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4 Contents The EconomistAugust 29th 2020

Volume 436 Number 9209

Britain

36 Generation rent

37 Studying Mandarin

38 BagehotGermanophilia

Europe

39 Immigrants in Germany

40 Green-fingered Bulgarians

41 Montenegro’s election

41 Universities in France

42 CharlemagneThe

Pampersindex

International

43 Covid-19 and

collective trauma

Business

47 Hollywood and China

50 The DAX’s latest hero

50 Medical devices

51 The business of blackouts

51 Does bribery pay?

52 Palantir’s patriotism

53 SchumpeterThe rise

ofTelegram

Economics brief

54 Dollar dominance

Finance & economics

57 Mighty stock exchanges

58 Ant’s giant listing

58 Phil Hogan resigns

59 Norway’s oil fund

59 Insurers in Lebanon

60 Hot property in Seoul

61 ButtonwoodLessons

from Argentina

62 Free exchangeEconomic

scarring

Science & technology

63 Robots that walk

66 Covid-19 medicines

Books & arts

67 The art of Chinese tattoos

69 The Freemasons

69 Elena Ferrante’s new novel

70 Home Entertainment

An early Beatles album

Economic & financial indicators

72 Statisticson 42 economies

Graphic detail

73 Anti-vaxxtheoriesmaypreventherdimmunity

Obituary

74 Marvin Creamer, a circumnavigator without a compass