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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Voting reform: American democracy’s built-in bias Security in Africa: Jihad’s new base Reforming the welfare state: Back to basic liberalism Electricity in the developing world: Light-bulb moment Brexit: Just another week in British politics On trade, Bernie Sanders, the NHS, gentrification, China, “Jurassic Park”: Letters to the editor Representing Americans: The minority majority Employment and wages: Labour party Nuclear weapons: Strange love The Supreme Court: The arc of justice Lexington: Trumpectomy Digital media: Yes to a free online press Inflation in Venezuela: You look a million bolívares Bello: A second Venezuela? Agriculture in India: Slim pickings Politics in Pakistan: From villain to victim Kazakhstan: Party on The cave rescue in Thailand: Spelunky-dory Banyan: Death of a charlatan Human rights: Freedom for one Trade conflict: War is peace Terrorism in Africa: Jihad’s next battleground Saudi women: Fatwa is a feminist issue Tourism in Lebanon: The long legs of the law France: Jupiter humbled NATO summit: Tetchy Trump An interview with Olaf Scholz: After Mutti, Vati? Dutch bicycles: Can you dig it? Charlemagne: A nasty whiff British politics: In somewhat turmoil The view from Brussels: Don’t forget the backstop Oversized and over here: A presidential visit Englishness and football: Three lions in their hearts Cave diving: Spelunking’s coming home Ministerial merry-go-round: The cabinet carousel Drugs in prison: The policies don’t work Heatwaves and archaeology: Nothing, beside remains Bagehot: The art of the possible Welfare states: Repairing the safety net The Democratic Party: Left, behind Votes and power: Majority, minority Who is a Democrat?: The L word The role of race: Demography is not destiny A battle of ideas: Fork in the road The route to power: What’s left? WeWork: The capitalist kibbutz Bartleby: Degrees of separation The film business: See it before it leaves theatres Lululemon: Working it out Douyin v Tencent: Trills and thrills Technology and law firms: Diligence disrupted Schumpeter: Life as you know it is IPOver Mini-grids and development: Empowering villages Financing charitable work: Complex and clever Burgernomics: Watch your BMI North Korea’s economy: Model workers Buttonwood: The remains of the day European banks: Fumbling in the dark Free exchange: Who’s tit and who’s tat? Automating cookery: The rise of the robochef Biometrics: Love the way you walk Archaeology: The Iceman’s last supper Agriculture: News from the underground Separatism in Europe: Brothers in arms Political geography: Off the map The badlands of Old Shanghai: Heaven built on hell American fiction: The big sleep History as art: Once upon a time in the West Claude Lanzmann: Witness Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index World's biggest banks Markets Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)