4 Contents The Economist January 8th 2022
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http://www.pefc.orgVolume 442 Number 9278Europe
43 Keeping calm in Ukraine
44 German nuclear phobia
45 Mario Draghi’s dilemma
45 Spain’s highspeed trains
46 Charlemagne Rewiring
EuropeBritain
47 Prince Andrew
48 Investing and national
security
49 Bagehot Kicking winnersInternational
51 The business of religionBusiness
53 Apple in medialand
54 Streaming for sprogs
55 The Theranos verdict
56 The future of 5g
57 Cars, chips and Sin City
57 Bluecollar burnout
58 BartlebyOffice theatricsFinance&economics
61 The housing boom
62 The eu’s green label
63 Biden’s banking agenda
64 The new consensus
64 China’s troubled banks
65 Direct indexing
66 ButtonwoodGold’s lost
lustre
67 Free exchangeThe imf
and ArgentinaScience&technology
68 Sniffing dna
69 Breeding crops in space
70 E.O. Wilson
71 Fossils and controversyBooks&arts
72 The road to civil war
73 A journalist’s
apprenticeship
74 The literature of climbing
75 An artpop sensationEconomic&financialindicators
76 Statistics on 42 economiesGraphicdetail
77 Even for top athletes, the effects of the virus lingerObituary
78 April Ashley, Britain’s first transsexual activist