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4 Contents The EconomistSeptember 5th 2020

Volume 436 Number 9210

Britain

45 Johnson’s incompetence

46 Dog-walking

48 BagehotLib Dem revival?

International

49 The digitisation of

government

Business

51 The purpose of Prosus

52 Wizz Air’s rise

53 Japan Inc’s rebalancing act

53 Buffett bets on Japan

54 Bartleby Anthropology

of work

55 Indian over-Reliance

55 TikTok’s limbo dance

56 SchumpeterPlatform

constitutions

Economics brief

57 Culture in economics

Finance & economics

61 Banking on China

63 The Fed’s softer target

63 Indian finance in the dock

64 Wall Street donations

64 World Bank rankings

65 ButtonwoodPrivate

equity’s shortcomings

66 Free exchange

Abenomics

Science & technology

67 Predicting pugnacity

68 Brain-computer

interfaces

69 Finding bodies in forests

70 Interpreting dreams

Books & arts

71 Violence and drill music

72 JohnsonLost in dictation

73 The lives of ants

73 A portrait of Abe Shinzo

74 Home Entertainment

Frenchnoirfiction

Economic & financial indicators

76 Statisticson 42 economies

Graphic detail

77 Citiesarerecovering.Soisairpollution

Obituary

78 Chadwick Boseman, avatar of black pride