The Economist - USA (2021-12-18)

AnexuberanceofarticlesaboutMiddleEasternrailways,India’stouringcinemas,quadratic voting and much more...

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UNEARTHING

THETRUTH

13

GIMME

SHELTER

16

THEPUBLIC

SQUARED

19

FIGHTING

FIT

21

THELAST

HOLDOUT

43

ONEWOMAN’S

TRASH

54

OFBIRDS

ANDMEN

51

AWILD

RIDE

48

AWORLDOF

TWOHALVES

45

THEARRIVAL

OFATRUCK

35

SONSOFTOKYO,

DREAMSOFEUROPE

24

HECAME,HESAW,

HELIED

38

NOSPRING

CHICKEN

40

MURDEROFTHE

ORIENTEXPRESS

11

THE PLEASURES

OF THE TABLE

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TEACHYOUR

CHILDRENWELL

30

ESSAY: UNFINISHED

BUSINESS

27

POCOCK’S

PENPALS

How humans long to be at one

with the spirits of the air

Thewhite-knuckleadventures of

crypto's most powerful players

Whydopeoplelookdownon

whoever lives south of them?

Thedeath,andrebirth,

of India’s touring cinemas

WhyVladimirPutin’s Russia cannot tolerate a free Ukraine

AnepistolaryguidetoBritain’s

changingsociety

WhatcanwelearnfromJulius
Caesar’stravelsthroughFrance?

The transformation of fashion

into an asset class

Howtwomen,a centuryapart,

imagineda continent

Feastingonsomethingbesides

animals:a history

WhokilledofftheMiddleEast’s

railwaylines?

Thestoryofa momentousAfricancivilisation

An economic history of how

the restaurant came to be

InHongKongdoesthatmean

submittingtoChina'sregime?

Theriseandriseofan

underappreciatedmetal

Howmathematicalformulae

cansavedemocracy

Just one village resists the

suburban monotony of Singapore

nasa’s questtodevelopkinder,

funnierastronautsforMars

HOLIDAY

SPECIALS

2021