Insufficient postage: the fight over America’s mail service
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The <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/08/16/before-the-election-donald-trump-squeezes-the-postal-service" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US Postal Service</a> is one of America’s most popular and necessary public institutions. Now it is at the centre of a battle over November’s election. The growth of <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/08/15/cambodians-are-bingeing-on-microfinance-loans" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">microfinance in Cambodia</a> has been for the most part positive, but the pandemic is posing challenges to its sustainability. And if you want to buy a used <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2020/08/15/whats-an-a380-worth" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Airbus A380</a>, it’s a buyer’s market. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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