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4 Contents The EconomistFebruary 13th 2021

Volume 438 Number 9232

Europe

49 Education and covid-

50 Emmanuel Macron’s

election dilemma

51 LGBT protests in Turkey

51 Lockdown pets

52 Mario Draghi’s challenge

53 Charlemagne The EU

mustfacetherealRussia

Britain

54 Reforming the NHS

55 Illicit fun

56 BagehotThe price of

acceptance

International

57 Freedom of speech

Business

59 America Inc’s health check

60 Trade unions v big tech

62 Deutschland AG v Brexit

62 India’s halting

privatisations

63 Bartleby Plague-year diary

64 SchumpeterThecult CEO

Briefing

65 Does E.T. exist?

Finance & economics

69 The new fiscal maths

70 Oil at $

71 Inflation picks up pace

71 Bank bosses in Europe

72 ButtonwoodThe Big Short

73 Trade and competition

74 Free exchangeStructural

monetarypolicy

Science & technology

75 Microbiomes and disease

76 Better cancer treatments

78 Wooden skyscrapers

Books & arts

79 Aliens and scientists

81 Robert Maxwell

81 Life and death in India

82 JohnsonThe languages

of others

Economic & financial indicators

84 Statisticson 42 economies

Graphic detail

85 Thesupplyofcovid-19vaccines

Obituary

86 Paul Crutzen, guardian of the ozone layer