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Contents The EconomistJune 8th 2019

Onthecover

America is aggressivelydeploying a new economicarsenal to assert its power.That is counterproductive-and dangerous: leader, page 13.Donald Trump finds a new wayto weaponise tariffs, page 62.The Mexican governmentscrambles to placate him,page 42. Pinch points in techsupply chains, page 55

• The second half of theinternet The poorer half ofhumanity isjoining the worldwide web. They will change it,and it will change them: leader,page 14. How the pursuit ofleisure drives internet use in thepoor world: briefing, page 21

• Sudan: people power meetsbullets Pro-democracyprotesters are being slaughteredin Khartoum, page 32

• Baseball and Americanexceptionalism The nationalpastime reflects America's easilymocked-but often successful-desire to be different: Lexington,page-u

• Why magie mushroomsshould be legai Moves todecriminalise and license themfor medicai usearewelcome,page 16.Researchinto thetherapeutic potential ofpsilocybin is back in vogue,page52

The world this week8 A round-up of political

and business news

Leaders13 American power

Weapons of massdisruption

14 Foreign-investmentdisputesTreaty or raugh treatment

14 The internet's next actYou ain't seen nothing yet

15 Regional developmentHead south, youngChinese

16 PsilocybinLet magic into the daylight

Letters18 On cJimate change, Uber,

foreign policy, abortion,David Cameran, labourmarkets, Unilever, sheep

Briefing21 The second half of the

internetA global timepasseconomy

oSchumpeter Employeeownership has a lot goingfor it. But not if itbecomes too politicised,page 61

Europe25 Crimea, five years on26 Farewell to Germany's

rubble lady27 Turkey faces a mutiny,

maybe28 Italian discipline28 Estonians embrace pink

sii me

Britain29 Labour's foreign policy30 The Trump visit31 Bagehot Rory Stewart,

odd manout

Middle East & Africa32 Sudan's Tiananmen?33 Congo's fever trees34 White elephants in

Tanzania35 More suffering in Syria35 Confusion over Eid36 Trauble in jordan

United States37 Democratic ideas and

electoral reality38 Visas and social media39 MLK and the FBI39 School funding40 Solitary confinement41 Lexington Baseball and

exceptionalism

The Americas42 What tariffs mean for

Mexico43 Pensions in Chile43 Marking a Salvadoran

massacre44 Canada's cJimate policy

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Asia45 Thailand's prime minister46 Banyan China v Ameriea

in Asia47 Pretending to run North

Korea47 Muslims in Sri Lanka48 Work for women in

Vietnam48 Tourism in Bangladesh

China49 Unbalanced development51 Chaguan Enforcing

belt-and-road law

International52 Magie mushroorns, magie

cure?54 The psychedelie-tourism

business

Business55 The technology industry's

pinch point56 Taiwan's silieon

balancing act57 Bartleby Toxic workplaces58 Chinese cruises59 FCA-Renault no more59 Big Tech and antitrust60 Investing in centraI

Europe60 Electric scooters grow up61 Schumpeter Blue-collar

capitalists

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