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Covid-19 data
Tracking covid-19 excess deaths across countries

In many parts of the world, official death tolls undercount the total number of fatalities

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How big is China’s economy? Let the Big Mac decide

Our index reckons China’s economy is bigger than the World Bank thinks

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The Bank of Mum and Dad as young adults’ social insurance

New evidence that, when short of cash, many young people turn to their parents

Blessed are the rich in spirit
Money really can buy happiness and recessions can take it away

Polls from 145 countries show that citizens of wealthier ones are more satisfied and secure

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Still segregated and still struggling

Covid-19 and poverty in America • Digital China’s rising stars • An AIDS update from cyberspace • Suspicious bangs in Iran

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Which parts of Africa will be hit hardest by covid-19?

The true extent of the damage will probably never be known

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How resilient are the banks?

If today’s lenders were run as they were in 2008 they would be in huge trouble

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Face-off over face-masks: Europe’s latest north-south split

Southerners cover up in public; northerners don’t

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Many Americans are ready to question the result of the presidential election

A study finds that a significant share of partisans will support a re-run if they don’t get their way

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China is spending less on American goods than expected

It is unlikely to hit the targets it agreed to with President Donald Trump

Thinking fast and slow
How speedy lockdowns save lives

Early stay-at-home orders contained covid-19 the best