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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Global finance: The real revolution on Wall Street Fiscal stimulus in America: How much is too much? Despots v democrats: The meaning of Myanmar’s coup Brexit and the City: The price is wrong Disease and development: Africa’s long covid Letters to the editor: On Ethiopia, vaccine passports, space debris, Wikipedia Myanmar’s coup: Reversion to type Italy: Send in the technocrats, again Russia: A mockery of justice Nord Stream 2: Running out of gas? Sweden: Solitary cinema Charlemagne: Looking for someone to blame Brexit: The view from the City Spirit of the age: Captain Sir Tom Moore Northern Ireland: Two dangerous borders Covid-19: Hancock’s hour Country life: Killing fields R&D: Blue skies ahead The national mood: Why the long face? Bagehot: Riding high Africa and covid-19: At the end of the line Israeli politics: A sea of trouble Algeria’s car shortage: Broken-down country Honour killings: Murder, plain and simple California v Texas v covid-19: Life, liberty School enrolment: Vanishing act Unions and schools: Class warfare Covid-19 relief, episode 6: Stimulating talks Abortion arguments: Roe-ing back Lexington: The courage of Adam Kinzinger Colombia: The terrible truth Elections in Latin America: More mice than Mussolinis Bello: A grand bargain Defending South Korea: Strengthening the shrimp Insularity in Japan: Home, sweet home Asian corporate culture: Here’s my QR code Free speech in India: Prevention is better than cure Banyan: The shock of the old Ideological battles: Red Guards, redux Syllabus reform: Young at art Chaguan: Of sickness and homesickness The future of nightclubs: Don’t stand so close to me The future of Amazon: Life after Jeff Carmaking: Driving apart Chinese firms abroad: Too close to the sun Feuding tech giants: Cook v Zuck Football TV rights: Goalless defeat Bartleby: Talent management Schumpeter: The long squeeze Retail investing: Transfer of power The new intermediaries: Pay-per trade WallStreetBets: Meme team China’s capital outflows: Border crossings Wirecard: After months of dithering... Buttonwood: Shark attack Free exchange: The natural question Making vaccines: Doing the do Viral variants and vaccination: Enigma variations Daughters and divorce: Teenage rampage Marine ecology: Plastic oases The origin of land animals: Getting a leg up France’s shame: Open secrets Urban turmoil: Tales of the city Eco-fiction: Sea change The death of age: Who wants to live for ever? Proust and the people: The time of their lives Economic data, commodities and markets Stockmarkets: Sweet memes are made of this Nikolai Antoshkin: At war with the invisible Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)