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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Shareholder capitalism: What companies are for Coal and climate change: Betting on black Business in China: Cathay’s mayday Italian politics: Time to govern, not campaign Germany’s economy: Take aim Letters to the editor: On the Amazon, BlackRock, Toni Morrison, e-scooters, HR, dry cleaning Corporate purpose: I’m from a company, and I’m here to help Immigration policy: Headless chickens Party politics: Rural change Evictions examined: Pushed out Late-term abortions: Abortion war Paraguay and power: A dam mess The burning Amazon: Darkness on the edge of town The Mexico City marathon: Chocolate rush Bello: The limits of technocracy Power generation: Down and dirty Racism in Indonesia: Independence day America and Taiwan: Tsai’s prize Social life in South Korea: Dropping the mic Crime in India: Silence or the grave Banyan: Fawning frenzy Hong Kong: Property and protest Macau: Betting on red Chaguan: When patriotism is in fashion Corruption in Mozambique: The net tightens Polio in Africa: Vanquishing the virus Hosni Mubarak: La vache qui vit Sudan: The start of something new? Syrians in Lebanon: No refuge Italy’s government falls: Salvini’s gamble Presidential rudeness: Arctic antics European unemployment: Work in progress Romania goes wild: Butting back Charlemagne: Ghosts of Terezin Higher education: Searching for students Foreign policy after Brexit: All at sea Drag acts: Lip-stick it to the man London’s politics: Capital fright In one ear, out the other: Johnson’s European tour Fried chicken and crime: On a wing and a prayer The United Kingdom: Wales watching Bagehot: Boris’s brain Insurance and the poor: Under cover The aerospace industry: Tick tock General Electric: Back on the Street Business in China: Wings clipped Productivity: Can get some satisfaction Semiconductors: Growing smartly Corporate behaviour: Funny business Confessions of a tycoon: Mea culpa Schumpeter: Vodafone’s search for the G-spot Credit Suisse: L’étranger International tax: Trading blows Chinese monetary policy: At any rate Buttonwood: The eternal moment Credit cards: Love at first byte Foreign investment and wages: Unequal partnerships Free exchange: A crisis of faith Astronomy: Matters of great gravity Art and prison: The Rock and a hard place A life in Zionism: The price of power Irish fiction: Nobody’s child Johnson: Everyday superheroes Wine investing: A cellar’s market Steve Sawyer: Hoisting the sails Economic data, commodities and markets Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)