The Economist [Fri, 21 Aug 2020] by calibre instant download

The Economist [Fri, 21 Aug 2020] by calibre instant download

本期文章:

Politics this week

Business this week

KAL’s cartoon

The aliens among us

Mali’s coup: Why the Sahel is suffering

Israel and the Arab world: Out of the closet

Tech IPOs: Silicon Valley v Wall Street

Tensions in the eastern Mediterranean: A sea of trouble

On software problems, Britain, India, racism, Clement Attlee: Letters to the editor

The viral universe: The outsiders inside

The presidential election: The postmaster always rings twice

America’s black elite: Our kind of people

Veterans in politics: Old soldiers

Lingua securitatis: From iPhones to aircraft carriers

Lexington: Unconventional

Internship

The Arctic: Drill music

The Caribbean: Anxious isles

Canada: No more Morneau

Myanmar’s forever war: Will it ever stop?

Japan: Virtual respect for the dead

Thai democracy: Street cred

The internet in Pakistan: Calls waiting

Banyan: Sensitive Seoul

Hukou reform: Worlds apart

Chaguan: Past its Peak

The United Arab Emirates: The strong, silent type

Israel and the Arab world: Who’s next?

Iran and covid-19: A rite old mess

African stamps: Wait a minute Mr Postman

Oil on protected waters: An oil spill off Mauritius threatens protected ecosystems

Mutiny in Mali: A coup that was coming

The Belarus uprising: The dictator hangs on, for now

Italy’s populists: Welcome to normal politics

Alexei Navalny in peril: Russia’s opposition leader is in a coma

Depopulating the Balkans: Ageing, dying, leaving

Charlemagne: Why Europeans love Schengen

Unemployment: It’s coming

Gymshark: Primus Insta pares

Public Health England: Turning German?

Exam marks: U and non-U

Race in Northern Ireland: Green or orange, not black

Media and society: No news is good news

Labour: Left out

Bagehot: Rule by algorithm

Tension in the eastern Mediterranean: Battling over boundaries

Technology listings: Partying like it’s 1999

Apple’s Epic dust-up: Playing hard ball

Electric vehicles: Believe the hypercar

Entertainment: A big-sum game

Working hours: Weekend plans

Sino-American tech war: No more quarter

Schumpeter: Supply chained and bound

Dubai: Navigating the storm

Mask economics: Cloth of gold

People’s Bank of China: Conforming to norms

Buttonwood: Foam party

Free exchange: State of the unions

Hidden figures: A flattened curve

Covid and chronic illness: Lingering fog

The American story: Twentieth-century fox

Johnson: Moral minorities

Colombia: A river and a nation

Home Entertainment: In the mind’s eye

British fiction: Unmoored

Economic data, commodities and markets

Authoritarianism: Drifting apart

Julian Bream: Passion plays

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