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Singapore, Tokyo, Washington DCVolume 435 Number 9188Europe
39 France at war
40 Farmhands needed
41 Sweden stays open
42 Bavaria’s Markus Söder
42 Kosovo in crisis
43 Charlemagne Viktor
Orban’spower-grabBritain
44 Virus-driven innovation
45 Back to the 1950s
46 BagehotDoes covid-
vote Labour?International
47 Covid-19 and isolation
48 The self-improvement
industry and the virusBusiness
50 Corporate rescues
51 Boeing’s bail-out options
52 No-show business
52 Indestructible Huawei
53 Bartleby Jobs for jailbirds
54 SchumpeterLay-offs v
furloughsBriefing
55 Exit unicorns, pursued by
bearsFinance & economics
59 Stingy stimulus in
emerging markets
60 GDP doom and gloom
60 Missed mortgage
payments in America
61 ButtonwoodNorway’s
sovereign-wealth fund
62 Allianz and market
turmoil
63 Free exchangeChina’s
interest-ratetrapScience & technology
64 Tests for the coronavirus
65 F1’s breathing machine
66 Covid-19 and telecomsBooks & arts
67 America after the cold war
68 A novel of secrets
69 A pandemic reading list
69 Consider the jellyfish
70 JohnsonThe language of
covid-
71 Home Entertainment
Revisiting “I, Claudius”
71 ThejoyofpokerEconomic & financial indicators
72 Statisticson 42 economiesGraphic detail
73 The official death toll from covid-19 may understate the
damageObituary
74 Joseph Lowery, preaching in the name of justice