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Each week The Economist's Editor-in-Chief, John Micklethwait, selects a number of articles from the latest edition of the newspaper as recommended reading. His selection is called the Editor's Highlights. You can receive this regularly by e-mail, or view his top picks below.

January 14th - 20th 2012

America's next CEO?
With victories in two primaries under his belt, Mitt Romney looks increasingly likely to win the Republican nomination. We think his party could do a lot worse. He's got a proven record of competence as a businessman and a politician and he has made no serious gaffes. Yet his wealth, his religion and his habit of reversing his position on serious matters of policy mean that he has a lot of work to do persuading Americans that he is the right man to be their next CEO.

Here are some links to other pieces from this week's issue that might interest you.

India's great ID scheme
How it could transform the country

Curbing bosses' pay
The British government misses the point

China's property downturn
Consolidation looms

Scotland's independence
Bye bye, UK?

Kodak withers, Fuji thrives
Lessons in surviving technological change