The Economist - 04 August 2001

The Economist  August 4th, 2001......Page 1
Emerging-Market Indicators......Page 0
Business this week......Page 4
Politics this week......Page 6
Japan's great hope......Page 9
Spain and the Basques: Half a step forward......Page 11
Israel and the Palestinians: Self-licensed to kill......Page 13
Italian capitalism: Flattering to deceive......Page 15
Cloning and stem cells: The wrong road......Page 17
On mass customisation, Betrand Russell, Europe's health systems, taxes and the euro......Page 19
Japan's election: The voters give Koizumi a chance. Will the LDP?......Page 21
Immigration: Welcome, then, provided you work......Page 27
The Burmese of Fort Wayne: A long way from Rangoon......Page 30
The economy: Still scraping the bottom......Page 31
Government borrowing: Please sir, the dog ate my surplus......Page 33
Atlanta's mayoral election: Race is a subtler business now......Page 34
The navy's troubles: Out, says Vieques......Page 36
Copyright law: But Dmitry did no wrong......Page 37
Lexington: The unelectable Mr Ryan......Page 39
The drug war: Trouble for Plan Colombia......Page 41
Drugs in Canada: Gone to pot......Page 43
Presidential prospects in Peru: Starting again......Page 44
Tony Blair in Latin America: Crying for Argentina—and farm trade......Page 46
NAFTA: No truck with free trade......Page 47
Indonesia: Golkar plots its comeback......Page 49
Hong Kong and China: One country, how many systems?......Page 51
Taiwan: Politics turns nasty......Page 53
India: The virtues of resignation......Page 55
Pakistan's economy: General discontent......Page 56
North Korea and Russia: Slow train coming......Page 57
Israel and the Palestinians: The consequences of selective killing......Page 58
Caspian oil: Storm in a precious teacup......Page 60
Zimbabwe: One more for Mugabe......Page 62
Angola: No place for the poor......Page 64
Globalisation through French eyes: Putting the brakes on......Page 66
Italy after the G8 summit: Shamed......Page 68
The EU and Brussels: A bureaucracy by any other name......Page 69
The EU outside Brussels: Wider still and wider......Page 70
Russia's coming winter: Icy calm......Page 72
Turkey's Kurds: With a little help from the ref......Page 73
Charlemagne: Peter Caruana......Page 74
Local government: The mayor's new friend......Page 76
Northern Ireland: On the brink, again......Page 79
Satire: Brass monkeys......Page 81
Britain and the euro: Will they, won't they?......Page 82
Working men's clubs: The final frontier......Page 84
Welsh politics: A leaky affair......Page 86
Dietary supplements: Kelp power......Page 87
Fast container ships: How to shrink the world......Page 88
Developing giant airships: Big birds......Page 90
Pirelli buys Telecom Italia: Plenty of bravado, but not bravo......Page 91
Selling second-hand cars to Africa: On the road......Page 93
CNN in the doldrums: The network's not working......Page 94
Changing fuel-economy standards: CAFE leaves a bitter taste......Page 96
Kirch and Formula One: Bumpy road ahead......Page 97
Face value: A smoother ride......Page 99
Investment banks: Living in leaner times......Page 101
The “new” Nomura Securities: Old habits die hard......Page 103
China's stockmarket reforms: Second board, second thoughts......Page 105
Soft commissions in Britain: How to pay brokers......Page 107
A spat in Spanish banking: Keeping it in the familia......Page 108
Britain's obscure with-profits funds: Deeply flawed......Page 109
The vintage-computer market: Old and gold......Page 110
Economics focus: Defining a downturn......Page 111
By invitation: The truth about the environment......Page 113
The Federal Reserve: A fragile superpower......Page 118
Contemporary art in America (1): Hangings in the wild west......Page 120
Contemporary art in America (2): Hick or Hickey?......Page 122
King Hassan of Morocco: Luck of the devil......Page 124
Natural history: Getting stuffed......Page 126
Partisanship and the Supreme Court: Cross-dressing......Page 128
New American fiction: Good at killing......Page 129
Bertie Felstead......Page 130
Overview......Page 132
Output, demand and jobs......Page 133
Prices and wages......Page 134
General government spending......Page 135
Money and interest rates......Page 136
The Economist commodity price index......Page 137
Stockmarkets......Page 138
Trade, exchange rates and budgets......Page 139
The world's top ten banks......Page 140
Overview......Page 141
Czech Republic......Page 142
Economy......Page 143
Financial Markets......Page 144