The Economist - 30 января 2016

Описание: Marvel at the jaw-dropping spectacle. Then worry. American politics has taken a dangerous turn: leader, page 9. The primary contest is about to get serious. It has rarely been so ugly, uncertain or strange, pages 18-20. A network of wealthy donors has a mission to push politics to the right, page 75. What a big pay rise at Walmart means for the low-paid Americans, page 21.
The elected president, Muhammadu Buhariis repeating an economic error he made as dictator 20 years ago: leader, page 10. Cheap oil is causing a currency crisis. Banning imports is no way to deal with it, page 39.
Don't panic. Kill mosquitoes: leader, page 12. Afearsome outbreak has triggered a debate about birth control, page 29.
Shrewd governments welcome foreign students. Foolish ones block and expel them: leader, page 10. As Australia and Canada seek to attract more foreign students, America and Britain could lose out, page 51.
The art world is changing faster than Sotheby's and Christie's are adapting their business model, page 53.
Haunted dolls Thailand's peculiar craze for magic dolls starts a moral panic, page 34.
Researchers find new ways to make touchscreens more responsive, page 71.

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«The Economist» за 30 января 2016

The world this week
Leaders

1. America's presidential primaries
   • The brawl begins
2. Nigeria's economy
   • Hope the naira falls
3. Foreign students
   • Train 'em up. Kick 'em out
4. Corporate tax
   • Going after Google
5. The Zikav'rus
   • Let us spray

Letters

1. On migrants, India, Jeremy Corbyn, Catalonia, clubbing, ageing

Briefing

1. America's primary elections
   • Outsiders' chance

United States

1. Walmart and low-wages
   • High expectations
2. Transgender life
   • Restroom rumpus
3. Dry California
   • All the leaves are brown
4. Ecology
   • Murre mystery
5. Policing and privacy
   • The StingRay's tale
6. Universities and free speech
   • Hard to say
7. Lexington
   • John Kerry in China

The Americas

1. Brazil
   • Partying on a precipice
2. Haiti's election
   • Presidential postponements
3. TheZikav'rus
   • To breed, or not to breed
4. Bello
   • From red tape to joined-up government

Asia

1. The South China Sea
   • Making a splash
2. Politics in Vietnam
   • No changing of the guard
3. Nepal's stand-off
   • Trouble in the basement
4. Subhas Chandra Bose
   • Mystery theatre
5. Superstition in Thailand
   • Angel baby blues
6. Kazakhstan's economy
   • Driftand dissent
7. Suicide in Japan
   • Deep in the woods

China

1. Growth targets
   • Grossly Deceptive Plans
2. Tibet's environment
   • A bottled-water threat
3. Banyan
   • Xi's confessional culture

Middle East and Africa

1. Nigeria's economy
   • Crude tactics
2. Child abuse in Kenya
   • Breaking the silence
3. Syrian peace talks
   • United only by hatred
4. Africa's gym craze
   • Beerbelly busters
5. Trouble in Tunisia
   • Dying to work for the government
6. A Saudifinancialhub
   • Castles in the air

Europe

1. Illiberal central Europe
   • Big, bad Visegrad
2. Putin's popularity
   • Impervious to recession
3. Crisis in Moldova
   • Howto steala republic
4. Refugees in France
   • Why aren't there more?
5. Charlemagne
   • The EU's values-free foreign policy

Britain

1. Black Britons
   • The next generation
2. Counterculture
   • God save the punk
3. Brexit war games
   • A rocky rehearsal
4. Bagehot
   • Putin and the death of a Londoner

International

1. Students abroad
   • Brains without borders

Business

1. Art auctions
   • House pride
2. Web auctions
   • Going once, going online
3. Toshiba and Sharp
   • Coming clean?
4. Apple
   • iPhone, therefore I am
5. Car-hailing apps in China
   • More than mobility
6. Steelmaking
   • A corrosive climate
7. Schumpeter
   • "Dynamic" pricing

Finance and economics

1. Natural gas
   • Step on it
2. Buttonwood
   • The crazy world of credit
3. Fintech and insurance
   • Against the odds
4. Google's tax deal
   • A digital dust-up
5. Robots v humans
   • Machine earning
6. The economics of corruption
   • The wages of sin
7. Big banks
   • Chop chop
8. Free exchange
   • Reviving Italy's economy

Science and technology

1. Touchscreens
   • The finger moves on
2. Artificial intelligence
   • Computer says Go
3. Winemaking
   • The perfect pinot problem
4. Schizophrenia
   • Brain gains
5. Miniature satellites
   • Cubism

Books and arts

1. Dark money
   • Influence in America
2. Julian Barnes
   • Music and memory
3. Communists in Britain
   • Reds in the bed
4. Life in London
   • Beyond the glitter
5. Banning alcohol
   • Prohibition era
6. Johnson
   • A column on language

Economic and financial indicators

1. Statistics on 42 economies, plus a closer look at corruption

Obituary

1. George Weidenfeld
   • A world of friends

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