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Joe Biden is set to capture the White House

After a hard electoral battle the Democrats have almost certainly won the presidency, but they have done less well than they had hoped

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United States

America changes course, while remaining very much the same

A familiar election story unfolds

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Leaders

France is right to defend free speech

No one has a right not to be offended

Asia

Aung San Suu Kyi was supposed to set Burmese democracy free

Instead she has clipped its wings

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China

Chaguan: No American election will change China’s mind

It is sure that America is bent on containing its rise

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Week in charts: American business and the election

Covid resurgent • China’s new tack • global economic gloom • African trouble

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Blackjack with Matthew McConaughey

The smooth-talking Hollywood actor reveals his hand

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Leaders

What the 2020 results say about America’s future

Joe Biden looks set to govern over a deeply divided country

United States

Covid coloured races for governor and ballot initiatives

Health and social policy shaped America’s state and local elections

United States

Polls—and our forecast model—overestimated support for Joe Biden

United States

Donald Trump goes to court

The Economist's analysis of the US 2020 election results

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When every vote counts

November 7th 2020
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Is there an alternative to Huawei?

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Ethiopia’s prime minister may be starting a civil war

Books & arts

Joseph Henrich’s study of WEIRD societies

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A minority of people with covid-19 account for the bulk of transmission

In two Indian states 10% of people caused 60% of subsequent infections

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In context: Covidonomics

Finance & economics

How economically damaging will new lockdowns be?

Less severe than last time—but still very painful

Finance & economics

What GDP can and cannot tell you about the post-pandemic economy

Third-quarter figures are dramatic, but need careful interpretation

Middle East & Africa

Arab states are loading up on debt

The Americas

Jobs are coming back in Canada, thanks to subsidies

Special report: The world economy

The peril and the promise

The covid-19 pandemic will accelerate change in the world economy. That brings both opportunity and danger, says Henry Curr

Changing places

The pandemic will not end globalisation, but it will reshape it

Zoom and gloom

The transition to remote work is welcome. But it will be painful

Survival of the fittest

Could the pandemic leave markets more concentrated?

The eternal zero

The pandemic will leave a legacy of even lower interest rates—and even higher asset prices

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