The Economist UK - 28.03.2020

The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 BriefingThe pandemic and the state 21 2 1 kcdcsays that system was too slow, and it has now automat ...

22 BriefingThe pandemic and the state The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 2 1 “T he governmentintervention is not a government takeover ...

The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 BriefingThe pandemic and the state 23 2 1 paring it favourably with Wall Street bail- outs a decade ...

24 BriefingThe pandemic and the state The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 2 of payers rising from 7m in 1940 to 42m in 1945 (today more ...

The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 25 1 I n some ways, Britain is more united than it has been for a long time. Bickering over Brexit ...

26 Britain The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 2 The government will do its best to even things out. It will bear 80% of the wage bills ...

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28 Britain The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 O ver thepast few weeks, the National Health Service has undergone extraor- dinary, wren ...

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30 Britain The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 1 L ean outof any of the sash windows on Taybridge Road in Clapham, and there’s always s ...

The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 Britain 31 2 ing together every evening, rather than waiting for a day when nobody is out. “Now eve ...

32 Britain The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 I n the pastfew weeks politics has retreated to its core function: protecting the tribe ...

The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 33 1 W ith itscarefully spaced empty white beds laid across the dark floor, the pa- vilion of Madri ...

34 Europe The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 2 pletely. Economists are forecasting that gdpwill shrink by up to 15%, depending on how ...

The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 Europe 35 I n most languages, if someone said you had cancer, it would be a diagnosis. In Dutch, it ...

36 Europe The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 V ladimir putin is no doubt feeling smug. The Russian economy ought to be in crisis, but ...

UK Export Finance (UKEF) is the UK’s export credit agency, a government department, working alongside the Department for Interna ...

38 Europe The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 T o explain acomplicated story, it helps to have a fable. Those who watched the last euro ...

The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 39 1 E ven to thehousebound and socially distanced, the signs of a contraction are apparent. The 18 ...

40 United States The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 2 1 net decidedly more European, at least tem- porarily. The federal government wo ...