The Economist - USA (2020-11-13)

The EconomistNovember 14th 2020 5

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Contents

The world this week

8 A summary of political

andbusinessnews

Leaders

11 Vaccines

Suddenly, hope

12 America and its allies

Great expectations

12 America’s next president

Biden’s economy

13 Asset management

BeyondBuffett

14 DemocracyinAfrica

Zambia’sdescent

Letters

16 Ontransgendersports,

diplomacy,Facebook,

management,Armenia,

avatars,Brazil

Briefing

19 Covid-19vaccines

Thetechnologyofhope

Specialreport:

Assetmanagement

Themoneydoctors

Afterpage 40

Asia

22 Kyrgyzstan’s president

23 Sino-Australian trade

24 India’s covid-19-proof

ruling party

24 Myanmar’s election

25 BanyanFilipinosabroad

China

26 Hong Kong’s legislature

27 Self-help books

28 ChaguanMusing over

tea about unequal lives

United States

29 Covid-19 and Biden

30 Republicans and the result

31 The Pentagone

32 Fox News

32 Unhappy cowboys

33 The urban-rural divide

34 LexingtonA Democratic

defeatinvictory

The Americas

35 The impeachment of

Martín Vizcarra

36 Hurricane Eta

37 BelloProxy presidents

Britain

38 Protest in the provinces

39 Foreign-investment rules

40 BagehotPrincess Diana,

populist politician

BagehotHow Princess

Diana shaped politics,

page 40

On the cover

A highly effective vaccine
should transform the fight
against covid-19. But a lot
remains to be done: leader,
page 11, and briefing, page 19.
Cheap, rapid tests for
sars-cov-2 are here. Will they
bethestopgapneeded?Page 68

• The economy Joe Biden
  will inheritHe faces two
  extraordinary challenges: leader,
  page 12. What he would do
  differently, and how much
  difference it would make,
  page 29. A vaccine and the
  world’s largest economy, page 61


• America’s allies: a long
  wishlistWhat they can do for
  Joe Biden: leader,page 12. And
  what the world wants from him,
  page 50


• The trouble with value
  investingMade famous by
  Warren Buffett, it is struggling to
  remain relevant: leader, page 13,
  and briefing, page 58. A special
  report on asset management
  after page 40

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