The Economist [Fri, 13 Aug 2021]

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Language: English

Publisher: calibre

Published: Aug 12, 2021

Description:

本期文章: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Industrial policy: China’s attack on tech The war in Afghanistan: Last chance Covid-19 and borders: Open up Climate change: It is not all about the carbon Germany: After Merkel, muddle Letters to the editor: On risk and vaccines, science fiction, climate change, lending, beer, rainfall China’s growth prospects: Automatic for the people Congress: Function in Washington Andrew Cuomo: Oye, Cuomo va Finding abused children: Hashing ambiguous Texas and covid-19: Getting schooled Compulsory vaccination: Spreading Lexington: Green and black Race in Brazil: One city, two worlds Cuba: A small step away from socialism The return of the Taliban: There goes the neighbourhood The mood in Kabul: Pro-God, anti-Taliban Indonesia’s favourite game: A pretty good racquet South Korea’s power players: The ties that bind Banyan: Autocratic for the people Proletarian culture: Production-line poets Cabo Delgado: Rwanda’s new fight Ghana’s oil buy-back: Crude business Niger’s cry for help: Jihadists on all sides Nigeria: Crime and government Democratic immunity: Of coups and covid jabs Germany’s election: Jamaica, traffic-light or black and green? French rhetorical hysteria: 1789 and all that Free media in Poland: Unwelcome Discovery Italy’s coast: The megayachts are back Covid in Bulgaria: Bottom of the heap The Balkans: Knocking on the 27’s door Charlemagne: A tale of two flights The legal system: In trouble with the law Public spaces: Parks and recriminations Universities: Seeing stars Infrastructure: The wrong track International trade: Brexit dividend Long-term damage: Not too gruesome Driving politics: The petrol party Covid-19 and travel: Getting off the ground Chinese capitalism: What tech does Xi want? Biotechnology: Just what the doctor ordered Bartleby: Get flexible or get going The Olympics and advertising: Loser takes all Entrepreneurship: Wiping the slate Schumpeter: Joan of Instacart Job markets: Coming up short Inflation in America: Beatable prices Foreign investors and India: Bygones are bygones Capital markets in Europe: SPACs and the City Buttonwood: Cease and delist South-East Asia: A quiet giant Free exchange: The fundamentals of finance Making organs: Leaves, limbs and lights Climate change: A new reality Solar geoengineering: It that cannot be named “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”: Buy the ticket, take the ride Art and the Nazis: The mind’s eye Women in sport: Championship points Psychological fiction: The devil inside Economic data, commodities and markets Football: Simply the best Graham Vick: Puccini with lunch-trays Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)