Contents The Economist March 21st 2020
On the cover
The strugle to save li'vu and
the economy ls likely to
present apnl1lng choices:
leader; pap 9. Europe's
lockdown, paae '5·
Governments and central
banks are spending, page 19.
Business zrind1 to a halt,
page 55. The dash to cash,
page 61. The Fed acts, pap 63.
The virus and 1ehools, pap 53.
Italy in peril, pap 45.
American life transformed,
page 23. Covld-1911 exposing
America's resilience as well as
its vulnerability: Lexinpon,
page28. Thegiim prospects
for India, page 33. The virus
and Britain's big state, page 50.
History is a valuable 1"810Ul"C
in dark times: Bagehot, pose 52.
How virus-testing works,
page
- US-China relations in crisis
Amid the pandemic, Sino-
American relations are rapidly
worsening: leader, page n and
analysis, poge ~ - Ethiopia's hidden war
A military crackdown threatens
the country's fragile transition to
democra~ page
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The world this week
7 A summary of political
and business news
Le1ders
9 The pandemic
Closed
,o The world economy
Fighting the slump
11 Pree speech
Stop deporting reporters
11 Guyana
Petro power struggle
12 Pmfessional spom
The cost of cancelling
Letters
14 On comnavirus and
business, central banks,
Hong Kong, data
Brlefln.c
15 The pandemic
The lockdown and the
long haul
19 The economic
emeqenc:y
Experimental treatment
0
Free exchange
Economies can quickly
recover from huge
slumps in GDP-but not
always, page 65
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23 America's covid-
24 The census
25 Joe Bl.den's electoral
distancing
26 Gaymral Americans
71 Fake scrolls
28 Laingtun Dedinism
r.unpant
The Americas
29 Coca and refugees in
Colombia
30 Bello Venezuela's
political quarantine
p Canada and lichen
Alia
13 Covid-19 in India
14 Banyan The Pacific
self-isolates
35 Recession in Australia
36 Jihad in the Maldives
36 .MalcingwagyuJapanese
China
D Sino-American rivalry
38 Worries about imported
infections
39 Cbaguan Suffering teens
Middle East & Africa
41 Ethiopia's hidden war
42 HIV and the disabled
43 Crocodile-hunting in
Congo
43 Prayer in a pandemic
44 Bibi and the vims
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