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The Economist September 22nd 2018 3
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Contents
1
America’s mid-terms If the
Democrats are to retake the
Senate, they will do so thanks
to their moderate candidates,
page 23. The triumph of the
far-left in Democtratic
primaries has been greatly
overstated, page 24
On the cover
Jair Bolsonaro would make a
disastrous president for
Brazil: leader, page 9. The
election could save Latin
America’s biggest democracy,
or sabotage it, page18
6 The world this week
Leaders
9 Elections in Brazil
Latin America’s menace
10 Trade
Hunker down
10 Artificial intelligence
AI, EU, go
11 Reforming Japan
A long haul
12 African demography
Not so fast
Letters
14 On farming, Syria,
immigration, Nike, the
armed forces
Briefing
18 Latin America
The noise from Brazil
United States
23 The Senate
No fairy tale
24 Democratic primaries
The centre can hold
25 Foreign lobbying
Crimea river
26 Nevada’s brothels
Bras and ballot-initiatives
27 Activism
Beyond the hashtag
28 Lexington
Brett Kavanaugh
The Americas
29 Argentina
Shrinking pains
30 Bello
Mexico’s history man
32 Quebec’s election
Immigration nation
32 Cuban honey
Worker bee’s paradise
Asia
33 Japanese politics
Abe’s ambition
34 Kyrgyzstan
Hunting for extremists
34 Talks with North Korea
Parading for peace
35 Banyan
Stuffing the ballot boxes
36 Suicide in India
Deadly reckoning
36 Politics in Pakistan
Nawaz Sharif leaves jail
China
37 The economy
Life in a slower lane
38 Hong Kong’s transport
Anger over a new rail
terminus
39 Chaguan
The curious role of a
tabloid
Middle East and Africa
40 Demography
Babies are lovely, but...
41 Child marriage
Growing up too early
44 French forces in Africa
Sahel or high water
44 Israel’s armed forces
Stand uneasy
45 Syria’s war
Staving off slaughter
Europe
46 Turkey and Europe
Erdogan visits Berlin
47 Poland
Taking on PiS and Civic
Platform
47 Health in eastern Europe
Mind the gap
48 Spanish political scandals
A question of degrees
49 Teaching Arabic in France
Word games
49 Germany’s spy chief
Over, not out
50 Charlemagne
The rebirth of Eurafrica
Fertility in Africa Countries
can bring down their birth
rates without resorting to
Asian-style illiberalism:
leader, page12. The
continent’s high birth rate is
keeping it poor, page 40. Child
marriage is proving stubbornly
persistent, page 41. The
number of extremely poor
Africans is rising, page 69
Hurricanes and typhoons
Climate change means more
severe storms in both the
Atlantic and the Pacific. But
governments are getting
better at preparing for them,
page 54