The Economist - USA (2019-11-23)

The EconomistNovember 23rd 2019 5

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Contents

The world this week

8 A summary of political

andbusinessnews

Leaders

13 China’s unruly periphery

Hong Kong in revolt

14 Sri Lanka’s new president

Oh brother

14 American health care

Sunshine is a partial

disinfectant

16 Israelandthe

Palestinians

Unsettling

18 Productdesign

Debugginggenderbias

Letters

22 OntheMBA,religion,

windpower,British

primeministers,

Romania,“Seinfeld”

Briefing

24 HongKong’sturmoil

Borrowedtime

United States

27 Pre-impeachment

28 Elections and moderation

29 Louisiana politics

29 Rats in California

30 Back-channel diplomacy

32 LexingtonAmerica’s

obsessionwithdogs

The Americas

33 Jair Bolsonaro’s odd

presidency

34 Venezuela’s virtual-gold

farmers

35 BelloChange in Chile

Asia

36 Sri Lanka’s new president

37 Art in rural Japan

38 Thailand’s managed

democracy

38 America and South Korea

39 Banyan Japan’s tenacious

primeminister

China

40 Nuclear weapons

41 The dangers of studying

abroad

42 ChaguanLauding

repression in Xinjiang

Middle East & Africa

43 Protests in Iran

44 America pleases Israel

45 Studying cash handouts

45 Crocs in Ivory Coast

46 A row over land in Kenya

Free exchangeThe Nobel

prize for economics

prompts soul-searching

about the profession’s

poverty of ambition,

page 70

On the cover

Hong Kong is not the only part
of China’s periphery that
resents Beijing’s heavy hand:
leader, page 13. A generation
shapes its identity on the anvil
of Xi Jinping’s intolerance:
briefing, page 24. In response
to a damning leak, few Chinese
officials are blushing: Chaguan,
page 42

• How hospitals rip you off
  American health care is a racket.
  Hospitals need a dose of
  transparency—and tougher
  antitrust action, too, page 14.
  The Trump administration
  wants hospitals to be more
  upfront about prices. They
  demand a second opinion,
  page 57


• Can McKinsey shrink to
  greatness?What happens when
  the management priesthood
  faces disruption: Schumpeter,
  page 62


• Fuel prices set Iran ablaze
  Rises in the price of petrol are
  fuelling unrest in Iran,page 43


• Impoochment: Americans
  and their dogsThe meaning of
  America’s canine obsession:
  Lexington,page 32