The Economist - USA (2019-10-05)

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64 Finance & economics The EconomistOctober 5th 2019 2 zone crisis, borrowers defaulted, saddling lenders with bad debts. A ...

The EconomistOctober 5th 2019 Finance & economics 65 1 W hen theForeign Account Tax Com- pliance Act (fatca) was passed by A ...

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70 Finance & economics The EconomistOctober 5th 2019 F ive yearsago Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”, ...

TheEconomistOctober 5th 2019 71 1 M ost microprocessors—the chips that do the grunt work in comput- ers—are built around designs ...

72 Science & technology The EconomistOctober 5th 2019 2 nology firms. Alibaba, an e-commerce giantbasedinHangzhou,announcedi ...

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74 Science & technology The EconomistOctober 5th 2019 2 with planetary colonisation in mind. When paired with a Falcon Super ...

TheEconomistOctober 5th 2019 75 1 T he industrialzone outside Yekate- rinburg, a city of 1.5m on the edge of Si- beria, has seen ...

76 Books & arts The EconomistOctober 5th 2019 2 tioned demonstration. In a reversal of their habitual bias in favour of trad ...

The EconomistOctober 5th 2019 Books & arts 77 1 “I cursedevery minuteI gave to it,” CharlesBoothcomplainedofhismon- umentals ...

78 Books & arts The EconomistOctober 5th 2019 2 Johnson Sticks and stones The polarisation of politics is producing a new le ...

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