The Economist UK - 03.08.2019

AUGUST 3RD–9TH 2019 The Fed makes its move Congo: fighting Ebola in a war zone Foodoo economics—meals on wheels Big armchairs an ...

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The EconomistAugust 3rd 2019 3 1 Contents continues overleaf Contents The world this week 5 A summary of political and business ...

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The EconomistAugust 3rd 2019 5 1 The world this week Politics Russia’smain opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was taken from pri ...

6 The EconomistAugust 3rd 2019 The world this week Business The Federal Reserve cut its benchmarkinterest ratefor the first time ...

Leaders 7 A lthough itscradle is the sparsely wooded savannah, hu- mankind has long looked to forests for food, fuel, timber and ...

8 Leaders The EconomistAugust 3rd 2019 1 A merica’s economyis caught in two stalemates. The first in- volves its central bank. O ...

The EconomistAugust 3rd 2019 Leaders 9 1 2 F or the past 3,000 years, when people thought of money they thought of cash. From bu ...

10 Leaders The EconomistAugust 3rd 2019 2 need to ensure that central banks’ monopoly over coins and notes is not replaced by pr ...

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14 The EconomistAugust 3rd 2019 1 T he amazon basin, most of which sits within the borders of Brazil, contains 40% of the world’ ...

The EconomistAugust 3rd 2019 BriefingThe Amazon 15 2 1 ing the environment ministry—mostly be- cause deals with disapproving Eur ...

16 BriefingThe Amazon The EconomistAugust 3rd 2019 2 The forest’s dry season started to lengthen in the 1970s; the rains which u ...

The EconomistAugust 3rd 2019 17 1 T he rulesof chicken are simple: two parties hurtle towards each other at speed and the first ...

18 Britain The EconomistAugust 3rd 2019 2 the effects, and that must take action to mitigate them. But “businesses do not want t ...

The EconomistAugust 3rd 2019 Britain 19 1 A hospital wardis a great place to pick up an infection, become depressed or get out o ...

20 Britain The EconomistAugust 3rd 2019 2 no-deal Brexit might cause some short- term disruption, he concedes, but not much. Tar ...