The Economist - 02.29.2020

FEBRUARY29TH–MARCH6TH 2020 Covid-19goesglobal MeettheEU’stradebruiser Wokingninetofive Digital twin of the heart American nightm ...

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The EconomistFebruary 29th 2020 3 1 Contents continues overleaf Contents The world this week 5 A summary of political andbusines ...

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The EconomistFebruary 29th 2020 5 The world this week Politics The whosaid that most new cases of covid-19, a novel type of coro ...

6 The EconomistFebruary 29th 2020 The world this week Business Globalmarketshada turbu- lent week amid heightened concern about ...

Leaders 7 S ometimespeoplewakefroma baddreamonlytodiscover that they are still asleep and that the nightmare goes on. This is th ...

8 Leaders The EconomistFebruary 29th 2020 I n public health, honestyiswortha lotmorethanhope.It has become clear in the past wee ...

The EconomistFebruary 29th 2020 Leaders 9 1 A fghanistanhasbeenatwarformorethan 40 years—lon- gerthanmostoftheworld’s population ...

10 Leaders The EconomistFebruary 29th 2020 2 crats. In 2017, for example, they piled into newly issued 100-year Argentine sovere ...

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12 The EconomistFebruary 29th 2020 Lettersarewelcomeandshouldbe addressedtotheEditorat TheEconomist,TheAdelphiBuilding, 1-11 Joh ...

TheEconomistFebruary 29th 2020 13 1 I n the early scenes of Michelangelo Ant- onioni’s “The Eclipse”, eerily empty Ital- ian str ...

14 BriefingCovid-19 The EconomistFebruary 29th 2020 2 1 chains wind through it. The spread of the disease to South Korea, Iran a ...

The EconomistFebruary 29th 2020 BriefingCovid-19 15 2 1 manydiedandtest a large random sample for antibodies against the pathoge ...

16 BriefingCovid-19 The EconomistFebruary 29th 2020 2 even mass protests in another. There will also be scapegoating and fear. I ...

TheEconomistFebruary 29th 2020 17 1 A mbitious, exhilaratedand a little nervous, a freshly elected Democratic congressman was bu ...

18 United States The EconomistFebruary 29th 2020 2 1 Promises are expensive. Our account- ing shows Mr Sanders proposing $52trn ...

The EconomistFebruary 29th 2020 United States 19 2 would put up enough cash to counteract this onslaught of digital and televisi ...

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