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本期文章: The world this week KAL’s cartoon Turkey’s currency crisis: Erdogan v economics The threat to American democracy: Walking away Gaming: Share the data Britain’s future: Time to choose Covid-19: Keep moving Letters to the editor: On antitrust, Chinese birds, confidence tricks, Singapore, the EU, Latin America, random numbers Labs and the law: Scientific suspicion New York politics: Adams eve Philanthropy: The charity-industrial complex Male loneliness: Oh man! Lexington: Rage against the machine Illegal drugs: A new narconomics The new left: Boric acid or placid? East Asian relations: The view from Tokyo Cooking with cannabis: Pot cuisine Climate change: Prayin’ won’t do you no good Politics in South Korea: Merciful Moon Banyan: Caste away Covid-19 in Xi’an: The price of zero Classified directives: Decoding Xi Israel and the Golan Heights: There to stay Africa’s economy: Bean counters Arab autocracy: Charter fights Reform in Spain: A bad bet Turkish infrastructure: Public-private problems Turkey’s voodoo economics: Smoke, mirrors and lira Russia: Memory hole Charlemagne: Everyone else’s business Hate crimes: Unfair cop Eating habits: Blessed are the cheesemakers Sexually transmitted diseases: Poxy reasoning Brexit: Happy now? Addictive behaviour: Can you get hooked on video games? Global law firms: Soliciting success Schumpeter: Glencore’s message to the planet Metaverse landlords: Virtually there Sino-American commerce: The quiet Americans Bartleby: Apology inflation The economic hit from covid-19: Winners and losers Buttonwood: Feast to famine Real-time data: Omicron omens Crypto-finance: Build block better Free exchange: Lose-lose ordeal Indicators: Economic data, commodities and markets America’s Republican Party: In his image Space exploration: Everyone’s going to the Moon The new covid variant: Omicron causes a less severe illness than earlier variants Bathhouse culture: Body and soul Johnson: The great vaxxation Forecasting the future: Dollar divination Desmond Tutu: Troublemaker in a cassock Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)