2022-07-07-Economist Graphs
1. The world this week
1.1 Politics
1.2 Business
1.3 KAL’s cartoon
2. Leaders
2.1 | Britain after Boris Johnson: Boris Johnson should go immediately
Britain is in a dangerous state
2.2 | Social media and security: Who’s afraid of TikTok?
The world’s most exciting app is also its most mistrusted
2.3 | After Roe: America’s new exceptionalism
America has a set of laws on important subjects that do not reflect the views of Americans
2.4 | Crisis in the classroom: Governments are ignoring the pandemic’s disastrous effect on education
Neglected pupils will suffer for the rest of their lives
2.5 | Private equity: Why leveraged buy-outs are in trouble
This downturn won’t be like the last one
2.6 | Magna mistake: Voters should reject Chile’s new draft constitution
It is a fiscally irresponsible left-wing wish list
3. Letters
3.1 | On justice services, abortion, Africa, car dealers, Turkey, BTS, technology at work: Letters to the editor
A selection of correspondence
4. By Invitation
4.1 | Russia and Ukraine: Boris Bondarev on Vladimir Putin’s craven diplomats
And why the war in Ukraine drove him to resign from Russia’s UN team in Geneva
4.2 | Finance: The global economy needs to be better prepared for the coming storm, says Kathryn Judge
The law professor says systemic fragility is a choice made through design
4.3 | Finance and economics: Brad DeLong asks what America can learn from its past bouts of inflation
In 1947 and 1951 the problem went away by itself. In 1920 the Fed tightened too much, says the economist
5. Briefing
5.1 Quavering
6. Essay
6.1 How a free and open Hong Kong became a police state
7. Europe
7.1 | Heading south: Ukraine prepares a counter-offensive to retake Kherson province
Russia will provide fierce resistance
7.2 | Fate unknown: Russia is disappearing vast numbers of Ukrainians
Thousands have vanished into exile, prison or death
7.3 | Explosive growth: Weapons shipments turn a Polish city into a boom town
Rzeszow is a key link in American aid to Ukraine
7.4 | From bad to worse: Polish-German relations have gone sour
Trust is at its lowest ebb since the cold war
7.5 | Minority report: France’s President Emmanuel Macron decides to go it alone
Spurned by other parties, he appoints a minority government
7.6 | The defiant one: Alexei Navalny’s jailers are tightening the screws
Russia’s repression of independent voices grows harsher
7.7 | Charlemagne: Travel chaos in Europe is a glimpse of a future with few spare workers
Employers are wondering where the staff went
8. Britain
8.1 | The wreckage he will leave behind: A monstrous in-tray awaits Boris Johnson’s eventual successor
Dealing with it may be beyond an exhausted Conservative Party
8.2 | The rift with Rishi: Many British Conservatives now prefer tax cuts to balanced budgets
But high inflation makes it risky to stimulate the economy
8.3 | Pestminster, a history: The House of Commons has a long history of sexual misconduct
Fixing the culture of Parliament is not easy
8.4 | A nation of backlogs: Britain’s labour market is straining to recover from the pandemic
The disappearance of older workers explains a lot
8.5 | Britain’s growth crisis: Britain wants to shake up adult education
Plans to shake up lifelong learning are intriguing
8.6 | Chinese espionage: Britain and America sound a joint alarm over China
In Britain, that is a novelty
8.7 | Bagehot: The toxicity of Boris Johnson
No one’s reputation could survive contact with the prime minister
9. United States
9.1 | A Washington army in waiting: In preparation for power, America’s new right builds new institutions
The movement inspired by Donald Trump entrenches itself in Washington, DC
9.2 | Zygote rights: A push to recognise the rights of the unborn is growing in America
The movement risks inflicting grievous harm on pregnant women
9.3 | Command and control: The Pentagon sharpens its cultural sword to win future wars
More scattered forces will need to be more nimble and enterprising
9.4 | Ceci n’est pas une carpe: To hook American diners, an invasive species of carp gets a new name
It has worked before, for the Patagonian toothfish and the slimehead
9.5 | No, no se puede: Democrats have a Hispanic problem
Among Latino voters, the Trump years hurt Democrats more than they helped
9.6 | Lexington: High noon for Liz Cheney
Her example holds a lesson for the Republicans—and everyone else
10. Middle East & Africa
10.1 | Either ore: How the world depends on small cobalt miners
The metal is key to the global energy transition. But its artisanal market is broken
10.2 | Where was the goalie?: Two stupendous football scores raise questions in Sierra Leone
It is not every week that teams win 91-1 and 95-0
10.3 | Lapid response: Israel’s new leader, Yair Lapid, has four months to prove himself
Or Binyamin Netanyahu could win back power
10.4 | Paving paradise: Historic houseboats fall victim to Egypt’s addiction to cement
Centuries-old homes are being bulldozed
10.5 | The latest railway bazaar: A new web of Arab railways could transform the Middle East
