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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon The rise of e-money: The digital currencies that matter Gun laws in America: Bearing harms Warren Buffett: Time’s up Somaliland: A state of one’s own German law and climate policy: The power of negative thinking Letters to the editor: On politics and business, Saudi Arabia, crowdsourcing, the draft, Singapore, football The creator economy: Serfing the web Spain: From rage to disillusion Germany and climate: Red in robe, green in thought Ireland and Brexit: Pluses and minuses France and terrorism: Reform or relapse? Turkey’s lockdown: Erdogan’s no-wine situation Charlemagne: The anti-Orban Sadiq v Boris: Why London’s bridge is falling down Body parts: Water, water everywhere Brexit: Fish fight with France Discount retailing: The omnivore Life sciences: A new recruit Trains: The fat controller Somaliland: Out of the rubble, 30 years on Cleaner cookery: Fire escape Vaccine manufacturing in Africa: Home brewing Qatar’s labour laws: Free to quit The war in Yemen: Peace on hold Arab elections: How despots pick their opponents Permitless-carry gun laws: The firearms free-for-all Facebook and Donald Trump: Speechless Renting v buying: The house wins Waiting: Time and money Tech trade policy: Assuming the position Unsolved murders in St Louis: Crime without punishment Lexington: A shad state of affairs El Salvador: Bukele’s bulldozer A terrible accident in Mexico City: Mexico City’s metro Protests in Colombia: Taxing times Bello: Whose fish are they anyway? India’s second wave: Paper tiger City administration in India: Urbs prima in Indis Korean vibes: Let there be mood lighting Charity in the Philippines: Reds under the veg Development in Bangladesh: Thirst trap Banyan: Closing argument Propaganda: The new scold war Plastic surgery: Nipping and tucking Chaguan: Resistance is not futile Organised crime online: Spam, scam, scam, scam The future of banking: Fewer—or even none? Banks v big tech: Regime change Debt v equity: Intangible capitalism Low interest rates: Time is cheap Public v private money: Going public Monetary sovereignty: Hege-money Money on my mind: A brave new world Sources and acknowledgments Berkshire Hathaway: Honky Tonk Warren Bartleby: The human touch Vaccine patents: A shot in the arm Ageing consumers: The boomer boom Epic Games v Apple: Battle royal Schumpeter: Losing the mystique China’s digital money: The new yuan: a lot like the old yuan Foreign banks in America: Farce and furious Buttonwood: Red hot Greece: Clean-up operation Women and investing: Rich pickings The economics of prisons: The parent trap Free exchange: Escape from the city Back-ups for GPS: Locking out the bad guys An early burial: Human prehistory Ecology: Roadkill stew Biomarkers for depression: Unlucky 13 Civil engineering: How to knit a road “The Brothers Karamazov” on stage: Sins of the fathers Allusive fiction: Second is nowhere Renaissance art: A world of wonders Pandemics and other disasters: With a whimper Johnson: Tongue-twisters Economic data, commodities and markets Pollution and poverty: Why east has least Michael Collins: The third man Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)