The Economist - 20 августа 2016

Год выпуска: август 2016

Автор: The Economist Newspaper and The Economist Group

Жанр: Экономика/Политика

Издательство: «The Economist Newspaper Ltd»

Формат: PDF (журнал на английском языке)

Качество: OCR

Количество страниц: 80

Описание: America's housing system was at the centre of the last crisis. It has still not been properly reformed: leader, page 9. How America accidentally nationalised its mortgage market, pages 17-19.

Islam in Europe

Fearing extremism and a lack of integration, European governments want more of the continent's imams to be home-grown, page 51. The rise of the digital madrassa, page 52. Early intervention to prevent terrorism is tough to get right. Britain does not do a bad job, page 47.

Africa's fragile democracy

Since the end of the cold war, multi-party democracy has flourished in Africa. In many countries it is now at risk: leader, page 10. Threats to democratic rule are growing, but time and demography are against the autocrats, page 37.

Brazil and the Olympics

If governments can invest for Olympic success, can they do the same for the economy? Free exchange, page 66. Brazil's recession rages on. But there are incipient signs of recovery, page 29.

Netflix

Can the aspiring global television network stay atop the new, broadband-based ecosystem it helped create? Page 53. An extravagantly empty tribute to 1970s New York and the birth of hip-hop, page 74.

Secret summitry in China

Rumours in China have become everyone's problem: leader, page 14. The leadership's annual retreat will not have been relaxing, page 35.

Bureaucrats and machine learning

Clever computers could transform government: leader, page 12. There is much to gain from applying algorithms to public policy, but controversies loom, page 61.

Robot pilots

Instead of rewiring planes to fly themselves, give them android pilots, page 67.

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