The Economist January 2, 2021 by The Economist instant download

The Economist January 2, 2021 by The Economist instant download

Articles in this issue:

The world this week

KAL’s cartoon

Letters to the editor: On Eastern Airlines, families, coal, potholes, Bob Dylan

Foreign policy after Brexit: Britain’s place in the world

Investing in infrastructure: Infrastruggles

Covid-19: The tunnel gets darker

Digital government: Online onslaught

The online boom: The future of global e-commerce

Britain and the world: Amazing journey?

Fiscal stimulus: A hairy moment

The opioid epidemic: Looking the other way

Presidential power: All the president’s pardons

The Zoom tax: Start spreading the dues

America’s population: The great slowdown

Lexington: Play it again, Lamar

US-Mexico relations: Insecure

Canadian cuisine: No source for soy

Vaccination in Argentina: Sputnik’s orbit

Chilean wine: Label your libation with loving lustre

Digitising government in Japan: Update required

The Durand Line: A big beautiful wall

The rat trade in South-East Asia: Hamper scamper

Muslims in Sri Lanka: Unwanted, dead or alive

Banyan: Dazed and Confucius

Economic development: The fruits of growth

Jailed for virus vlogging: A witness silenced

Chaguan: Folk dances and labour camps

Conflict in the Horn: The widening war

Saudi Arabia: Wheels of injustice

Repression in Uganda: An undemocratic vote

Israeli politics: Sa’ar wars: a New Hope

Algeria: Home at last

Germany after Merkel: Tough act to follow

The Brexit deal: How was it for EU?

Russia’s secret police: Caught with their pants down

Charlemagne: Canning’s law

The Brexit deal (1): Britain’s Swiss role

The Brexit deal (2): No longer in Rome

The Brexit deal (3): The Irish Sea widens

Covid-19 vaccines: Now for the rocket boosters

How it happened: When the music stopped

Human rights: No time to give up

The future of e-commerce: The great mall of China

Online competition: Mo money, Ma problems

Telecommunications: The $90bn prize fight

Podcasting: Sound investments

Bartleby: Tough breaks

The infrastructure infatuation: In the works

America’s jobs market: Speed limits

Free exchange: A bug problem

Covid-19: Variations on a theme

Toxicology: Double indemnity

Recycling: From Clochemerle to a compost heap

After the pandemic: The big picture

Ethiopian music: The beat goes on

Johnson: Nice weather we’re having

Economic data, markets and commodities

Forecasting 2021: Stars in their eyes

Barry Lopez: Man and mystery

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