The Economist 14Dec2019

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Contents

The world this week

7 A summary of political

and business news

Leaders

9 Donald Trump

On trial

10 Central banks

Green envy

11 Hindu chauvinism

Undermining India’s

secular constitution

11 The spying business

The digital dogs of war

12 Menopause

Second spring

Letters

14 On inequality,

videoconferencing

Briefing

16 Impeaching Trump

The die is cast

Britain

19 Politicians in business

20 Ex-MPs with odd jobs

20 Britons in Hong Kong

22 Grime music up north

Europe

23 The EU’s Green Deal

24 Pensions and strikes in

France

24 Finland’s new government

26 Putin’s awful week

27 Moldova and Russia

27 Russian sports cheats

28 Charlemagne The

Catalonia conundrum

United States

29 How to win in Iowa

30 Military training

31 Investigating the FBI

31 Big Bird flies away

32 Paying for college

33 LexingtonHigh-school

football in Texas

The Americas

34 Argentina’s new president

35 Asbestos, Quebec wants

a new name, maybe

38 BelloA second lost

decade?

Middle East & Africa

39 Ending corruption in

South Africa

40 Eskom’s electricity crisis

40 Africa’s sharing economy

41 Libya’s crowded civil war

42 Lebanon infects Syria

LexingtonBest known

for gargantuan stadiums

and skulduggery,

high-school football in

Texas is sport distilled,

page 33

On the cover

On trial: Donald Trump,
impeachment and American
democracy: leader, page 9and
briefing, page 16. A plurality of
Americans—but not of
states—want the president
impeached: graphic detail,
page 77

• Central banks go green
  They must pay some attention
  to climate change, but should
  resist mission creep: leader,
  page 10and analysis, page 64


• Indian secularism under siege
  Abill purporting to help
  refugees is really aimed at
  hurting Muslims: leader,page 11.
  The government’s new
  citizenship law triggers
  communal tensions, widespread
  opposition and constitutional
  concerns, page 43and page 71


• Digital days of war
  Cyber-mercenaries should be
  stopped from selling virtual
  weapons to autocrats: leader,
  page 11. Spyware is a booming
  business, page 57


• TB or not TB?Tuberculosis
  kills more people than any other
  pathogenic illness. New drugs,
  vaccines and tests offer hope,
  though—if there is money
  enough to deploy them,page 67

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