The Economist [Fri, 23 Aug 2019] by calibre instant download

The Economist [Fri, 23 Aug 2019] by calibre instant download

Articles in this issue:

Politics this week

Business this week

KAL’s cartoon

Shareholder capitalism: What companies are for

Coal and climate change: Betting on black

Business in China: Cathay’s mayday

Italian politics: Time to govern, not campaign

Germany’s economy: Take aim

Letters to the editor: On the Amazon, BlackRock, Toni Morrison, e-scooters, HR, dry cleaning

Corporate purpose: I’m from a company, and I’m here to help

Immigration policy: Headless chickens

Party politics: Rural change

Evictions examined: Pushed out

Late-term abortions: Abortion war

Paraguay and power: A dam mess

The burning Amazon: Darkness on the edge of town

The Mexico City marathon: Chocolate rush

Bello: The limits of technocracy

Power generation: Down and dirty

Racism in Indonesia: Independence day

America and Taiwan: Tsai’s prize

Social life in South Korea: Dropping the mic

Crime in India: Silence or the grave

Banyan: Fawning frenzy

Hong Kong: Property and protest

Macau: Betting on red

Chaguan: When patriotism is in fashion

Corruption in Mozambique: The net tightens

Polio in Africa: Vanquishing the virus

Hosni Mubarak: La vache qui vit

Sudan: The start of something new?

Syrians in Lebanon: No refuge

Italy’s government falls: Salvini’s gamble

Presidential rudeness: Arctic antics

European unemployment: Work in progress

Romania goes wild: Butting back

Charlemagne: Ghosts of Terezin

Higher education: Searching for students

Foreign policy after Brexit: All at sea

Drag acts: Lip-stick it to the man

London’s politics: Capital fright

In one ear, out the other: Johnson’s European tour

Fried chicken and crime: On a wing and a prayer

The United Kingdom: Wales watching

Bagehot: Boris’s brain

Insurance and the poor: Under cover

The aerospace industry: Tick tock

General Electric: Back on the Street

Business in China: Wings clipped

Productivity: Can get some satisfaction

Semiconductors: Growing smartly

Corporate behaviour: Funny business

Confessions of a tycoon: Mea culpa

Schumpeter: Vodafone’s search for the G-spot

Credit Suisse: L’étranger

International tax: Trading blows

Chinese monetary policy: At any rate

Buttonwood: The eternal moment

Credit cards: Love at first byte

Foreign investment and wages: Unequal partnerships

Free exchange: A crisis of faith

Astronomy: Matters of great gravity

Art and prison: The Rock and a hard place

A life in Zionism: The price of power

Irish fiction: Nobody’s child

Johnson: Everyday superheroes

Wine investing: A cellar’s market

Steve Sawyer: Hoisting the sails

Economic data, commodities and markets

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