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The pandemic has spawned a new way to study medical records

It preserves confidentiality while liberating useful information

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Europe

France is leaving lockdown. Now the trouble begins

The process is hampered by adversarial labour relations and distrust of government

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Finance & economics

America files a new financial salvo at Beijing

The White House seeks to stop a government pension fund investing in China

By Invitation

Edward Luttwak on the political repercussions of the pandemic

The virus exposes uneasy truths wherever it infects

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Business

Bartleby: Don’t stand so close to me

Office design may need to change

Daily chart

The spread of covid has caused a surge in American meat prices

With a high incidence of affected workers, several meat-processing plants had to close

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Books & arts

The enduring legacy of John Maynard Keynes

It is easy to forget how often his advice was ignored during his lifetime

The Economist’s coverage of the coronavirus

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Weekly edition

Has covid-19 killed globalisation?

May 16th 2020
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Leaders

The market v the real economy

International

Pornography is booming during the covid-19 lockdowns

United States

Have the top 0.1% of Americans made out like bandits since 2000?

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Phone data identify travel hubs at risk of a second wave of infections

Well-networked areas tend to have more infections than their average incomes and population densities suggest

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In context: Covid-19 and society

International

Casual sex is out, companionship is in

Lockdowns are forcing singletons to embrace emotional intimacy

Business

Japanese offices struggle to adapt to social distancing

Many companies still put a strong emphasis on physical presence

United States

Ode to the shopping mall

Books & arts

When cinemas reopen they will not be the same

Special report: International banking

Geopolitics and technology threaten America’s financial dominance

And now the covid-19 pandemic is precipitating a split, says Matthieu Favas

As China goes global, its banks are coming out, too

European banks are losing their influence

China wants to make the yuan a central-bank favourite

And it is playing a trump card in order to achieve it

The financial world’s nervous system is being rewired

And it is not America that is doing it

Can China be trusted to be a responsible financial power?

There are still a lot of questions that it must answer

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