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4 Contents The EconomistNovember 21st 2020

Volume 437 Number 9221

Europe

45 Turkey’s economy

46 Dayton at 25

47 Climate politics

in Germany

47 Moldova’s election

48 CharlemagneThe

rainbowcurtain

Britain

49 Ministers unchained

52 BagehotA modern

Machiavelli

International

53 Race and health

Business

56 Taiwan Inc in China

57 Germany’s guest

entrepreneurs

58 Walmart’s beastly quarter

59 Airbnb in the Nasdaq

59 The dash for DoorDash

60 Bartleby The board game

61 Schumpeter AT&T’s

dividend dilemma

Finance & economics

62 Sovereign debt

63 RCEP, Asia’s new trade deal

64 A tax scandal in Germany

64 Banks scramble for scale

65 Buttonwood Quant funds

66 Bond defaults in China

66 The velocity of money

67 Green investors sue

68 Free exchangeThe Fed

andBiden

Science & technology

71 AI fighter pilots

74 A Chinese Moon shot

74 When stars collide

74 Another covid-19 vaccine

75 Seals feeding like whales

Books & arts

76 Beethoven at 250

77 Jane Smiley’s new novel

78 A solo Everest mission

78 Globalisation in the

steam age

79 TheAntichrist

Economic & financial indicators

80 Statisticson 42 economies

Graphic detail

81 Whydrivingdistancesingolfkeepgettinglonger

Obituary

82 Jonathan Sacks, a chief rabbi with a mission