The Economist - 01 September 2001

Emerging-Market Indicators......Page 0
Politics this week......Page 4
Business this week......Page 7
Russia’s foreign policy: Can Russia handle a changed world?......Page 9
George Bush and the budget: Of numbers and a man......Page 11
Hedge funds: Fool’s gold......Page 13
Racism: Don’t discriminate......Page 15
Surnames: As easy as ZYX......Page 17
Japan: The shadow of joblessness......Page 19
On bioethics, Soviet-era debt, Iowa, Brazil, Brussels......Page 21
The Baltic states: Knocking at the clubhouse door......Page 24
The growth of private communities: America’s new Utopias......Page 29
The economy: Home is where the wealth is......Page 32
United Nations dues: Tremble, Holland, tremble......Page 34
In the wild: The trouble is, people get there......Page 36
Lexington: Captain Yawn to the rescue......Page 38
Mexican politics: Fox’s moment of truth......Page 40
Reform in Argentina: Culling the politicians......Page 42
Misgovernment in Paraguay: Despair and anger......Page 43
Canadian lumber: Stump war......Page 44
Politics in Peru: Cleaning up......Page 45
East Timor’s election: On the road to independence......Page 46
Mobility in China: Off to the city......Page 48
AIDS in China: Confession time......Page 50
Taiwan and China: Not so strait......Page 51
Fiji’s future: Instead of rebellion......Page 52
Pressures on South Korea: A president in a hurry......Page 53
Sri Lankan politics: No reconciliation......Page 54
Israeli-Palestinian fighting: The tanks of August......Page 55
The world’s food: Feast or famine?......Page 57
Nigeria: Never apologise, never explain......Page 58
Race in South Africa: When dogs don’t bark......Page 60
Germany: Will the economy—and Gerhard Schr?der—bounce back?......Page 63
Dutch politics: Wim Kok bows (almost) out......Page 65
Scandinavia’s republicans: On the rise......Page 66
Italy’s new government: Flying some daring kites......Page 67
Spanish scandal: Who’s next?......Page 69
Turkey’s poor: Their lot gets worse......Page 71
Charlemagne: Boris Trajkovski......Page 73
Health: Medicine sans frontières......Page 75
Schools: Those who can, won’t......Page 77
Men’s magazines: Drooping......Page 78
Exams: D-graded......Page 80
Salmon fishing: Back a-leaping......Page 82
Church of England: Counting the doomsday option......Page 83
Concorde: Fly the icon......Page 85
Bagehot: The best show in town......Page 86
Japanese electronics companies: Lay-offs with no sign of revival......Page 88
Auction houses: Affairs of the art......Page 90
French auctioneers: Prised open......Page 92
Time-sharing: They share horses, don’t they?......Page 94
Mobile phones in China: A billion voices calling?......Page 95
Alcohol in Sweden: Loosening up......Page 97
Cisco: A kid no more......Page 98
Juniper Networks: Spot the difference......Page 101
Face value: India's fermentation queen......Page 102
Hedge funds: The latest bubble?......Page 104
Hedge funds with listings: Martyrs to transparency......Page 106
Measuring hedge funds: The benchmarking bane......Page 107
Monetary policy in the euro area: The ECB decides......Page 109
Euro notes: Unveiled......Page 110
Poland’s changing capital markets: Patriotic pensions......Page 112
South-East Asia’s economies: Stable but sickly......Page 114
Economics focus: On target?......Page 116
Car design: The old new thing......Page 118
Ageing: Only a matter of time......Page 120
Viral diseases: Good vibrations......Page 122
Mimicry: On the other seven hands......Page 123
Showing video art: The glasshouse effect......Page 124
The Spanish civil war: Filling in the blanks......Page 126
Algeria then and now: Was de Gaulle pushed?......Page 128
Sustainable development: Energetic visionaries......Page 130
Sir Christopher Wren: Monumental......Page 132
Film feuds: Everyone says I sue you......Page 133
Cities and writers: Sunny side up......Page 134
Sir Fred Hoyle......Page 135
Overview......Page 137
Output, demand and jobs......Page 138
Prices and wages......Page 139
Employment growth......Page 140
Money and interest rates......Page 141
Commodity price index......Page 142
Stockmarkets......Page 143
Trade, exchange rates and budgets......Page 144
Trade-weighted exchange rates......Page 145
Overview......Page 146
External-debt-to-export ratio......Page 147
Economy......Page 148
Financial markets......Page 149