The Economist - USA (2022-01-29)

The Economist January 29th 2022 5

Contents

Contents continues overleaf

On the cover

The world this week

7 A summary of political

and business news

Leaders

9 Geopolitics

Russia’s roulette

10 Financial markets

A turning point

10 Myanmar

Out of mind

11 Trustbusting

All-consuming

12 American drugs policy

Oregon’s trailblazing

Letters

14 On Russia and Ukraine,

Herbert von Karajan,

Mexican energy, Galicia,

blockchain, Boris Johnson

Briefing

15 The Ukraine crisis

Place your bets

Technology Quarterly:

Defence technology

War among the sensors

After page 40

Britain

19 Boris Johnson

20 The wage-price spiral

21 Northern Ireland

21 Decoding the genome

22 Whitehall’s hiring boom

23 Resident weevils

23 Tech stocks? No thanks

24 Bagehot The charisma

supercycle

Europe

25 Putin’s gas weapon

26 Germany and Russia

27 Monumental mistakes

28 France’s election

30 Charlemagne The mess

without

United States

31 A vacancy on the

Supreme Court

32 New York City crime

33 Insider trading in

Congress

33 Sports betting

34 Elected coroners

35 High time for psychedelics

36 Lexington Environmental

justice

The Americas

37 Argentina and the imf

38 Brazilian slang

40 BelloRussia and

Venezuela

Middle East & Africa

41 A coup in Burkina Faso

42 A Ugandan reformer dies

43 The uaein Yemen

44 Islamic State hits a jail

44 Weddings during covid-

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BartlebySome people

want to change the world.

But not everyone, page 57

Awar in Ukraine would have
terrible consequences,
especially for Russia: leader,
page 9.Vladimir Putin is
keeping the world guessing:
briefing,page 15.How will
Europe cope if Russia cuts off
its gas?Page 25.Traders are
bracing for war in Ukraine,
page 61

ChiplomacyThe West and its
allies are trying to set rules for
the world’s most complex supply
chains—without China
dominating the show. It isn’t
easy, page 52.Shortages of parts
and labour are hitting industrial
firms financially, page 56

Markets and the end of free
moneyExpect financial volatility
and economic uncertainty:
leader, page 10.The reasons
behind the bout of stockmarket
nerves, page 60. Quantitative
tightening is no substitute for
higher interest rates: Free
exchange, page 65

Flying taxis race to the sky
They are lining up on the rank
for certification, page 66

Defence technologyIs it
possible to survive on a
battlefield where every weapon
has the sensors of a smartphone
and they all talk to each other?
Shashank Joshi reports, after
page 40

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