The Economist - 26 июня 2021

Год выпуска: июнь 2021

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: 88

Power and paranoia

The Chinese Communist Party at 100

• China’s ruling party is about to turn 100. How long can the world’s most successful autocracy last? Leader, page 11, and see our special report, after page 46.
• The government wants to lift the retirement age, but fears a backlash, page 56.

The fast-ageing financial cycle

• As the Treasury curve flattens, a new phase in the financial cycle begins: Buttonwood, page 74.
• Investors can no longer take low interest rates for granted: leader, page 12.
• Bets on reflation and commodities turn sour, page 72.

What teachers learned during covid-19

• School closures have caused children great harm. Governments are doing shockingly little to help them catch up: leader, page 12.
  The pandemic could yet inspire reforms to make schools more efficient, flexible and fair: briefing, page 21.

The Tories: hobbled by hobbits

• The government says it wants an economic boom. Its core voters are less keen: Bagehot, page 32.

Why Belgium is so odd

• A rogue soldier tells you something about life in Europe’s strangest country: Charlemagne, page 38.