The Economist - USA (2020-08-01)

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Contents

The world this week

5 A summary of political

andbusinessnews

Leaders

7 Google

How to cope with

middle age

8 Migration policy

Locked out

9 Sino-American relations

One thing after another

9 Belarus

Thenextrevolution?

10 Airlines

Don’tcarryflag-carriers

11 Regionalinequality

LevellingupBritain

Letters

12 Onliberalismandrace

Briefing

14 Alphabet

Googlegrowsup

United States

19 The China question

20 Big Tech’s grilling

21 Posthumous hip-hop hits

22 The real picture on crime

24 LexingtonMid-century

modern

The Americas

25 US-Canada tensions

26 Fishing and the Galapagos

26 The “rough sex” defence

27 BelloThe return of rigged

elections

Asia

29 75 years after Hiroshima

30 Golf stymied in Singapore

31 An election in Sri Lanka

31 Najib Razak convicted

32 BanyanCovid-19 comes

back

China

33 Exodus from Hong Kong?

34 A trans legal victory

35 ChaguanDigging your

history

Middle East & Africa

36 Turkey in the Arab world

37 A viral vacation to Dubai

38 Africa’s polluted skies

38 South Africa’s bail-out

39 Land conflicts in Ethiopia

BartlebyEmployees and

employers both face

trade-offs as offices

reopen, page 51

On the cover

The firm has outgrown its
uninhibited corporate culture.
It is time to learn from its
elders: leader,page 7. As the
computing conglomerate has
got bigger, so too have its
problems: briefing, page 14.
The demise of GE is a
cautionary tale for all big
firms:Schumpeter,page 54

• The cost of locking out
  migrantsWhen and how to let
  them move again: leader, page 8.
  Covid-19 has frozen global
  migration. When the pandemic
  recedes, how many barriers will
  remain? Page 47.Many Hong
  Kongers are considering
  emigration, page 33


• Emerging economies’
  scarring recessionUrgent
  measures have alleviated
  short-term panic, but they give
  rise to worries about long-term
  damage,page 56


• Inside the airline-industrial
  complexAviation can rebound
  leaner and greener—so long as
  governments stop favouring
  incumbents: leader,page 10.
  A sudden collapse in air travel
  will reshape a trillion-dollar
  industry, page 50

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