The Economist - USA (2022-01-22)

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Contents

Contents continues overleaf

Onthecover

Theworldthisweek

6 A summary of political

andbusiness news

Leaders

9 The future of technology

For our next trick

10 British politics

Boris Johnson

11 Russia and Ukraine

The momentum for war

11 China’s economy

From hero to zero

12 Culture

Foodforthought

Letters

14 On Hong Kong, Chicago,

voting reform,

north­south divisions, 

themetaverse

Briefing

16 Innovation

Big tech’s private passions

UnitedStates

19 Missing workers

20 Guaranteed income

21 Gun­ownership

21 Flags and free speech

24 Voting rights and wrongs

24 Ida B. Wells Barbie

25 America, best or worst?

25 Christian satire

26 Lexington Merrick

Garland and his critics

TheAmericas

27 Omicron in Mexico

28 Mexico’s health system

30 Cuban protesters

30 The Galapagos islands

Asia

31 Antimicrobial resistance

in South Asia

32 Disaster in Tonga

33 South Korea’s election

33 Indian cricket

34 Australia’s borders

35 BanyanMissing Chinese

tourists

China

37 How propaganda

became watchable

38 Regional film­making

39 Chaguan Egalitarianism

revisited

MiddleEast&Africa

40 Jews in the Arab world

41 Where Arabs seek justice

42 Tension in Bahrain

43 South Africa’s coal habit

44 Sex potions in Nigeria

America’s tech giants are
spending heroic sums in an
effort to stay on top. Good:
leader,page 9.We assess what
they are trying to achieve:
briefing,page 16.China wants
to create a world­beatingai
industry. Don’t hold your
breath,page 55.Venture
capital’s virtues,page 77

What’s up with America’s
workers?The pool of potential
workers in America may be
permanently smaller than once
assumed, page 19.Economists
are revising their views on robots
and jobs: Free exchange, page 69

Russia’s military options in
UkraineThe West must raise the
costs to the Kremlin of invading
its neighbour: leader, page 11,and
analysis, page 45

TheparableofBorisJohnson
Andwhatit saysaboutthe
countryhegoverns:leader,
page10.Theprimeministermay
clingtooffice,buthis
premiershiphasbeenbroken,
page50.Rebelliousmps arebuilt
in theimageoftheirleader:
Bagehot,page 52

Newevidenceonvaccine
mandatesHowCanadaand
Europeusedcoerciontoboost
jabs:graphicdetail,page 81

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