The Economist - USA (2020-02-01)

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Contents

The world this week

7 A summary of political

andbusinessnews

Leaders

9 Coronavirus

How bad will it get?

10 Britain after Brexit

Into the unknown

11 Trump’s peace plan

Dead on arrival

11 Goldman Sachs

Howthemightyhave

fallen

12 Pubertyblockers

Pill-pushers

Letters

14 Onone-nationTories,

chips,backpain,Boeing,

disgust

Briefing

17 Thespecialrelationship

Nolongersucha smooth

ride

United States

20 The Democratic field

21 Transgender children

22 Wage growth in Vermont

23 The Iowa caucuses

24 Immigration restrictions

25 LexingtonImpeachment

The Americas

26 Poverty in Brazil

27 BelloPeru’s new congress

28 Deciphering quipus

Asia

29 Chinese enclaves in

South-East Asia

30 Thailand’s child boxers

31 North-eastern India

31 Pakistan’s vengeful army

32 BanyanUnderthevolcano

China

33 Life under lockdown

35 ChaguanVirus politics

International

36 Containing coronavirus

37 Viral economics

SchumpeterClayton

Christensen’s insight on

disruptive innovation

will outlive him,page 58

On the cover

The coronavirus is likely to
become a pandemic. That
need not be as catastrophic as
it sounds,page 9. How do you
contain an epidemic? Page 36.
China’s semi- quarantine will
hurt growth at home and
abroad, page 37.Xi Jinping
wants to be both feared and
loved by the Chinese people.
The coronavirus may change
that:Chaguan,page 35

• Britain after BrexitAs Boris
  Johnson pilots Britain into
  uncharted waters, he needs a
  lodestar. Liberalism offers one,
  page 10. A weakened Britain
  hopes to draw strength from its
  alliance with the United States:
  briefing, page 17. Britain will
  diverge from EU regulation.
  There will be costs and benefits,
  page 48. The Tories need to put
  the genie of English nationalism
  back in the bottle: Bagehot,
  page 52


• Trump’s one-sided peace plan
  His proposal highlights the need
  for new leadership on all sides,
  page 11. It may not bring peace,
  but it could still have a lasting
  effect, page 39


• Private markets—a
  dangerous obsessionWhen an
  idea is universally held in finance
  it often pays to be cautious.
  Right now almost everyone
  believes that private markets are
  better than public ones,page 61


• The problem with puberty
  blockersDrugs offered to
  transgender children need to be
  used more cautiously,page 12.
  Some American lawmakers seek
  a ban, page 21