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6 Contents The EconomistJanuary 30th 2021

Volume 438 Number 9230

Europe

39 Europe’s vaccine rows

40 Jabbing in France

41 Italy’s PM resigns

42 German economic hiccups

42 A Turkish cult leader gets

1,000 years

43 CharlemagneEastern

Europe’sbraingain

Britain

44 Scottish independence

45 London’s slang spreads

46 BagehotA party of colour

International

47 The joy of taking risks

Business

49 Mittelstand-off

50 Sweden spurns China Inc

52 Google’s Aussie rules

52 Big tech’s banner year

53 Abrahamic profits

53 Recaffeinating Starbucks

54 Oil-servicemen’s return

54 New corporate “chiefs”

55 Bartleby Lonely work

56 Schumpeter Can Boeing

still fly?

Finance & economics

57 China’s property market

59 Premature austerity

59 Buy American

60 The GameStop frenzy

61 ButtonwoodTiming

the market

62 India’s troubled banks

63 Free exchangeMinimum

wages

Science & technology

64 TV’s tech wars

65 A new type of TV audio

66 Cell cultures as pet food

Books & arts

67 The virtues of immigration

68 Johnson Language tests

69 A history of the Volga

70 Music in space

Economic & financial indicators

72 Statisticson 42 economies

Graphic detail

73 Coal-firedheatingpollutesPoland’sskies

Obituary

74 Hank Aaron, ballplayer and liberator