The EconomistFebruary 1st 2020 5
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Contents
The world this week
7 A summary of political
andbusinessnews
Leaders
9 Coronavirus
How bad will it get?
10 Britain after Brexit
Into the unknown
11 Trump’s peace plan
Dead on arrival
11 Goldman Sachs
Howthemightyhave
fallen
12 Pubertyblockers
Pill-pushers
Letters
14 Onone-nationTories,
chips,backpain,Boeing,
disgust
Briefing
17 Thespecialrelationship
Nolongersucha smooth
ride
United States
20 The Democratic field
21 Transgender children
22 Wage growth in Vermont
23 The Iowa caucuses
24 Immigration restrictions
25 LexingtonImpeachment
The Americas
26 Poverty in Brazil
27 BelloPeru’s new congress
28 Deciphering quipus
Asia
29 Chinese enclaves in
South-East Asia
30 Thailand’s child boxers
31 North-eastern India
31 Pakistan’s vengeful army
32 BanyanUnderthevolcano
China
33 Life under lockdown
35 ChaguanVirus politics
International
36 Containing coronavirus
37 Viral economics
SchumpeterClayton
Christensen’s insight on
disruptive innovation
will outlive him,page 58
On the cover
The coronavirus is likely to
become a pandemic. That
need not be as catastrophic as
it sounds,page 9. How do you
contain an epidemic? Page 36.
China’s semi- quarantine will
hurt growth at home and
abroad, page 37.Xi Jinping
wants to be both feared and
loved by the Chinese people.
The coronavirus may change
that:Chaguan,page 35
- Britain after BrexitAs Boris
Johnson pilots Britain into
uncharted waters, he needs a
lodestar. Liberalism offers one,
page 10. A weakened Britain
hopes to draw strength from its
alliance with the United States:
briefing, page 17. Britain will
diverge from EU regulation.
There will be costs and benefits,
page 48. The Tories need to put
the genie of English nationalism
back in the bottle: Bagehot,
page 52 - Trump’s one-sided peace plan
His proposal highlights the need
for new leadership on all sides,
page 11. It may not bring peace,
but it could still have a lasting
effect, page 39 - Private markets—a
dangerous obsessionWhen an
idea is universally held in finance
it often pays to be cautious.
Right now almost everyone
believes that private markets are
better than public ones,page 61 - The problem with puberty
blockersDrugs offered to
transgender children need to be
used more cautiously,page 12.
Some American lawmakers seek
a ban, page 21