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The Economist November 19th 2016
ierWith his callto put "AmericaFirst", Donald Trump is thelatest recruit to a pessimisticand dangerously zero-sumnationalism: leader, page 9.AU around the world,nationalists are gainingground. Why? Page 51. Chinahas a particularvision ofethnicity and nationhoodthat carries bigimplicationsat home and abroad, pages18-20
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7 The world this week
Leaders
9 Trump's worldThe new nationalism
10 ObamacareAnd a pony for everyone
10 The French electionEurope's populist danger
11 Pacific tradeTry, Persist, Persevere!
12 Tata GroupRata ntrum
Letters
14 On the American election
Briefing
18 Who are the Chinese?The upper Han
United States
21 The Trump administrationTower of silence
22 American health careOba masnare
23 Trump and the SupremeCourtlisting right
23 Voter registrationOregon lets it ride
24 Capital punishmentDeath has Less dominion
24 Conflicts of interestTrusts unverified
25 Election dataIllness as indicator
26 LexingtonDemocrats on the brink
The Americas
27 Latin America and ChinaA golden opportunity
28 Haiti after the hurricaneVoting in a ravaged land
30 BelloColombia's new, improvedpeace deal
Asia
31 The collapse of TPPTrading down
32 South Korean politicsTalking impeachment
33 Indonesian politicsTolerance on trial
33 Malaysia's 1MDB scandalNothing to see here
34 Islamic State in PakistanLethal partners
34 Australia andasylum-seekersThe American sotution
China
35 Coping with AmericaWeighing up Trump
36 Hong Kong's legislatureLocalists disbarred
36 The Communist PartyCaIL me comrade
37 BanyanA China-America romance?
Middle East and Africa
39 The nuclear deal with IranOn borrowed time
40 Sex scandals in IranTheocratic trouble
40 War in SyriaThe next push
41 Ghana's electionHeirs to Nkrumah
42 Corruption in SierraLeoneCattitin
Europe
43 France's RepublicanprimaryThe veterans
44 The Balkans returnEnd of the Clinton era
45 Russian intriguesArresting developments
45 Procurement spendingRigging the bids
47 CharlemagneMerkel, iron waffier
What willTrump do?Thepresident-elect appearsto beunsure whether or nottogovern as he campaigned, page21. On Obamacare, he has madea promise he cannot keep:teader, page 10. The RepublicanCongress scramblesto find analternativeto the AffordableCare Act, page 22. Mr Trump'sattempt at Reaganomics wiltprove costlier than theoriginal: Free exchange, page66. The nextadministrationmayslow America's clean-energytransition, butitwillnot derailit, page 56
French politicsThe centre-right's nomineewillprobablyface Marine Le Pen forthepresidency, page 43. Who canbeat her? Leader, page 10
Iran The nuctear dealisunLikely to survive, page 39.A Koranic reciter hasthreatened the clerics' moratauthority, page 40
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Magnetic moments3D printers promise better,cheaper and more powerfulmagnets, page 68
Leonard Cohen The novelist,poet and singer died onNovember 7th, aged 82:Obituary, page 80
6 Contents The Economist November 19th 2016
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Trade deals in Asia America'sparticipation in TPPis over.But don't give up effortstoliberalise trade and harmonisestandards in Asia: leader, page
The pact's demise leaves aworrying void in Asia, page 31.A China-America romance isnotas unlikelyas many punditsthink, but nor could it Last:Banyan, page 37
Turmoil at Tata One of Asia'smostimportantfirms hasdescended into chaos. Itspatriarch, Ratan Tata, islargelyto btame: Leader, page12. India's biggest companyaddsinternalstrifetoits longlist of problems, page 55
Britain48 Online shopping
SoLid melts into air49 Brexit and public opinion
Fifty-fifty nation50 Bagehot
The special relationship
International51 Global politics
League of nationalists
Business55 Tata Group
CLash of the Tatas56 Donald Trump and
American energyPolluting the outLook
57 MiningVein hope
57 Samsung and HarmanAmp my ride
58 Corporate ItalySeize the day
59 Consumer goodsPot of gold
60 SchumpeterUncertain business
Finance and economics61 Emerging markets
ReyersaL of fortune62 Buttonwood
Underfunded pensions
63 Iceland's economyBubbling again
63 Agricuttural Bank ofChinaSanctions with Chinesecharacteristics
64 Banks and "too big to fail"Kash caLL
64 China's corporate debtState of grace
65 Credit in China,lust spend
66 Free exchangeReaganomics, Trump-styLe
Science and technology68 Additive manufacturing
Magnetic moments69 Oceans in space
Not so Lonely sea in the sky
69 MalariaThe biter bit
70 Censusing fisheriesWhere's the catch?
Books and arts71 Globalisation
The third wave
72 SomaliaHope among the horror
72 Campaign strategistsThe art of political war
73 New fictionRhythm of Life
73 PhysicsEmpty space, the finalfrontier
74 Classical musicWest meets East
78 Economic and financialindicatorsStatistics on 42economies, plus a closerlook at access to eLectricity
Obituary80 Leonard Cohen
Raising the song
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