The Economist [Fri, 17 Aug 2018] by calibre instant download

The Economist [Fri, 17 Aug 2018] by calibre instant download

Articles in this issue:

Politics this week

Business this week

KAL’s cartoon

Romance in the digital age: Modern love

Emerging markets: Turkey’s turmoil

Saudi Arabia: The prickly prince

China’s reforms: Pilot error

Infrastructure: The bridges of decay

On China, sin taxes, John Stuart Mill, finance: Letters to the editor

Sexual selection: Putting the data into dating

Summer of scandal: Pythons and ostriches

West Virginia politics: My kingdom for a couch

The death penalty: Cornhusker dues

The White House: Oh me, oh my

Clerical sex abuse: Cardinal sins

Lexington: Indiana country

Migrants in Mexico: The first frontier

The war on drugs: Unlikely allies

Malaysian politics: Mahathir’s second act

Philippine-American relations: A peal for friendship

Afghanistan’s endless war: Rude awakening

Police in India: Politicians’ pets

Banyan: Peril in smooth waters

Reform experiments: Feeling the stones

Education: Taming the tigers

Muslims: And hell is just a sauna

Injustice in Kenya: Who will police the police?

Ethiopia: Abiymania

Togo’s president: Tough to unseat

Europe and the Arab world: Anything to stop the migrants

The Gulf crisis: Competition over Kabul

Art in Egypt: Busted

The fall of the lira: Turkey tantrum

Russia’s neighbourhood: Big lake, small sea

Ireland and Brexit: Ferry risky

Italy’s bridge disaster: Structural weakness

German problems: Deadly sleepers

Spain: The Guggenheim effect

Charlemagne: Odyssey without end

Scottish public policy: The not so brave

Sterling’s slide: Crunch time

Rough sleeping: No end in sight

Visa delays: Stamp duty

Male nurses: Not just a woman’s job

Bagehot: The other Britain

The global arms trade: Masters of war

The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Honoured in the breach

The future of computing: Quantum spring

Glyphosate and cancer: Bayer beware

The aviation business: Border-line ridiculous

Start Today: Suits you

Sport and the media: Out of the woods

Schumpeter: Life on Mars

Emerging markets: Fear of the lira

Buttonwood: Value judgment

Australian pensions: Not so super

Litigation finance: Appealing returns

Innovation in insurance: Icing on the cake

Forensic accounting: Seeking the devil in the details

Tax breaks in Africa: Slipping through the net

Free exchange: When the levy breaks

John Maynard Keynes: Was he a liberal?

Construction technology: A bridge too far

Archaeology: A dead parrot story

Ancient plants: Enduring relationship

Creativity and censorship in Turkey: The art of survival

Surviving Russian history: Tale of the century

America’s warriors: No off button

American fiction: Anchors away

The Enlightenment’s flagship: There were dragons

V.S. Naipaul: No settled place

Output, prices and jobs

Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates

The Economist commodity-price index

Agricultural commodities

Markets

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