The Economist USA - 31.08.2019

20 United States The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 2 1 economy. When interest-rate increases push up the value of the dollar, export ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 United States 21 2 W illiam henry harrisonwas 66 in 1839 when he became the Whigs’ presidential ca ...

22 United States The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 A fter dan conleyannounced last year that he would not seek re-election as the di ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 United States 23 F ew industrialistshave been as cruelly self-serving as Andrew Carnegie. Fatal ac ...

24 The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 1 C ities builtaround seaports are often prosperous. Not so Buenaventura, on Colombia’s Pacific ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 The Americas 25 2 Bello Playing with fire P ictures of firesraging in the rain- forest. A social-m ...

26 The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 1 O rder a glassof Asahi lager in a pub in Seoul these days and chances are the bartender will ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 Asia 27 2 tions have yet to bite, too. Japan continues to authorise exports. The red tape generat- ...

28 Asia The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 1 F or a septuagenarianmember of In- dia’s somnolent upper house, five years out of govern ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 Asia 29 2 Banyan Wars without end T wo yearsago ethnic cleansing by the army forced 700,000 Muslim ...

30 The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 1 T here wasno violence and there were no victims, unless you count the crick- ets, which rushe ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 China 31 2 Red Cross and programmes to help the el- derly and poor. Players who win over 10,000 yu ...

32 China The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 A t the peakof Kublai Khan’s empire-building career, his repu- tation for ferocity was su ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 33 1 A n explosion andsubsequent fire in the early hours of August 25th in Bei- rut’s Dahiye neigh ...

34 Middle East & Africa The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 2 the Palestinian Islamist movement in Gaza. Ties between them were cu ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 Middle East & Africa 35 T here is areason that men with ma- chetes keep killing people in Cong ...

36 Middle East & Africa The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 “E lephants excite most children,” says Timex Moalosi, the chief of Sa ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 37 1 A t the startof this year, a fretful Em- manuel Macron grounded his presi- dential plane and ...

38 Europe The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 2 1 pushing ideas to strengthen what he calls “European sovereignty”, or its ability to ...

The EconomistAugust 31st 2019 Europe 39 2 G iuseppe conteis poised to boldly go where no Italian technocrat has gone before. Ind ...