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Iraq and Syria The coalitionmay already be losing the fightagainst Islamic State: leader,page 14. Why post-colonialArab states are brea kingclown, page 57. Leba non keepson going, page 58. Turkey'sreluctance to strike at IS mayboomerang at home, page 58.France worries aboutreturning jihadists, page 62
Ebota Stoking panic will nothelp America fight the disease:Lexington, page 36. Theinfection of a Spanish nursecauses consternation aroundEurope, page 62. A panickyresponse in the West mayworsen conditions in westAfrica, page 70
The Koreas A remarkable visitsouth by a powerful Northerntrio raises questions, page 43
On the coverVictories for gay rights insome parts of the world haveprovoked a backlashelsewhere: leader, page 13.How tolerante has spreadremarkably quickly in theUnited States, page 25.Elsewhere, attacking gays isa usefuldistraction forpolitical Leaders underpressure, page 27
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Volume 413 Number 8908
Published sinceSeptembers343to toke port in "o severe contest betweenintelligence, which presses forward, ondan unworthy, timid ignoronce obstructingaun progrese."
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10 The world this week
Letters20 On Ukraine, Scotland,
South Korea, Hungary,Syria, Oliver WendellHolmes, addresses
United States31 The race for the Senate
Colorado: high, tolerantand Republican?
32 Republicans get outthe voteExpanding the universe
34 Michigan's Senate raceOf ballots and baiL-outs
34 Leon Panetta's memoirsThe stings of Leon
35 Wedding insurancePrenuptial protection
35 Religious libertyBeards behind bars
36 LexingtonThe Ebola alarmists
Europe61 Italy and reform
Renzi revisited62 Ebola in Spain
Europe's first victim62 French jihadists
Self-service63 Ukraine at war
Fight club64 Belgium's government
Separatism revised64 Bulgaria's election
'''''\ Borisov is back65 Charlemagne
France's budget test
Asia
43 The KoreasTill Kimdom come
44 Chinese IndiansKings no more
44 Vietnam and AmericaPastas prologue
45 Mongolia's economyThe pits
46 Japan's feeble oppositionNot ready for prime time
China48 Hong Kong protests
The waiting game49 Shanghai's Free Trade
ZoneDisappointments abound
50 BanyanHong Kong's spoiled bratsof Ilemocracy
Essay51 The future of the book
From papyrus to pixels
Middle East and Africa57 The Middle East
fragmentsThe rule of the gunman
58 The politics of LebanonThe state that didn't fail
58 Turkey and SyriaWhile Kobane burns
59 Jewish migrationNext year in Berlin
59 Mozambique's electionsGrowing pains
60 Charcoal and SomaliaA charred harvest
Leaders13 Human rights
The gay divide14 Free-trade agreements
A better ,,vay to arbitrate14 The Middle East
The will and the way15 The world economy
Weaker than it looks18 Educational reform
Viva la revolución
Briefing25 Marriage equality in
AmericaSo far, so fast
27 Gay people's rightsTainting tove
The Americas37 Brazil's presidential race
Another rollercoaster38 Bolivia's election
Ha ppily Evo after40 Bello
Peru's localff„
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The world economy Growth ishealthy in America andBritain. Elsewhere there istrouble: leader, page 15.Is the doltar starting anotherlong-term rally? Page 77.Weakening productivityiscastíng doubt on thesustainability of China'sgrowth: Free exchange,page 84
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The Economist October iith 2014
Business schools For theirgraduates, investmentbanking is out, and consultingand the tech industry are in,page 71. Our ranking of thebest MBA programmes,page 72
Britain66 Education reform
The new school rules68 Bagehot
Britain and Afghanistan
International69 Telemedicine
Stuck in the waiting room70 The spread of Ebola
Bridges or walls70 Education and religion
Failing away
Business71 Business education
Banks? No, thanks!72 The world's best business
programmesWhich MBA?, 2014
73 Oil companiesUnsustainable energy
73 Oil firms in KazakhstanCash all gone
74 Technology firmsSplit today, mergetomorrow
74 Crony capitalismFriends in high places
75 Europe's carmakersPolishing up
76 SchumpeterBosses in the age of socialmedia
Finance and economies77 Currencies
Buck to the future78 Trade treaties
The arbitration ga me78 Regulating big American
insurersQuestionable claims
80 ButtonwoodAgeing and pensions
81 LuxembourgAdministering instead ofhiding
82 Sovereign defaultsEmpty vaults
82 The world's biggesteconomiesChina's back
83 Greece's shadow economyThe treasures of darkness
83 Failing banksArmageddon delayed
84 Free exchangeChina's flaggingproductivity
Science and technology87 Global health
A new challenge88 Prosthetic limbs
Once more, with feeling89 The 2014 Nobel science
prizesBlue's brothers
Books and arts90 Fondation Louis Vuitton
Winged victory91 Tennessee Williams
Making Tenn out of Tom91 Jamaican fiction
Seven killings92 The marshmallow test
Desire delayed
100 Economic and financialindicatorsStatistics on 42 economies,plus our monthly poli offorecasters
Obituary102 Baby Doc Duvalier
Like father, like son
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