The Economist - 20 февраля 2016

Описание: Central bankers are running down their arsenal. But other options exist to stimulate the economy: leader, page 7. Policymakers in rich economies need to consider radical remedies for the next downturn, pages 14-17. A vital chunk of the world economy is beset by weakness, page 59. Central bankers have failed to convince their sceptical audiences: Free exchange, page 65. The Supreme Court's most outspoken conservative died this week: Obituary, page 78. The Senate should give Barack Obama's nominee for the courta fair hearing: leader, page 8. The battle to come will reflect a court divided over ideology as never before, page 25.
The presidential candidate's business affairs are an enigma, page 28. Can the other billionaire, Michael Bloomberg, reform two-party politics? Lexington, page 30.
Russian daring and American weakness have changed the course of the war in Syria — for the worse: leader, page 9. Russian bombers have brought the Assad regime within sight of victory, but the bloodshed and the dangers are growing, page 34. Two visitors remember a vanished country, page 71.
The generals who seized power have come up with a new plan for saving their country from democracy, page 18.
China is ill-prepared for a terrible consequence of its ageing population: the rise of dementia, page 22.
A new wave of mobile technology is on its way, and it will bring dramatic change, page 53.
Their story of hereditary power is lubricious and cruel, page 69.

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«The Economist» за 20 февраля 2016

The world this week
Leaders

1. The world economy
   • Out of ammo?
2. The South China Sea
   • Sunnylands, cloudy waters
3. America's Supreme
   • Court After Scalia
4. The war in Syria
   • The peril of inaction
5. Reforming FIFA
   • SEC as a parrot

Letters

1. On refugees, Europe, brains, China, the Cleveland Browns, millennials

Briefing

1. Fighting the next recession
   • Unfamiliar ways forward Asia
2. Thailand's coup politics
   • Twentieth time lucky?
3. Politics in the Maldives
   • Archipelago of ire
4. Alcohol in India
   • Barmy booze bureaucracy
5. Media freedom in Japan
   • Anchors away
6. South Korea and its neighbours
   • The poor relations

China

1. Dementia
   • The burden of ageing
2. Trees in Hong Kong
   • Athreatened species
3. Left-behind children
   • The government responds
4. Banyan
   • A gala for Xi

United States

1. The Supreme Court
   • Courting controversy
2. South Carolina
   • Bush land no more
3. Sanders and black voters
   • Slow Bern
4. The campaigns
   • Heard on the trail
5. Analysing Trump Inc
   • From the Tower to the White House
6. Lexington
   • Bloomberg's moment

The Americas

1. Bolivia's referendum
   • They think it's all Evo
2. Venezuela's debt
   • Praying to pay
3. Jamaica's election
   • Let them eat goat
4. Bello
   • Rigging Peru's election

Middle East and Africa

1. Putin's war in Syria
   • Why would he stop now?
2. Counting the dead
   • Syria's ghastly toll
3. Elections in Iran
   • The great candidate cull
4. Students in South Africa
   • Whiteness burning
5. Elections in Uganda
   • No jam today

Europe

1. Anti-austerity politics
   • Fudging the revolution
2. Russia's lawless economy
   • Night of the long scoops
3. French politics
   • Comeback skid
4. Europe's civil courts
   • The slow wheels of justice
5. Charlemagne
   • How Europe lost Turkey

Britain

1. Wales
   • Full steam ahead?
2. Hotels v Airbnb
   • Build and they will come
3. Bagehot
   • Explaining Euroscepticism

International

1. Tax evasion
   • The biggest loophole of all
2. Secrecy in Panama
   • The problem child

Business

1. Mobile telecoms
   • The advent of 5G
2. Mining
   • Core ores
3. Apple's encryption battle
   • Tim Cook, privacy martyr?
4. Breakfast cereals
   • Soggy sales
5. Bombardier
   • Plane truths
6. Greek businesses
   • An actual Grexit
7. Schumpeter
   • Performance reviews

Finance and economics

1. Manufacturing
   • A hard pounding
2. Buttonwood
   • Liquidity and markets
3. Low interest rates (1)
   • Japan turns negative
4. Low interest rates (2)
   • Insurance suffers
5. Oil
   • A Saudi-Russian accord
6. The gig economy
   • Smooth operators
7. Hedge funds
   • Not dead, just resting
8. Free exchange
   • Central-bank credibility

Science and technology

1. The AAAS
   • Cassava-nova
2. Immunology
   • Mr T-cell
3. Genetic engineering
   • CRISPR crunch
4. Analysing art
   • Light, relief

Books and arts

1. The Romanov dynasty
   • Long they ruled
2. Julia Ward Howe
   • Her truth marches on
3. American Utopianism
   • Short-lived, much loved
4. Syrian court music
   • Song of Aleppo
5. Damascus
   • Love story
6. Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun
   • Woman of the world

Economic and financial indicators

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

Obituary

1. Antonin Scalia
   • Always right

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