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4 Contents The EconomistAugust 8th 2020

Volume 436 Number 9206

Europe

37 Racism in Europe

38 Turkey v social media

38 Genoa reopens its bridge

39 Covid-19 in the Balkans

39 Spain’s pricey fast trains

40 CharlemagneOn

staycation

Britain

41 Is Caledonia Catalonia?

42 Covid-19 and Scotland

43 BagehotThe smell of rot

International

44 How coming out is

changing

Business

47 America Inc’s earnings

48 Joining the S&P 500

49 Nvidia woos Arm

50 Microsoft’s TikTok gamble

50 Sverige AB outshines

Deutschland AG

51 Bartleby Gripes

52 Schumpeter The future

of trucking

Economics brief

53 New thinking on

competition

Finance & economics

55 Paying for vaccines

56 China’s payments duopoly

57 Bad loans in Europe

58 “Pre-docs” in economics

59 The costs of rosy forecasts

60 Free exchange

Dislodgingthedollar

Science & technology

63 AI and language

64 Better covid-19 testing

65 Marine insects

65 High-tech barbecuing

Books & arts

66 Museums and restitution

67 JohnsonDonald Trump

68 Climate change in Iceland

69 Class and privilege

69 Home Entertainment

Playingthesaxophone

Economic & financial indicators

72 Statisticson 42 economies

Graphic detail

73 Howlockdownfadshavebecomelong-termpursuits

Obituary

74 Olivia de Havilland, a legacy of Hollywood’s Golden Age