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6 Contents The Economist December 16th 2017

International Science and technology
53 Climate summitry 71 Miniature robotics
New life for the Paris deal Military bot flies
72 Geology and tourism
Business Pillars of salt
56 The Big Four 73 First contact?
Custodians of capitalism Greetings, Earthlings
57 South Africa’s Steinhoff 74 How fish sustain forests
Broken furniture Size really matters
58 Retail property 74 Air travel
The Trump boom America’s Vacant spaces When push comes to shove Obituary Johnny Hallyday,
president is not the architect France’s answer to rock ’n’
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But in the short term, things Let the games begin Books and arts
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