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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon The politics of outrage: Do social media threaten democracy? Robert Mueller’s investigation: Filtering out the noise India’s superficial government: Modi blues American health care: Prescription debate Catalonia: After a month of madness On inflation, land reform, Britain, Johannes Vermeer, women, beer: Letters to the editor Social media and politics: How the world was trolled Tax reform: Deducting deductions Terrorism in New York: A faint echo Robert Mueller’s investigation: Manafort overboard High-stakes health care: Chipped away Hasidic Jews in upstate New York: The parting of Monroe Texas politics: Thus spake Joe Lexington: The great switcheroo Venezuela’s debt crisis: Staying afloat, somehow Innovation in Canada: The founding of Maple Valley Bello: Learning from Lázaro Luther’s reformation: The stand Donald Trump’s Asian tour: Fore! America and South-East Asia: Meet and retreat Dual citizenship in Australia: Ignorance is no excuse Indian politics: Tax brake The Kazakh language: Apostrophes on the march Trafficking women: Fear on the border Banyan: The rise and rise of Wang Huning Illiberal liberalism: The new Arab cosmopolitans Jews in Morocco: Shalom alaykum Land grabs in Syria: Bulldozing over the revolution Polarised politics in Kenya: Kenyatta’s hollow victory Zimbabwe’s deepening crisis: Surviving under Mugabe Catalonia: The man who wasn’t there Russia: The ride of the mercenaries France’s croissant crisis: Sacré beurre Charlemagne: The ghost at the banquet The National Health Service: Policy transplant Political funding: Following the money Business and politics: Brexiteer rock, Marxist hard place Housing in London: Letting out some air Britain and Spain: Tu casa es mi casa Higher education: Everyone v gown Bagehot: The Palace of Pestminster Lawsuits against climate change: New green advocates Health care in America: The right dose? Trends in tourism: Fatal attractions IKEA and the internet: Frictionless furnishing Driving in Myanmar: On the other hand Japanese business: The wa forward Qatar Airways: Plane diplomacy Schumpeter: Making Europe great again Global inflation: Gone missing Buttonwood: Yielding to temptation Anti-money-laundering technology: Washing whiter The Federal Reserve: Powell empowered? Household debt in Asia: Mutable values Payments in Japan: A yen for plastic Trade deals: Jolly good Free exchange: Who is my neighbour? Interstellar travel (I): Rendezvous with Rama Interstellar travel (II): Life in the fast lane Egyptology: Pyramid selling Palaeontology: Mother knows best Military drones: Back to the unicopter Literary biography: Restless soul Vladimir Putin’s Russia: Degrees and perception Writing from Catalonia: Fake man Living with gods: Transcendental meditation Johnson: We was and it ain’t Fats Domino: On Rampart and Canal Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Doing business Markets Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)