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On the coverHow to make America's penalsystem Less punitive andmore effective: leader, page
The bloated prison systemhas stopped growing. Now itmust shrink, pages 23-26
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8 The world this week
Leaders11 Justice in America
Jailhouse nation12 Greece and the euro
My big fat Greek divorce14 The ICC and South Africa
Justice delayed14 Trade agreements
TPP, RIP?16 Britain's immigration
Kneecapping the recovery17 Africa
Nigeria's moment
Letters18 On transparency, India,
modelling for free trade,tax evasion, artificialintelligence
Briefing23 American prisons
The right choices
United States27 Congressional business
Tangling on trade28 Film-making in California
The Empire strikes back28 PopuLation trends
Latino mojo30 The Rachel Dolezal case
White is the new black32 Louisiana's budget
The Norguist wriggle32 Paying for college
A teaspoon of sugar33 Anthropology
Kenne-which man?34 Lexington
Time and the Republicans
The Americas35 The pope's encyclical
What would Jesus do aboutglobal warning?
36 Food and VenezuelaLet them eat Chavismo
36 Haitian migrantsFea r of statelessness
Asia37 Japan's national debt...
Hoping for growth38 ...and its Olympic games
A capital spat38 Police in South Korea
The K-cop wave39 Politics in Taiwan
Madam President?39 Politics in Malaysia
The trouble with trebles40 Justice in Vietnam
Compassionate commies42 Banyan
The shadow of thecaliphate
China45 Hong Kong's politics
A snub to the party46 Corruption
After Zhou, who?46 Dog-lovers v dog-eaters
The qualms of a newmiddle class
Special report: NigeriaOpportunity knocksAfter page 46
Middle East and Africa47 China and the Arab world
The great well of China48 Health care in Egypt
Dirty sheets and stray cats49 Syria and Israel
Don't bruise the Druze49 Iraq's oil boom
Gush but worry50 Ugandan politics
Bored of a Big Man50 Googling in Africa
Work or play?50 Ghana's economy
The mighty fallen
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Greece and the euro zoneStuck in an abusiverelationship: leader, page 12.The cost of Grexit stilloutweighs the benefits forboth Greece and the euro area,page 67. Debt-relief boostsgrowth, but anis/ when itcomes with conditions: Freeexchange, page 76
Nigeria Africa's mostimportant disappointmentcan at last come right: leader,page 17. Having consistenttyfaited to Live up to its hugepotentiat, Nigeria now has arare chance to turn itselfround. Our special reportassessesits prospects, afterpage 46
British immigration Firmsneed skilled workers—and theprime minister needs to stopmaking panicky promises:leader, page 16
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6 Contents
The Economist June 20th 2015
Trade deals The row over aPacific pactthreatensAmerica's economic andpotiticalinterests: leader,page 14. Failureto makeprogress shows how CongressdamagesAmerica's standingin the world, page 27. Thecruel calcutus of tradedisputes, page 69
The pope and the planet LatinAmerica Listens attentively butquizzicallyto a clarion calL forgreenery, page 35
Capitalist torch-bearerLegend, the Chineseconglomerate built by LiuChuanzhi, is closer to itsAmerican and Europeancounterparts than to Asianbusiness groups, page 60.Chinese firms are returning totheir home stockmarkets,page 61
Europe51 Francés reforms
Almost out of time
52 German same-sex unionsEnd of the Regenbogen
52 Kosovo and war crimesWhere the past isn't past
53 Ukraine on RussiaPutin the uniter
54 CharlemagneThe east's awkward squad
Britain
55 Military strategyDoing less with Less
56 Terror-tourismThe Yorkshire bomber
56 Intelligence agenciesSpies and lies
57 BagehotEngtand's sensible slumber
International58 Minorities and
sovereigntyWho deserves a state?
59 The Crimean TatarsBack into exile
Business
60 Legend HoldingsA torch-bearer forChinese capitalism
61 Chinese companiesA red tide ebbs
62 Retailers and rebatesBuying up the shelves
62 Mobite telecomsChange is in the air
63 WearabLe technologyFitbit goes public
64 Ai rcraftma kersKeep seatbelts fastened
65 Challenging sanctionsWho are you calling aroque?
66 SchumpeterThe Middle East aridgLobatisation
Finance and economics
67 Greece and the euroDown but not yet out
68 ButtonwoodPiketty and the rich
69 The Swiss economyTrue to form
69 Trade disputesTorture by tariff
70 Commodities and El NiñoThe mocha hedge
70 AIGPyrrhus would be proud
73 Private equityAnother Greek tragedy
76 Free exchangeWhen debt-relief iswarranted
Science and technology
77 Quantum computersA little bit, better
79 Displaying BrailleReading Lessons
79 BurdensomeGlobal disabitity
80 BiometricsShifting identity
80 PsychologyFriends, then benefits
Books and arts
81 Abortion in AmericaAfter Roe
82 Primates of Park AvenueA field guide
82 CosmologyBlack and light
83 The birth of DadaBreaking out
84 Silicon Valley artGood advice
88 Economic and financialindicatorsStatistics on 42economies, plus a closerlook at private wealth
Obituary
90 Christopher LeeNoblesse
Quantum computers Afterdecades languishing in thelaboratory, a revotutionarytechnotogyis attractingcommercialinterest, page 77
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