But old enmities block many of the links
11. The Americas
11.1 | Hearts, not minds: Chile’s new draft constitution would shift the country far to the left
The process of drafting it has also polarised the country
11.2 | Find works; insert spanner; repeat: Argentina’s economy minister resigns because of political infighting
Martin Guzmán’s departure will exacerbate the country’s economic ills
11.3 | Rafting with rebels: Some ex-FARC guerrillas have become tourist guides in Colombia
But not everyone has swapped pistols for paddles
12. Asia
12.1 | Cold comfort: South Korea and Japan have a rare chance to make friends
They should be close allies. But history divides them
12.2 | Bureaucratic nightmare: “I’m from the Taliban and I’m here to help”
Former fighters and religious clerics are filling Afghanistan’s civil service
12.3 | Shinde shindig: India’s ruling party wins control of its richest state
By wooing defectors, the Bharatiya Janata Party has taken Maharashtra
12.4 | Bridges to liberty: New transport infrastructure helps South Asian women into work
Female employment rises when journey times fall
12.5 | Banyan: What pandemic border closures say about Japan’s view of outsiders
Double standards in travel rules reveal a distrust of foreigners
13. China
13.1 | Building blocs: The G7 at last presents an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Just as China starts to scale back its own scheme
13.2 | Above the water line: Fewer people are dying in floods in China
Money, dams and better planning are helping; climate change is not
13.3 | Hacked: A huge data leak in China was not unexpected
The need for unencrypted data for spying on its people has consequences
13.4 | Having a larp: China’s Communist Party cracks down on larping
The youth will not be happy
14. International
14.1 | Wasted minds: Covid learning loss has been a global disaster
Millions of children are still out of school. The costs are stacking up
15. Business
15.1 | PE lesson: Private equity may be heading for a fall
The era of rising valuations and cheap debt is over
15.2 | Business in Poland: Business in Poland faces strong headwinds
War raging in neighbouring Ukraine makes life difficult
15.3 | Venture capitalism in Europe: How sturdy are Europe’s tech unicorns?
The downturn is unlikely to lay waste to tech on the old continent again
15.4 | Bartleby: Reading corporate culture from the outside
It is becoming a bit easier to peer inside firms
15.5 | Schumpeter: What does the future hold for Reliance, India’s biggest firm?
Is it on the verge of a break-up?
16. Finance & economics
16.1 | Tougher than tariffs: America rethinks its strategy for taking on China’s economy
The focus is on whether Joe Biden will cut tariffs, but the real action is elsewhere
16.2 | Helter skelter: Do cheaper commodities herald a recession?
Oil, metals and wheat prices are sinking
16.3 | Case closed: What a tycoon’s trial says about the rot in China’s financial system
Even the charges against Xiao Jianhua have not been made public
16.4 | Buttonwood: Crypto’s last man standing
Is Sam Bankman-Fried the John Pierpont Morgan of crypto?
16.5 | Bills, bills, bills: As interest rates climb and the economy cools, can companies pay their debts?
The risks might lie in shadowy private markets
16.6 | Free exchange: Are central banks in emerging markets now less of a slave to the Fed?
The third in our series on the central-bank pivot
17. Science & technology
17.1 | Beyond the Standard Model: Ten years on from the Higgs boson, what is next for physics?
New particles beckon as the Large Hadron Collider returns to life
18. Culture
18.1 | The Torlonia Marbles: A legendary collection of classical statuary is at last on view
Its story shows how politics and caprice can determine the art the public sees
18.2 | To be a pilgrim: Gaming the haj, from the comfort of home
A role-play game allows everyone to imagine one of the world’s great journeys
18.3 | World in a dish: A Chinese-flavoured challah tells a timeless human story
People move, and food reflects the mixing that ensues
18.4 | Perfidious Albion: The diaries of the last British governor of Hong Kong
Chris Patten is as scathing about some compatriots as about China’s Communist Party
18.5 | Hide and seek: Peter Higgs and his boson have both been “Elusive”
Frank Close tells their story in his aptly titled book
18.6 | Back Story: The many lives of Volodymyr Zelensky
A book about Ukraine’s president measures the gulf between before and now
19. Economic & financial indicators
19.1 Economic data, commodities and markets
20. Graphic detail
20.1 | It could have been worse: Covid-19 vaccines saved an estimated 20m lives during their first year
Their impact in poor countries depends on how effectively governments prioritised recipients
21. The Economist explains
21.1 Why is Georgia struggling to join the EU?
21.2 Why are cluster munitions so dangerous?
22. Obituary
22.1 | The mystic of the stage: Peter Brook saw acting as an uncompromising search for truth
The revolutionary theatre director died on July 2nd, aged 97
