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6 Contents The EconomistNovember 14th 2020

Volume 437 Number 9220

Middle East & Africa

42 Corruption in South Africa

43 Why Zambia may default

44 Fed-up feminists in Egypt

45 Saeb Erekat, RIP

Europe

46 Nagorno- Karabakh

47 Corruption and Ukraine

48 Europe’s recovery fund

48 France fights jihadists

in Africa

International

50 What the world wants

from Biden

Business

53 China’s battered

entrepreneurs

55 Disney’s TV success

55 A growing taste for pasta

56 Royal Enfield revs up

57 SchumpeterMcDonald’s

supersizedcomeback

Briefing

58 Value investing struggles

Finance & economics

61 America’s rebound

62 The vaccine and investors

63 ButtonwoodEmerging

markets

64 Turkey’s economic policy

64 Grain prices in America

65 A Swedish unicorn

66 Free exchange Working

withepidemiologists

Science & technology

68 Fast tests for covid-

69 Life on Venus, redux

70 Better disposable cups

Books & arts

71 Britain and slavery

72 Chinatown chic

73 American society

73 Billy Wilder’s story

74 JohnsonLanguage and

evolution

Economic & financial indicators

76 Statisticson 42 economies

Graphic detail

77 Howless-educatedwhitesspurnJoeBiden

Obituary

78 James Randi, magician and professional sceptic