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From: The Economist today - Monday Oct 19, 2020 09:10 pm

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October 19th 2020

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A Southern triptych

Democrats could win big in Georgia

Republicans bet on Trumpism. Democrats aim for moderation in a fast-changing state with two Senate seats and 16 electoral-college votes hanging in the balance

Standing with Samuel Paty

The beheading of a teacher will harden France’s belief in secularism

Emmanuel Macron warned against mounting Islamism and the threat to freedom of expression. After a shocking attack this now sounds prescient

Bartleby

Countering the tyranny of the clock

How flexible working is changing workers’ relationship with time

Daily chart

Orderly transfers of power occur less often than you might think

In the past century, only around half of the world’s countries have managed even one crisis-free handover

The man who lived

An interview with Alexei Navalny, assassination survivor

Russia’s opposition leader has emerged stronger than ever

Technology investing

The lessons from the Vision Fund

Son Masayoshi has shown that the future of technology lies as much in Asia as in Silicon Valley

The road to Camelot

A masterful biography of JFK is a reminder of imperilled ideals

Fredrik Logevall deftly unpicks the myths that surround his subject from the glamorous reality

The Intelligence

“It was unparalleled in modern New Zealand history”—a beloved PM sails to victory

Also on the daily podcast: the shipping industry navigates rough seas and museums under pressure sell off the family silver

In Search of Lost Focus: The engine of distributed work

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