The Economist UK - 21.03.2020

MARCH 21ST–27TH 2020 US-China relations in crisis The dash to cash Ethiopia’s hidden war How virus-testing works CLOSED ...

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The EconomistMarch 21st 2020 3 1 Contents continues overleaf Contents The world this week 5 A summary of political and business ...

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The EconomistMarch 21st 2020 5 The world this week Politics Governments around the world took extraordinary measures to curb the ...

6 The EconomistMarch 21st 2020 The world this week Business TheFederal Reservetook more emergency measures to bolster short-term ...

Leaders 7 1 P lanet earthis shutting down. In the struggle to get a grip on covid-19, one country after another is demanding tha ...

8 Leaders The EconomistMarch 21st 2020 2 who is clear of the disease and who is not. Both it and South Ko- rea are using big dat ...

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10 Leaders The EconomistMarch 21st 2020 1 T he flowof information is essential to curbing a pandemic. Yet on March 17th China to ...

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12 Leaders The EconomistMarch 21st 2020 2 parliament directly accountable to party leaders rather than to constituents. This poi ...

Disruption is the law of tomorrow The rules of business and society have changed. 85% of jobs that will exist in 2030 haven’t be ...

14 The EconomistMarch 21st 2020 Letters are welcome and should be addressed to the Editor at The Economist, The Adelphi Building ...

The EconomistMarch 21st 2020 15 1 S ometimes peoplecan be a bit of a disap- pointment to their politicians. On March 12th Emmanu ...

16 BriefingThe pandemic The EconomistMarch 21st 2020 2 1 France had seen 2,281 covid cases and suf- fered 48 deaths. Six days la ...

Whiplash Covid-19, at March 18th 2020 Sources: Johns Hopkins CSSE; UN; OECD; national governments; Datastream from Refinitiv *La ...

18 BriefingThe pandemic The EconomistMarch 21st 2020 2 fear may increasingly add its weight to gov- ernment say-so and social st ...

The EconomistMarch 21st 2020 BriefingThe pandemic 19 1 A character ina novel by Ernest Hem- ingway once described bankruptcy as ...

20 BriefingThe pandemic The EconomistMarch 21st 2020 2 1 ly February but is now the best (or rather, least bad). There remains, ...