The Economist - 2016-06-11

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Published: Jun 11, 2016

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Articles in this issue:

Politics this week

Business this week

KAL's cartoon

Education: How to make a good teacher

Brexit: Jeremy Corbyn, saboteur

Fund management: Slow-motion revolution

Agricultural technology: Feeding the ten billion

The trade in albino bones: For the colour of their skin

Bacteria, Hainan, cotton industry, the Arab world, Essex, Brazil, quinoa, the far right: Letters to the editor

Education reform: Teaching the teachers

Hillary Clinton: Madam presumptive nominee

The campaigns: Heard on the trail

Republicans and welfare: Ryan’s ramble

Chicago’s museum wars: Light against dark

Swimming religiously: Scruples and splashes

Cannabis in the capital: Federal haze

Delta lives: Standin’ at the crossroads

Lexington: Playground tactics

Peru’s election: The fortunate president

Corruption in Guatemala: Bad apples everywhere

Canada’s daunting logistics: Airships in the Arctic

Bello: The Mexican blues

South Korea’s working women: Of careers and carers

Indian diplomacy: Modi on the move

Japan and money politics: Shameless shogun

Afghanistan-Pakistan relations: Frontier stand-off

War in Afghanistan: The general’s words

Banyan: Foreign lives

Wenzhou’s economy: It once was lost

China-United States relations: Aerial chicken

Morocco: The pluses and minuses of monarchy

Public spaces in the Middle East: No bed of roses

Ramadan in Saudi Arabia: Taking it to heart

Trade in east Africa: Worth celebrating

The killing of albinos: Murder for profit

Rome elects a mayor: Five-star surprise

European football championships: Paris match

Poland’s anti-government rallies: From Facebook to the streets

Iran’s Turkish connection: Golden squeal

How men and women vote: The lefter sex

Charlemagne: The politics of alienation

Consequences of Brexit: Beyond the fringe

Brexit brief: The charms of variable geometry

Airport expansion: Up in the Eire

Technology in prisons: Screens behind bars

Industrial evolution: The digital economy

University fundraising: Mortarboard in hand

Taxes and benefits: The echo chamber

Corporate governance: Shocking shopping

Bagehot: The new J-curve

Foreign aid: Misplaced charity

Where does the aid go?: Size matters

The future of agriculture: Factory fresh

Smart farms: Silicon Valley meets Central Valley

Agricultural biotechnology: Bugs in the system

Brain scan: Caleb Harper

Crops of the future: Tinker and tailor

Fish farming: Catch of the day

Animal husbandry: Stock answers

Towards 2050: Vorsprung durch Technik

The internet of things: Where the smart is

The internet of things: Job opening

Google’s other businesses: Alpha minus

Marketing rebates: Trust me

Fosun: Bloated but still bingeing

Household chemicals in South Korea: The germ of an idea

Airlines in South America: No El Dorado

Schumpeter: Their eyes on Albion

Asset management: Index we trust

Buttonwood: Secret agents

Banks v investors: Of snowballs and red ink

Dollar imperialism: The Fed’s tributaries

America’s economy: When barometers go wrong

The ECB buys corporate bonds: Unyielding

Free exchange: Sibyl faulty

Cancer treatment: On target

The international pharmaceutical market: Priced out

Carbon capture and storage: Turning air into stone

Fixing potholes: The hole story

Human evolution: Hobbit forming

Palestine: The view on the ground

Literary history: Born to be Wilde

Alternative medicine: Straight and crooked thinking

Emil Zatopek: Feet of fire

Brazil: Rich upon rich

Robert Rauschenberg: Ripe for reassessment

Obituary: Muhammad Ali: The greatest

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