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October 9th 2020
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Digital money

Ant Group and fintech come of age

A blockbuster listing shows how fintech is revolutionising finance

 

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American democracy

The spreading scourge of voter suppression

Don’t rob people of votes, count them

Free exchange

Why trade imbalances are a worry during a global downturn

Monetary policy begins to look more like a zero-sum game

Week in charts

The covid slump

Digital finance on the march • The Swedish exception • Distrusted politicians • Nagorno-Karabakh

Transgender athletes

A ban by World Rugby could prove influential for transgender sports

The horns of a dilemma

A Nobel cause

The World Food Programme’s peace prize may actually do some good

In a hungry world, the WFP is more needed than ever; and it is short of cash

1843 magazine

First-class flights, chauffeurs and bribery: the secret life of a private tutor

Tutoring has become a weapon in the global arms race in education. There’s no limit to what some parents will pay

Checks and Balance

Florida’s key—who will win the Sunshine State?

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