The Economist - 25 November 2017 by The Economist instant download

The Economist - 25 November 2017 by The Economist instant download

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
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