The Economist The race for the White House is a little closer than it looks

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October 12th 2020

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Presidential polling

The race for the White House is a little closer than it looks

After weeks of bad news, Donald Trump’s supporters may temporarily be declining pollsters’ calls

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Winning bids

The Nobel prize in economics rewards advances in auction theory

For the third time since 2007, it goes to designers of market mechanisms

Schumpeter

Why Rio Tinto and China are at loggerheads

The future of iron-ore mining is at stake

Daily chart

Amy Coney Barrett is the least popular Supreme Court nominee in recent history

A plurality of voters disapprove of her confirmation. Many more support the policies she might vote to undo

Free to read | Feeling the pulse

American banks’ earnings will gauge customers’ financial health

Is the pandemic leading to a marked rise in defaults on loans to firms and households?

Welcome to Queueba

With shop shelves bare, Cuba mulls economic reforms

The government hints it may scrap its dotty dual-currency system

Sleeping giants

The intellectual flare of the so-called dark ages

In “The Light Ages”, Seb Falk lays out the wonders of medieval science

The Intelligence

“They’re taking a much broader view of what public health is about”—Sweden’s pandemic pragmatism

Also on the daily podcast: street-level disobedience and tolerance in China and a clever bid to nab turtle-egg poachers

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