May 9th 2020

The market v the real economy

The world this week

Leaders

The market v the real economy
A dangerous gap

Financial markets have got out of whack with the economy. Something has to give

Supply chains and the pandemic
The food miracle

Markets, ingenuity and open borders have kept the world fed. Don’t take that for granted

America and China
The new scold war

A relationship long burdened by rivalry and suspicion has fallen into outright hostility

El Salvador
My tweet is your command

Nayib Bukele may be trying to become Latin America’s first millennial dictator

Scientific publishing
High-speed science

The pandemic has caused scientists to work faster. That should be welcomed

Letters

Letters to the editor
On children, Mozambique, lockdowns, tracking covid, Japan, Labour, liberty

By Invitation

The world after covid-19
Margaret MacMillan on a turning point in history

Briefing

Food security
The tables not yet turned

The global food system is showing surprising resilience to the pandemic. Long may it last

Britain

Offices
The shape of things to come

First orders
The return of fun

Scientists and politics
Of white coats and grey suits

Tracing
App exceptionalism

The politics of lockdown
Climbing the walls

Vulnerable children
A different danger

Newspapers
Stunt men

Bagehot
Contra mundum

Europe

European law
Seeing red

Russia
Journalists are revolting

Care-home covid deaths
Getting to the truth

Italy
Caffè to go

Turkey
Istanbully

Charlemagne
All Europe’s a stage

United States

America v China
Superpowered insults

Measuring inequality
How the 0.1% did

Steve King under pressure
The ninth inning

Trumpian governance
Watchdogs in the doghouse

The electoral college
Going rogue

Education and society
The social experiment

Lexington
What’s in store

The Americas

El Salvador
The rise of the house of Bukele

A battered brand
The synonymous crown affair

Bello
The long wait

Middle East & Africa

Lebanon
From crisis to crisis

Solar power
Rays of hope

Benin
Voodoo v virus

Africa’s data deficit
Start counting

Hemp in Africa
Pot of gold

Asia

Developing countries and covid-19
Bargain abatement

Politics in Kazakhstan
Bye-bye Nazarbayeva

Afghanistan and covid-19
Gunmen with thermometers

Press freedom in the Philippines
Blank screen

Thailand’s armed forces
In the doghouse

Sunbathing in Indonesia
Hot spot

Banyan
Lockdown lock-up

China

Social security
Socialism’s precariat

Christianity
Heaven’s outposts

International

Virtual dating
Fever when you hold me tight

Domestic abuse
No safe haven

Special report

International banking
Parallel universe

Global banks
Credit clout

International currencies
Redback on track

Payment systems
Piping up

After covid-19
The dark side

Acknowledgements

Business

The business of health
Prognosis: mixed

Drugmakers
Convalescent

Big business in France
Reargardère action

Airlines
Eyeing the sky

Disney
Cruising for a bruising

Office culture
The presenteeism premium

Bartleby
Don’t stand so close to me

Schumpeter
The mavericks of oil

Finance & economics

Credit-rating agencies
Markers marked

Commodities
Custom of the country

The stockmarket rally
Uppers and downers

Emerging markets
QE too

Finance in India
Bright spot

Gig workers unite
All worked up

Free exchange
Unprofitable arguments

Schools brief

Humans and the carbon cycle
Where nature ends

Science & technology

How covid-19 is changing science
Reaping from the whirlwind

Covid-19’s many faces
The body snatcher

Treating covid-19
Hope rears its head

Road safety
Touchy drivers

Crewed space flight
A new Moon race

Books & arts

Cinema in America
After the intermission

John Maynard Keynes
Alive in the long run

Historical fiction
A kind of freedom

The Troubles
Ghost town

The hereafter
A place on Earth

Home Entertainment
The comforts of suburbia

Home Entertainment
Bake your way through the lockdown

Economic & financial indicators

Economic data, commodities and markets

Graphic detail

Daily chart
Disney grew thanks to parks and resorts. Then came covid-19

Covid-19 and politics
Following the leader

Obituary

Willie Levi
A midwestern parable