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United States

America’s backwards coronavirus strategy

The federal government’s approach is like a hospital that invests in palliative care while abolishing the oncology department

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America is in the midst of an extraordinary surge of covid-19

Science & technology

The hunt for the origins of SARS-CoV-2 will look beyond China

The virus may have been born in South-East Asia

Highlights
Britain

Britons tip the work-life balance

Working Britons have less time for leisure than other Europeans. Covid-19 is changing that

Business

CTS Eventim is plotting a post-pandemic comeback tour

Europe’s live-music giant is unfazed by the coronavirus slump

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United States

Lexington: Trouble in Trumplandia

The president’s growing authoritarianism is a sign of weakness not strength

Daily chart

China’s newest technology stock exchange is thriving despite the pandemic

But the country’s answer to America’s Nasdaq is not for the faint of heart

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Books & arts

Bullfighting in the era of covid-19

Gore and pageantry on the sand, social distancing in the stands

The Economist’s coverage of the coronavirus

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Free money: When government spending knows no limits

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Science & technology

Trials of a vaccine and new drug raise hope of beating covid-19

Finance & economics

Why globalists and frontier-market investors love Vietnam

Europe

An unlikely local hero in Russia’s Far East

Graphic detail

Empty stadiums have shrunk football teams’ home advantage

Officiating bias disappears without fans, but clubs still play better at home

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In context: The rich-world recovery

Leaders

As the economy recovers fiscal policy has to shift

Is it time to wind down emergency stimulus?

Finance & economics

Some economies are bouncing back. But recoveries can easily go wrong

Our analysis shows just how fragile consumer confidence can be

United States

America’s huge stimulus is having surprising effects on the poor

Briefing

The 90% economy that lockdowns will leave behind

Special report: The Midwest

A region with outsized punch

America’s Midwest matters out of proportion to its size, says Adam Roberts

The urban prairie

For the region to prosper, its bigger cities must flourish

Separate, downtrodden

The region has particular problems with segregation and policing

America’s Mittelstand

Advanced manufacturing can thrive, as Grand Rapids shows

From rustbelt to brainbelt

How higher education can drive prosperity

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