THE ECONOMIST Vol.439 n°9248 05/06/2021 The new geopolitics of big business/ Special report: Brazil, a troubled country/ Zelesnky's interview THE ECO 2021/06/05

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MAGAZINE ANGLAIS, DU  JUIN 2021 VOL.439 N°9248, 82 PAGES, CELEBRE REVUE DE REFERENCE, EN ANGLAIS. Très bon état

In this issue:

_BRIEFING:

Europe’s big firms: the land that ambition forgot 3 pages

_EUROPE:

Covid-19 in Europe: Vaccination campaign has gathered pace, though not everywhere 2 pages

German politics: Saxony-Anhalt votes/ Religion in Germany: One roof, three faiths/ Italy: A Mafioso goes free 1 page

An interview with Ukraine’s president, Zelensky: the comedian get serious 1 page

Charlemagne: Small states under fire 1 page

_BRITAIN:

Post-pandemic governance: The resilient state 2 pages

Bagehot: Parallel societies 1 page

_MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA:

South African graft: the stench of corruption 2 pages

France’s reset in Africa/ Congo’s erupting volcano/ Is Netanyahu out?/ Musical trucks in Jordan 4 pages

_UNITED STATES:

Liberals and crime spikes: reality bites2 pages

Sins of commission/ Funding research/ Living in a van/ Horseracing and drugs/ Covid-19 and race/ the hunger wanes 4 pages

Lexington: Minor league baseball 1 page

_THE AMERICAS:

Venezuela and sanctions: a scofflaw’s offer/ Argentina: Rushing for the exit 2 pages

_SPECIAL REPORT:

Brazil, a troubled country:

A difficult decade; the economy; corruption and crime; the Amazon, money trees; reforming politics; of bibles and ballots; the prospects 11 pages

_ASIA:

South Korea’s and China’s kimchi wars 2 pages

India’s far-flung territories/ Internet wars in India… and in Indonesia 2 pages

_CHINA:

Fertility rules: The three-child policy 2 pages

Chaguan: The party and the very young 1 page

_INTERNATIONAL:

Free speech and trans rights 2 pages

_BUSINESS:

The car industry: Tesla wannabes 2 pages

LEGO’s diversity set/ Anime blockbusters 2 pages

The military-industrial complex in China: the best-laid battle plans 1 page

Schumpeter: Roche sees the future 1 page

_FINANCE & ECONOMICS:

Commercial property, shaky foundations: Post-pandemic offices 2 pages

Oil demand recovers/ Housing in Honk Kong/ Private equity in China/ Covid-19’s unequal effects 2 pages

Twilight of the tax haven/ Poor countries and tax 2 pages

Free exchange: Limits on public debt 1 page

_SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

Inventing the future: Imitating DARPA 2 pages

Composing by computer/ Insecticides and children/ Unreliable alibis/ the origin of watermelons 2 pages

_BOOKS & ARTS:

History of Dutch slavery: return of the repressed 2 pages

Decision-making/ Gender-neutral language 2 pages

 The US postal service: How the West was won 1 page

_GRAPHIC DETAIL:

The bias in facial-recognition programs 1 page

_OBITUARY:

Josep Almudéver, the last brigadista 1 page