The Economist - USA (2020-06-27)

The EconomistJune 27th 2020 3

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Contents

The world this week

5 A summary of political

andbusinessnews

Leaders

7 Preparedness

The next catastrophe

8 Israel and the

Palestinians

Consider the cost

8 Property troubles

Watch this space

9 TheWirecardscandal

Inpraiseofshort-sellers

10 E-sports

Citius,Altius,Fortnite

Letters

12 Onstatues,alcohol,metal

prices,Colombia,video

games,ElonMusk

Briefing

14 Catastrophicrisks

What’stheworstthat

couldhappen?

United States

17 Nuclear testing

18 Instant museums

19 The course of covid-

19 Voice of America

20 Clarence Thomas

21 Shutting out engineers

22 LexingtonXiJinping

The Americas

23 Nicolás Maduro’s

machinations

24 Brazilian football kicks off

24 Canada’s waning global

influence

25 Bello Parallels with the

1930sand1980s

Asia

26 An election in Singapore

27 Corruption in Kyrgyzstan

27 Espionage in Fiji

28 Japan’s greying army

28 Bullfighting in South

Korea

29 BanyanJapanandChina

China

30 The neglected Uighurs

31 Hong Kong’s new

national-security law

32 ChaguanExamining the

costs of corruption

Middle East & Africa

33 Israel and annexation

35 Judging elections

35 Averting famine

36 Passports for sale

37 A big man jailed in Congo

Schumpeter

Live-streaming will

change rock ’n’ roll for

the better, page 56

On the cover

Governments routinely ignore
seemingly far-out risks.
Rocked by a global pandemic,
they need to up their game:
leader,page 7and briefing,
page 14. New diseases are
inevitable. Ensuing global
calamities do not have to be,
page 64. A resumption of
nuclear tests would shake up
more than Nevada, page 17.
How the last great pandemic
changed the world:
perspectives,page 72

• Israel’s annexation
  misjudgmentBinyamin
  Netanyahu is underestimating
  the risks: leader, page 8and
  analysis, page 33


• Commercial property in
  troubleOver the past 20 years
  the investment world has fallen
  in love with property. Is it the
  end of the affair? Leader, page 8
  and analysis,page 57


• Fortnite as an Olympic sport
  Why the next games should
  feature e-sport: leader, page 10.
  The pandemic has accelerated
  the growth of competitive
  video-gaming, page 49

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