The Economist - 02.29.2020

The EconomistFebruary 29th 2020 3

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Contents

The world this week

5 A summary of political

andbusinessnews

Leaders

7 Bernie Sanders

America’s nightmare

8 Covid-

Gone global

9 The war in Afghanistan

This way out

9 Argentina and the IMF

Newpartners,olddance

10 Freespeechatwork

Wokingninetofive

Letters

12 Oncompanies,gender,

Qatar,war,Brexit,

committees

Briefing

13 Covid-

Flatteningthecurve

United States

17 Bernie Sanders and his

world

22 Harvey Weinstein

22 SCOTUS gets busy

23 The invisible wall

24 LexingtonThe primary

problem

The Americas

25 Guyana’s oil riches

26 Keeping Carnival rain-free

27 BelloAMLO’s theatre

Asia

28 A peace deal in

Afghanistan

29 Thailand overrules

voters, again

29 Repression in Kazakhstan

30 A power grab in Malaysia

31 BanyanSri Lankans v

elephants

32 Japan staycates

32 RiotsinIndia

China

33 Surveillance technology

34 Remote learning

35 ChaguanRethinking

supply chains

Middle East & Africa

36 Another Israeli election

37 Jews who vote for Arabs

37 Hosni Mubarak dies

38 South Africa’s budget

39 Africa’s trade with

America

BartlebyThe wrong way

to give employee

feedback, page 52

On the cover

Bernie Sanders would be a
terrible Democratic nominee:
leader,page 7. What does his
political revolution hope to
accomplish?Page 17. A recipe
for a populist takeover:
Lexington,page 24

• Covid-19 goes globalThe virus
  is coming. Governments have an
  enormous amount of work to
  do: leader, page 8.How to cope
  with a pandemic: briefing,
  page 13. Rethinking China-only
  supply chains: Chaguan, page 35


• Meet the EU’s trade bruiser
  How the European Union’s trade
  policy is being rebranded,
  page 60


• Woking nine to five
  Companies should be stopped
  from trying to silence their
  employees: leader,page 10.
  But they are increasingly
  worried about what their people
  say—inside and outside the
  office, page 47


• Digital twin of the heart
  Virtual copies of patients’ hearts
  could help doctors diagnose and
  treat cardiac disease,page 62