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Contents The Economist April 27th 2019 5

The world this week Britain

8 A round-up of political 23 The Downton Abbey
and business news economy
24 A death in Derry
Leaders 25 Tests for tots
11 Cyril Ramaphosa 25 Rotten boroughs
South Africa’s best bet
26 England’s fastest-
12 Technology and security growing town
The right call on Huawei
27 The Commonwealth’s
12 Donald Trump 70th birthday
After Mueller, what next?
28 Bagehot Ignore the
14 Sri Lanka European election
Easter evil
On the cover 17 Oil prices Europe
Spoiling the mood
The most plausible way to 29 Ukraine’s comedian
clean up the rainbow nation is president
Letters
to back Cyril Ramaphosa: 30 Bosnia on the edge
leader, page 11. He has brought 18 On synthetic biology,
31 Vietnamese in the
South Africa back from the Spain, workers, climate
change, economics, Visegrad
brink. But even if his party 31 Syrians in Turkey
wins the general election in Indonesia, Yiddish
May, he faces a daunting task. 32 Europe’s shifting centre
See our special report, after Briefing 33 Charlemagne The rise of
page 42 20 Huawei pan-European politics
Communication
• Huawei: Britain’s artful
breakdown United States
compromise Its calibrated
approach to dealing with the 34 Robert Mueller’s report
Chinese telecoms giant is a Special report: 36 War powers
model for other countries, South Africa
36 Minimum wages
page 12. How Huawei became Saving the nation
mired in political controversy: After page 42 37 Churchgoing
briefing, page 20. Growing 37 Judicial elections
foreign suspicion is hemming in 38 Census and sensibility
China Inc’s rising global stars, 39 Lexington Joe Biden
page 57
• Behind the attacks in Sri Lanka The Americas
The bombers wanted to provoke 40 Trump v the troika of
a clash of civilisations. Don’t fall tyranny
into their trap: leader, page 14.
41 Miffed, moderate Panama
Islamist suicide-bombers kill
more than 350 people, page 46 42 Bello A Peruvian
ex-president’s suicide
• After Mueller, what next?
Now that the special counsel’s
report is public, here is what
Middle East & Africa
Congress should do with it:
leader, page 12. For the time 43 Painful progress in Egypt
Schumpeter A ride back
being, the president is above the through history offers 44 Egypt’s deadly delicacy
law, page 34 sobering lessons, page 62 45 Sudan’s fragile revolution
• Oil’s threat to global growth
Rising oil prices could yet
prevent a rebound in the world
economy, page 17. America is
seeking to reshape oil markets,
page 63

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6 Contents The Economist April 27th 2019

Asia Finance & economics

46 Atrocities in Sri Lanka 63 The rising price of oil
47 Indonesia’s election 64 Price controls in
48 Medical marijuana in Argentina
Thailand 65 Nigeria’s banks bulk up
48 Identity politics in India 65 Germany’s bank-merger
49 Opposing North Korea fiasco
50 Banyan Taiwan’s 66 Buttonwood The art of
tycoon-turned-politician selling
67 Evaluating NAFTA’s
China successor
51 Belt-and-road blues 67 Efficient markets and
52 Locking up activists in the law
Hong Kong 68 Free exchange The risks
53 Chaguan Naval dreams of geoengineering

Science & technology

71 Screening for lung cancer
International 72 Testing new materials
54 How monarchies survive 73 Lemur colour-blindness
74 Voice for the speechless
74 The psychology of golf

Books & arts

75 Crisis and history
Business 76 African-American history
57 China Inc’s hostile 76 A novel of London
reception abroad 77 Johnson Polyglot
58 Bartleby An office with politicians
a view 78 The mystery of music
59 Kraft Heinz’s new boss 78 Guinea-Bissau’s writers’
60 Online vocational training club
60 Smart-ish phones
61 European airlines Economic & financial indicators
61 Troubled tour operators 80 Statistics on 42 economies
62 Schumpeter Can Uber
Graphic detail
make money?
81 Tariffs on American goods target Donald Trump’s voters

Obituary
82 Charles Van Doren, saint and sinner of the TV quiz show

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