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The hottest places to invest are on the continent’s periphery
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Tight regulation is largely to blame

Even if there is plenty that could yet kill it

The continent has gone soft in the heat of crisis

It has moderated, but offers little hope of growth-boosting reform

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist