets a name Energy management: Tripping out A history of trade: Sticking up for a scapegoat Finnish fiction: Hair today, gone tomorrow Liberal self-criticism: Struggling for answers Jonas Kaufmann: A voice for the gods The Mayflower: Laden with legend Indian history: Southern exposure Charles Manson: Everyone and nobody Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Life insurance Markets Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)