Economist: The World in 2008

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION.pdf......Page 1
ABOUT THE WORLD IN 2008.pdf......Page 3
DIARY FOR 2008.pdf......Page 5
China’s great game......Page 11
One more year......Page 14
Untitled......Page 17
Twin track......Page 20
Clean the planet......Page 23
The culture wars go global......Page 25
The rediscovery of discretion......Page 28
The Gordon and David show......Page 30
The battle for money......Page 33
The storm to come......Page 35
An academic exercise......Page 39
Health concerns at 60......Page 41
007 in 008......Page 44
A plateful for Brussels......Page 46
Trendy talk......Page 49
Germany's double act......Page 51
Defining Sarkozism......Page 53
Sour grapes in France......Page 56
Then there were two......Page 57
Not just another business......Page 59
The second transition......Page 62
To coin a phase......Page 64
Putin's pyramid......Page 65
Beyond Ataturk......Page 68
Unoriginal sins......Page 71
France in a challenging world......Page 73
The Democrats' year......Page 76
The $1 billion campaign......Page 79
After the binge......Page 81
Green expectations......Page 84
The new buffalo......Page 87
Home and away......Page 89
Cautious conservatives......Page 90
The city club......Page 93
Who'll dance with Chavez......Page 96
Homeward dollars......Page 99
Canada goes greener......Page 101
Mexico's road......Page 104
The challenge to Beijingoism......Page 107
Dire straits......Page 110
Chery-picking......Page 112
No kids,more money......Page 114
Smelling a rat......Page 115
Flashing red......Page 117
E-commerce with Chinese characteristics......Page 119
The new champions......Page 121
Win-win Olympics......Page 123
In 2008, be nicer to your neighbours......Page 124
Much more than China......Page 127
Hard-slogging India......Page 130
An unquiet periphery......Page 132
The enduring caretaker......Page 135
A wish to lead......Page 137
Falling here,rising there......Page 138
Australia's coal question......Page 141
A new miracle for tigers and dragons......Page 143
Solving the insoluble......Page 146
A bitter shmita......Page 149
On and on in Iraq......Page 150
Arab federalism,anyone......Page 153
Wanted jobs for Africans......Page 155
mi6 Criteria for a continent.pdf......Page 158
The paradoxical politics of energy......Page 161
Predictably right and wrong......Page 164
Stopping the plagues......Page 166
A world in flux......Page 169
Artistic fireworks......Page 172
A year for accountability......Page 175
Hope against dope......Page 178
The year of the spud......Page 180
The spirit of principled pragmatism......Page 181
The future of futurology......Page 184
Six of the best......Page 187
Forecasts for 80 countries......Page 189
Forecasts for 15 industries......Page 198
Freeconomics......Page 203
Movers and shakers......Page 206
Lightening up......Page 209
Buying and celling......Page 211
Cash on call......Page 214
Not enough people in China......Page 216
Cheap but not so cheerful......Page 219
OPEC rules again......Page 221
The responsible company......Page 224
The good jargon guide......Page 226
For the love of mankind......Page 229
Sustainable maths......Page 232
History lessons for the markets......Page 234
Superfunds to the rescue......Page 237
Back to basics......Page 239
The euro zone bigger and better......Page 242
Fearful or cheerful......Page 245
Square dance......Page 247
London loses its cool......Page 248
The spread of political risk......Page 251
The rise and rise of private equity......Page 253
The great melt......Page 256
A whole new dimension......Page 259
Visiting Neptune's kingdom......Page 261
The power of thought......Page 263
The next space race......Page 265
Out with the old, in with the new......Page 268
Untitled......Page 27
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