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Briefing

The 90% economy that lockdowns will leave behind

It will not just be smaller, it will feel strange

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The Economist’s coverage of the coronavirus

Middle East and Africa

Zambia was already a case study in how not to run an economy

Then came covid-19

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China

A view from the covid-19th floor

Entering Hong Kong, a ten-hour wait at the airport is just the start

Finance and economics

America’s cities and states face a cash crunch

Help from the federal government and the Federal Reserve may be on the way

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Books and arts

Johnson: The real reason to study the classics

Discovering ancient civilisations is humbling rather than self-aggrandising

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The week in charts: After lockdown: the missing 10%

The cost of closed schools • Biden’s narrow lead • Coronavirus mysteries • Middle East misery

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Britain

A nation of gardeners

Britons dig in for the lockdown

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Life after lockdowns

May 2nd 2020
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Briefing

The pandemic will leave the rich world deep in debt, and force some hard choices

Asia

What next for countries that are nearly covid-free?

United States

The Trump campaign makes its pitch to Catholic voters

Graphic detail

Would most covid-19 victims have died soon, without the virus?

A new study suggests not

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In context: Autocrats in the pandemic

International

Would-be autocrats are using covid-19 as an excuse to grab more power

Strong measures are needed to keep the public safe, they insist

Leaders

The rulers who see opportunity in disaster

The world is distracted and the public need saving. It is a strongman’s dream

China

China moves to squeeze Hong Kong’s freedoms

Asia

Life carries on as usual in Tajikistan and Turkmenistan

Special report: South Korea

South Korea is going through deep social, economic change

But the transformation is still fragile, and covid-19 is not helping, says Lena Schipper

Startups offer a different future for South Korea’s economy

But chaebol still dominate

South Korean women are fighting to be heard

Women have taken their struggle against misogyny into the open

K-pop is changing, too

The world’s most successful boy band make perfect posterboys for the new Korea

South Koreans are unhappy with the pace of political change

A younger generation has now been politicised

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