The Economist 04Apr2020

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The EconomistApril 4th 2020 3 1 Contents continues overleaf Contents The world this week 5 A summary of political and business n ...

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The EconomistApril 4th 2020 5 The world this week Politics Scientists advising the Ameri- can government about the covid-19outbr ...

6 The EconomistApril 4th 2020 The world this week Business After a few days of relative calm, stockmarkets were once again beset ...

Leaders 7 1 I magine havingtwo critically ill patients but just one ventil- ator. That is the choice which could confront hospit ...

8 Leaders The EconomistApril 4th 2020 2 future, as countries pay off their extra borrowing. A third principle is that countries ...

The EconomistApril 4th 2020 Leaders 9 1 M any kindsof misfortune make a country prone to conflict; Mozambique has them all. It i ...

10 Leaders The EconomistApril 4th 2020 2 “Africa’s Qatar”, it must pacify Cabo Delgado. To do so it must be honest. The governme ...

Innovation is the law of tomorrow The rules of business and society have changed. Intellectual Property isn’t just for megastars ...

12 The EconomistApril 4th 2020 Letters are welcome and should be addressed to the Editor at The Economist, The Adelphi Building, ...

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14 The EconomistApril 4th 2020 1 “W e have nochoice,” said President Donald Trump on March 30th, after announcing that federal g ...

The EconomistApril 4th 2020 BriefingPandemic trade-offs 15 2 1 (such as how many new infections there will be) based mostly on w ...

16 BriefingPandemic trade-offs The EconomistApril 4th 2020 2 1 to the virus. (Cinemas in South Korea, where the epidemic seems m ...

The EconomistApril 4th 2020 BriefingPandemic trade-offs 17 2 1 sense of altruism. As their perception of the risks the disease p ...

18 BriefingPandemic trade-offs The EconomistApril 4th 2020 2 I t wasDominique-Jean Larrey, a rugged French military surgeon in N ...

The EconomistApril 4th 2020 19 1 T he governmentis readying for calam- ity. Boris Johnson has written to every household warning ...

20 Britain The EconomistApril 4th 2020 2 ed at a distance. Lawyers complained that existing technology regularly failed. Then, o ...