The Economist - USA (2019-08-17)

The EconomistAugust 17th 2019 3

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Contents

The world this week

5 A summary of political

andbusinessnews

Leaders

9 Financial markets

The Age of Anxiety

10 Nuclear doctrine

Finger on the button

10 Civil liberties

Speak up

11 Rising seas

A worldwithoutbeaches

12 Zimbabwe

Landofhopeandworry

Letters

14 Ontheteachingofhistory

Briefing

15 Therisingseas

Theworldisnotready

United States

19 Nuclear weapons

20 Democratic no-hopers

21 Drug markets

21 Trading water

22 Co-pay charities

23 LexingtonBernie

Sanders

The Americas

24 Argentina’s election

25 Guatemala’s new

president

Asia

26 Afghan peace talks

27 Kashmir’s clampdown

28 Drama in Kyrgyzstan

28 A sultana in Java?

China

29 Hong Kong in turmoil

30 When tourists perform

31 ChaguanBlack hands in

Hong Kong

Middle East & Africa

32 Zimbabwe’s crisis

33 A power vacuum in

Gabon

34 Rwanda’s odd statistics

34 Chaos in Yemen

35 Speaking French in

Morocco

ChaguanWhy

Communist officials

imagine that America is

behind the unrest in

Hong Kong, page 31

On the cover

A dozen years ago investors
were complacent about the
risk of recession. Today they
are overwhelmed by anxiety:
leader,page 9. The effect of
the trade war on America is
frustratingly hard to pin down,
page 53. The world’s monetary
system is breaking: Free
exchange, page 59

• Why Bernie could yet save
  Trump America’s leading
  democratic socialist is unlikely to
  gain the Democratic ticket. But
  he could stop a moderate from
  winning the presidency:
  Lexington,page 23


• Indian business cools on Modi
  Bosses and investors are
  growing disenchanted with their
  champion,page 46


• How to prepare for rising sea
  levelsToday ’s plans are
  inadequate: leader,page 11. The
  water is coming, page 15


• Fooling facial recognitionAs
  the technology spreads, so do
  ideas for subverting it,page 60