The Economist - USA (2020-02-15)

The EconomistFebruary 15th 2020 5

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Contents

The world this week

7 A summary of political

andbusinessnews

Leaders

9 A united Ireland

Could it really happen?

10 Germany

Bad heir day

10 Disease and growth

Viral slowdown

11 The wrong person

fortheFed

Shel-no

12 PropertyinAmerica

Thereal-estateracket

Letters

14 Onhousing

Briefing

16 A unitedIreland

Issomerevelationat

hand?

United States

19 Immigration and wages

20 The DoJ heads south

22 Mayor Pete’s progress

24 Ethical landmines

25 Vin-dictive tariffs

26 Lexington Bloomberg

inTennessee

The Americas

27 Pharmacare in Canada

28 Nayib Bukele’s “coup”

30 BelloWhat is Peronism?

Asia

31 Social conservatism in

the Philippines

32 Duterte v America

33 Ethnic tensions flare

in Kazakhstan

33 Elections in Delhi

34 BanyanIndonesia and

China

China

35 The virus’s toll on firms

36 Shake-up in Hubei

37 ChaguanDeath of a

much-admired everyman

International

38 Curbing Asian contagion

39 Covid-19 and trade

BagehotLennonism in

Britain’s Labour Party,

page 52

On the cover

Why the unification of Ireland
is becoming likelier: leader,
page 9 and briefing, page 16.
Between atonement and
forgiveness of past wrongs,
Northern Ireland is moving
towards the more dangerous
path,page 50

• On the road with Mike
  Bloomberg The former mayor
  of New York is building a
  formidable campaign: Lexington,
  page 26


• Germany’s succession crisis
  Angela Merkel’s heir-apparent
  has crashed. The chancellor
  should stand aside: leader,
  page 10. Germany ’s politics is
  blown wide open, page 45


• America’s real-estate racket
  Property brokers get a bad rap
  all over the world. In America
  they deserve it: leader,page 12.
  Technology is at last poised to
  up-end the world’s largest asset
  market, page 61


• Coronanomics: the cost of fear
  How China’s epidemic will hurt
  the world economy: leader,
  page 10. The new coronavirus
  could have a lasting impact on
  global supply chains, page 39.
  The woes of Chinese firms,
  page 35. Dr Li Wenliang, one of
  the first to raise the alarm:
  Chaguan, page 37and obituary,
  page 78