2021-11-27-Economist Graphs
1. The world this week
1.1 Politics
1.2 Business
1.3 KAL’s cartoon
2. The world this week
2.1 Politics
2.2 Business
2.3 KAL’s cartoon
3. Leaders
3.1 Adventure capitalism
Technology investing
The venture-capital industry is being supersized. Good
3.2 March of the midsized menaces
Geopolitics
And why this is alarming
3.3 Green shift
Germany
It will need luck, too
3.4 Winter wave
Covid-19 in Europe
A fourth surge is causing panic and muddled thinking
3.5 Heir today, gone tomorrow?
Indian politics
Single-family dominance repels talent from the Congress party
4. Letters
4.1 Assisted dying, covid-19, Franco-Swiss trains, animal rights
Letters to the editor
A selection of correspondence
5. Briefing
5.1 The menace of midsized meddlers
Geopolitics
Smaller menaces are throwing their weight around more brazenly than ever before
6. Europe
6.1 All systems go
Germany’s next government
What to expect from the new three-party government
6.2 The fourth wave
Covid-19 in Europe
Compulsory vaccination may become more common
6.3 Poseidon’s jewels
Russia
Exploiting them could harm the environment
6.4 Console sisters
Video games
For now, all the top players are male
6.5 The Franco-Italian job
Charlemagne
Paris and Rome, once at loggerheads, now agree on migration, defence and more
7. Britain
7.1 Desperate measures
Immigration
Voters hate seeing small boats wash up on the Kent coast. But politicians have few feasible options
7.2 Hard cases
Medical cannabis
But three years after the law changed, they cannot get it
7.3 A power in the land
Brexit and regulation (1)
Brexit is only one factor
7.4 Is “adequate” good enough?
Brexit and regulation (2)
Attempts to do better than the European Union are probably not worthwhile
7.5 Back to the barricades
The press
The veteran editor is back at the Daily Mail, with more power than before
7.6 Criminally under-policed
Mass fraud
Press 1 to be connected
7.7 Some modest proposals
Bagehot
How to fix Britain by reforming public schools, the City and the House of Lords
8. Middle East & Africa
8.1 Picking their shots
Health care in Africa
Other public-health problems are crying out for attention
8.2 Zapping the rap
Music censorship in Congo
President Tshisekedi is averse to adverse verse
8.3 Coup de grâce
Sudan
A post-coup deal leaves the generals with yet more power
8.4 Slouching towards an exit
The war in Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition’s withdrawal from a key port underscores its struggles
8.5 Hacked off
Israel and NSO Group
A controversial purveyor of hacking software is beleaguered
9. United States
9.1 In tech we don’t trust
Biden’s technology policy
The administration is pushing back harder against big tech than anyone expected
9.2 Worms v virus
Treatment for covid-19
An anti-parasitic drug, touted as a miracle cure, helped people get better, but only in places with lots of parasites
9.3 Seasonal spread
Covid-19 and Thanksgiving
Blame resistance to getting jabbed and a lack of home testing
9.4 Crime and punishment
The murder of Ahmaud Arbery
A jury delivers a verdict against vigilante justice
9.5 Reaping what you sow
Food rules
But supporters of the new law claim that it gives Mainers more ownership of the food supply
9.6 Clashing at the clinics
Anti-abortion protests
The daily confrontations ahead of a battle in the Supreme Court
9.7 The new tree army
A Civilian Climate Corps
To understand what a climate workforce could actually achieve, look to Colorado
10. The Americas
10.1 Still armed, still dangerous
Colombia
Government bungling and political chaos encourage lawlessness
10.2 Waiting for the tourists to return
Bello
Until they do, economies will limp
11. Asia
11.1 With enemies like these
Indian politics
A weak Congress party and disunited smaller opponents keep the BJP in power
11.2 A dictator’s demise
South Korean history
Yet it has also revived a debate about the legacy of military rule
11.3 Globalising discontent
Covid-19 protests
They are staging noisy protests, waving Trump flags and threatening politicians
11.4 No way out
Migration scams
They promise safe passage to Western countries for a few thousand dollars
11.5 Oh no, it’s UMNO
Banyan
A bellwether poll augurs well for Mr $700m
11.6 How green was my valley
Climate change and emigration
Climate change and emigration are making already harsh lives even harder
12. China
12.1 The West’s allure
Education abroad
But Western universities worry that their numbers may dwindle
12.2 Shout it from the rooftops
Birdwatching
New technology may help to monitor its huge diversity of species
12.3 The silencing of a tennis star
Chaguan
When a tennis star accuses a grandee of assault, China has no answer
13. International
13.1 Goodbye darkness, my old friend
Astronomers v satellites
They get in the way of the cosmos
14. Business
14.1 Renaissance
European entrepreneurs
After a long slumber, Europe’s animal spirits are stirring
14.2 Tim’s troubles
European telecoms
The buyout would be the biggest ever of its kind in Europe
14.3 Managing the Great Resignation
Bartleby
High staff churn is here to stay. Retention strategies require a rethink
14.4 Reloaded
The firearms industry
Soaring demand for guns and ammunition comes from a range of demographic groups
14.5 iMac, iPhone, iRepair
Electronic waste
Apple has performed a U-turn on customers’ right to fix its products after purchase
14.6 Back from the USSR
Vietnamese tycoons
The renaming of an Oxford college is just one sign of their clout
14.7 Booming M&A is smashing records
Party hearty
14.8 In the flesh
Schumpeter
Even as America and China have turned inwards, interdependency remains the dominant theme
15. Finance & economics
15.1 The next stage
Venture capital
The business of funding disruptive businesses is booming—and is itself being disrupted
15.2 Still in the hot seat
The Federal Reserve
He will face a crowded agenda in his second term
15.3 Homegrown headache
Inflation in America
It is wrong to deny that fiscal and monetary stimulus have helped cause the problem
15.4 Going for broke
Erdogan v markets
The Turkish president is at war with the markets
15.5 Full tilt
Buttonwood
Vanishing liquidity and crowded trades are two sides of the same coin
15.6 A universe of worry
Free exchange
Is property really 29% of China’s GDP?
16. Science & technology
16.1 The great, late James Webb Space Telescope
Astronomy
A long-delayed telescope will soon soar into the heavens
17. Books & arts
17.1 Grab and go
Safeguarding art
Making “grab lists” forces institutions to rank and value their holdings
17.2 Plane wrong
Aviation
It recounts how an engineering powerhouse succumbed to the beancounters
17.3 A whole new world
Scheherazade’s revenge
A classic of world literature gets an overdue makeover
17.4 A kind of blue
Johnson
No, the Inuit do not have hundreds of words for snow
18. Economic & financial indicators
18.1 Economic data, commodities and markets
19. Graphic detail
19.1 Social distan-sting
Disease control
They segregate behaviours in different parts of their hives to prevent parasites from spreading
20. Obituary
20.1 The girl in red
Rossana Banti
The “ragazza terribile” of the Partisan resistance died on October 4th, aged 96
