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43 Politics in Singapore
44 Aboriginal rights in
Australia
45 Japan’s disabled MPs
45 Smoking in Indonesia
46 BanyanA federal
PhilippinesChina
48 Jobless graduates
49 Hong Kong’s protests
50 ChaguanThe semiotics
of meeting roomsInternational
51 Are Western democracies
becoming ungovernable?Business
53 How to beat Bezos
54 SoftBank’s double Vision
55 BartlebyKeeping staff
happy
56 A generic merger
56 Tragedy in India Inc
57 Schumpeter Online food
fightsFinance & economics
59 The Powell pirouette
60 ButtonwoodUnalloyed
blessings
61 The LSE’s monster trade
61 The Mittelstand and
inequality
62 British class-action cases
63 Luring back Portuguese
emigrants
63 Wall Street and Warren
64 Free exchangeEmerging-
markets’brokendreamsScience & technology
65 The rise of planetology
66 Mayan human sacrifice
67 Power from the night airBooks & arts
68 The Bauhaus
69 The disinformation age
70 Mosquitos
70 Sporting fictionEconomic & financial indicators
72 Statisticson 42 economiesGraphic detail
73 HighinternetuseandstatesupporthelpcountriesditchcashObituary
74 Robert Morgenthau, Manhattan’s longest-serving DA