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The EconomistNovember 9th 2019 3

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Contents


The world this week
6 A summary of political
andbusinessnews

Leaders
9 The future of Europe
A continent in peril
10 Cameroon’s forgotten
war
Words and weapons
10 Squeezing the rich
In defence of billionaires
12 Fakenudes
Sex,liesandpolitics
14 Genetics
A designforlife

Letters
17 OntheBible,Greece,
Congress,Chile,Syria,
Canada,windenergy,
AtlanticCity

Briefing
18 Macron’sviewofthe
world
A presidentona mission

United States
21 Warrencare
22 Off-year elections
23 Quid pro...so what?
23 Political advertising
24 Milwaukee’s north side
25 Odessa on the Intracoastal
26 LexingtonThe veterans
ofAmerica’slongwars

The Americas
27 The protests in Bolivia
28 Jamaica’s successful IMF
programme

Asia
31 An Asian trade deal
32 Pakistan’s opposition
34 Cycle rickshaws in
Bangladesh
34 Thailand’s bulky monks
35 The Fukushima accident
35 Taiwan and China
36 BanyanPacificpolitics

China
37 Hong Kong’s hostility to
mainland Chinese
38 Debating face-scans
40 ChaguanThe market and
mother tongues

Middle East & Africa
41 The crisis in Cameroon
43 Iran and the bomb
43 Jerusalem’s new
necropolis
44 Saudi Arabia’s reforms

LexingtonThe wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan
have cost most Americans
nothing. That is why they
continue, page 26

On the cover


Europe is “on the edge of a
precipice”, says France’s
president. Is he right? Leader,
page 9. In a blunt interview,
Emmanuel Macron spoke to
The Economistabout Europe’s
fragile place in a hostile world:
briefing, page 18. A government
led by Jeremy Corbyn would
present a radical challenge to
Britain’s global alliances:
Bagehot,page 51



  • In defence of billionaires
    Large personal fortunes are an
    unreliable guide to where
    government policy has gone
    wrong: leader,page 10. Have
    billionaires accumulated their
    wealth illegitimately? Page 67

  • Cameroon’s forgotten war
    A bastion of stability in central
    Africa could fall apart if outsiders
    do not help: leader,page 10.
    A report from a conflict that has
    driven 500,000 from their
    homes, page 41

  • A hard-headed guide to
    diversityHow to make your firm
    more inclusive,page 55

  • Our poll of Britain’s swing
    seatsThe first in our five-part
    series of constituency polls finds
    the Conservatives struggling to
    win in a crucial Midlands
    marginal,page 49

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