The Economist USA 11 30 2019 PDF
Preview The Economist USA 11 30 2019
NOVEMBER 30TH–DECEMBER 6TH 2019 Brassed off with Donald Trump China’s forgotten migrant workers Pushing the limits of luxury Alibaba’s Amazon envy Inequality illusions Why wealth and income gaps are not what they appear The Economist November 30th 2019 5 Contents continues overleaf 1 Contents The world this week 10 A summary of political and business news Leaders 13 Egalitarianism Inequality illusions 14 Democracy and the web Policing propaganda 15 Hong Kong A clarion call 15 The twilight of the WTO The umpire expires 16 Climate and energy A bid for better batteries Letters 18 On diversity, Palm Beach, America’s army, AI writers, Emmanuel Macron Briefing 21 Inequality Measuring the 1% 23 Wealth inequality in Sweden In the rich man’s world United States 25 Mr Trump and his generals 26 Michael Bloomberg’s run 27 Sanctions galore 29 Big tech and political ads 29 Black Friday dreams 30 Lexington Impeachment endgames The Americas 31 Fighting corruption 32 Cuba and the dollar 33 Bello The street and the politicians Asia 34 South Korea’s evangelicals 35 Farming tigers 36 Citizenship in Malaysia 36 A power struggle in India 38 Japan’s recluses China 39 Elections in Hong Kong 40 Antarctic ambitions 41 Chaguan Forgotten industrial heroes Middle East & Africa 42 Darfur’s peace prospects 43 Fight club in Ghana 44 Likud reconsiders Bibi 44 Repression in Egypt 45 Yemen’s food fight Buttonwood Do not write off the macro hedge-fund manager just yet, page 66 On the cover Inequality could be lower than you think. But there is still plenty to do to make economies fairer: leader, page 13. As inequality rises further up the political agenda, some economists are rethinking the numbers: briefing, page 21. What would millennial socialists do with power? Page 72 • Brassed off with Donald Trump America’s president falls out with the military establishment he once wooed, page 25 • China’s forgotten migrant workers The people who made this country an industrial giant face a bleak retirement: Chaguan, page 41 • Pushing the limits of luxury Europe’s richest man tests the limits of the conglomerate model, page 57 • Alibaba’s Amazon envy The thinking behind its Hong Kong listing: Schumpeter, page 62 © 2019 The Economist Newspaper Limited. All rights reserved. Neither this publication nor any part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of The Economist Newspaper Limited. The Economist (ISSN 0013-0613) is published every week, except for a year-end double issue, by The Economist Newspaper Limited, 750 3rd Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, N Y 10017. The Economist is a registered trademark of The Economist Newspaper Limited. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Economist, P.O. Box 46978, St. Louis , MO. 63146-6978, USA. Canada Post publications mail (Canadian distribution) sales agreement no. 40012331. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to The Economist, PO Box 7258 STN A, Toronto, ON M5W 1X9. GST R123236267. Printed by Quad/Graphics, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 6 Contents The Economist November 30th 2019 PEFC certified This copy of The Economist is printed on paper sourced from sustainably managed forests certified to PEFC www.pefc.org PEFC/29-31-58 Please Subscription service For our full range of subscription offers, including digital only or print and digital combined, visit: Economist.com/offers You can also subscribe by mail, telephone or email: North America The Economist Subscription Center, P.O. Box 46978, St. Louis, MO 63146-6978 Telephone: +1 800 456 6086 Email:
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