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J.D. Vance is a pious man, and has written a book to tell you how he became so. “Communion” has little in common with “Hillbilly Elegy”, the book that made the future vice-president’s name. Mr Vance is now fond of quoting the Gospel according to Matthew: “by their fruits ye shall know them.”
Our reviewer,
however, wonders which of Mr Vance’s many fruits we shall know him by.
And a row about GDP accounting may not set hearts racing. But
our Free Exchange column
calls a dispute about the size of Europe’s economy relative to America’s akin to the World Cup of economics. It has big implications for how worried European policymakers should be.
Finally, how closely have you followed the headlines this week? Prove your topical chops in our latest
news quiz.
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