The Economist - USA (2019-08-03)

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The EconomistAugust 3rd 2019 3

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Contents


The world this week
5 A summary of political
andbusinessnews

Leaders
7 The future of the Amazon
Deathwatch
8 The Federal Reserve and
emerging markets
An opportunity
8 Baltimore
Saving Charm City
9 Digitalpayments
Thedashfromcash
10 Congo
Ifitbleeds,payheed

Letters
12 Oninsurance,Tommy
Flowers,Colombia,the
future,flatmates

Briefing
14 TheAmazon
Onthebrink

United States
17 Baltimore’s murder rate
19 Donald Trump’s
intelligence chief
19 The last man of Mount
Rushmore
20 Puerto Rico’s political
crisis
22 LexingtonThe mighty
Dolphins

The Americas
23 The humbling of
Honduras’s strongman
24 Uber in Vancouver
26 Early elections in Peru?
26 Art that moves

Asia
27 Politics in Singapore
28 Aboriginal rights in
Australia
29 Japan’s disabled MPs
29 Smoking in Indonesia
30 BanyanA federal
Philippines

China
31 Jobless graduates
32 Hong Kong’s protests
34 ChaguanThe semiotics
of meeting rooms

Middle East & Africa
35 The challenge of Congo
40 Tyranny in Tanzania
40 An exodus from Gaza
41 The death of Beji Caid
CharlemagneEurope is Essebsi
edging towards the
post-car city, page 46

On the cover


Brazil has the power to save
Earth’s greatest rainforest—or
destroy it: leader, page 7.
The Amazon is approaching
the point of its irreversible
destruction:briefing,page 14



  • The Fed makes its move
    America’s central bank cuts
    rates for the first time in over a
    decade,page 57. Lower rates
    may help emerging markets
    more than anyone: leader,
    page 8. Emerging-market
    dreams of rich-world incomes
    meet reality: Free exchange,
    page 62

  • Congo: fighting Ebola in a war
    zoneDisease is not the only
    enemy in Congo: leader,page 10.
    How do you reform a country
    where gunmen torch clinics?
    Page 35

  • Foodoo economics—meals on
    wheelsDelivering food is
    anything but a tasty business:
    Schumpeter,page 56

  • Big armchairs and Chinese
    diplomacyWhy is China so fond
    of meetings in over-stuffed
    furniture? Chaguan,page 34

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