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Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon This week’s covers Hug pylons, not trees The dangers of gender medicine Use the force—responsibly The Trump Show How to fix the IMF Higher expectations Letters to the editor The Fed may not get inflation down to 2%, says Richard Clarida Trans substantiation Who does Germany’s chancellor listen to? Kingmakers and scapegoats Calls for Russia to free Evan Gershkovich fall on deaf ears Back to grey A battle yet to be won A Balkan boss falls A good Good Friday All in the mind The Iron Lady’s chancellor National Swing Man The irresistible nation Legally bland Bringing down the house Where America’s next war begins? White wail Africa’s slowing baby boom Northern Kenya’s exploding population Up and out Dam-nation Evangelicals may soon rival Catholics When the tortillas run out At the limits of human endurance Hit for six The sonic outernationalist Bad blood on the tracks In the dragon’s mouth Mixed messaging We are all Chinese Great academic walls Xi Jinping is not another Mao Hitting the books The ultimate supply chains Hurry up and wait Direct delivery Defying Dunkelflaute Back in black Sources and acknowledgments The millennial plutocrats Game changer Watching the wheels The lure of the family business Why, EY? Toyota gets a new hand at the wheel Managing expectations Nightmare on 19th Street Believe it when you see it An angry farewell Deceptive buoyancy Pain to come The empire strikes out Needles in faraway haystacks Digital poisons Sickies called Alone together The fire this time Original sins Players and the played Picasso’s stain Economic data, commodities and markets Garbage in, garbage out What to make of Israel’s new national guard Who is Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s arraignment? Sculpting from stuff Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)