The Economist UK - 27.07.2019

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Contents

The world this week

5 A summary of political

and business news

Leaders

7 Britain’s new prime

minister

Here we go

8 Russia and China

Brothers in arms

10 Heatwaves

Hot as hell

10 Currency wars

Do not escalate

11 Microsoft

Rebooted

Letters

12 On conservatism, taxing

assets, Uzbekistan, Nazi

operations, work

Briefing

15 Russia and China

The junior partner

Special report: Canada

The liberal north

Afterpage 40

Britain

19 The new government

20 No-deal forecasts

21 The Lib Dems’ new leader

22 An end to austerity

22 Crime in the countryside

23 Young farmers

24 BagehotLonely at the top

Europe

27 Ukraine’s elections

28 Protests in Moscow

28 Kosovo’s prime minister

resigns

29 Berlin’s Jewish Museum

30 Malta and abortion

30 Tour de France

32 CharlemagneThe

muscles from Brussels

United States

33 Overcrowded primaries

34 Mueller’s testimony

35 New Orleans and snow

36 Indian-Americans

37 LexingtonHotshots in

Alaska

The Americas

38 Corruption in Brazil

39 Picking judges in

Guatemala

39 Poor but sexy Oaxaca

40 BelloLatin America and

Europe

Middle East & Africa

41 The Gulf crisis

42 Croquet in Egypt

42 Separatism in Ethiopia

43 South African politics

44 Africa’s coal craze

SchumpeterThe plastics

business has yet to come

to terms with a backlash

against its products,

page 58

On the cover

Buckle up, Britain. Boris
Johnson promises thrills but is
heading for a serious spill:
leader,page 7. The new prime
minister will lead a fragile—
and potentially short-lived—
government, page 19. Why
predicting the impact of
no-deal is so hard, page 20.
The hazards of having a prime
minister who hates to be
hated: Bagehot,page 24

• The new Russia-China
  partnershipThe close
  relationship between Vladimir
  Putin and Xi Jinping is much
  better for China than it is for
  Russia: leader,page 8. How
  Vladimir Putin’s embrace of
  China weakens Russia: briefing,
  page 15


• Heatwaves and climate
  changeExtreme heat is a silent
  killer. Countries must do more to
  adapt: leader,page 10.
  Greenhouse-gas emissions
  contribute to the rising
  frequency of heatwaves,page 67


• Microsoft’s lessons for other
  tech giantsWhat the software
  company ’s surprising comeback
  can teach its tech rivals,page 11


• Liberal Canada: a special
  reportAs many Western
  countries turn to populism,
  Canadians will soon decide
  if they want to remain a
  liberal beacon, says Brooke
  Unger, afterpage 40