The Economist - 10 February 2001

Emerging-Market Indicators......Page 0
: Business this week......Page 3
: The world this week......Page 5
: Sharon’s Israel......Page 8
: Alaska or bust......Page 10
: Football and prune juice......Page 12
: Getting defensive......Page 14
: Productivity, profits and promises......Page 16
: Why Japan’s Mori must go......Page 18
On American education, South-East Asian pipelines, Malaysia’s timber, biotechnology alliances, Hong Kong, Willard Quine, Al Gore, Thailand, Internet regulation, Northern Ireland, hunting......Page 20
: Keeping friends......Page 25
: California on the couch......Page 30
The Bush administration: Showing this week: the tax cut......Page 32
: Death and taxes......Page 34
Lexington: George Bush, homme sérieux......Page 35
Luxury in New York: What, me worry?......Page 37
Gun safety: Hands up......Page 39
The Clinton scandals (contd): Beyond shame......Page 41
: Another half-chance for Aristide and Haiti......Page 43
Peru: Videomania......Page 45
Brazil: Trade beefs......Page 47
: Ecuador battles over......Page 49
Venezuela: Party pooped......Page 50
: Japan starts picking on China......Page 51
: Bathroom blues......Page 53
Sri Lanka: Order of the boot......Page 54
Indonesia: Sheriff Wahid talks tough......Page 55
The Philippines: Estrada dreaming......Page 57
China and India: About a boy......Page 58
: Unwelcome to Iberia......Page 60
: Farewell, pan-European tax harmony?......Page 63
Charlemagne: Goran Persson, a Swede leading Europe......Page 65
France: The key to a scandal?......Page 67
Russia and Chechnya: No end of war in sight......Page 69
: It’s a funny old game......Page 71
Kidnapping: Open season......Page 74
: High society meets the reptiles......Page 76
Bagehot: Irrepressibly Gordon......Page 77
Northern Ireland: Broken windows......Page 79
: Down they come......Page 81
Art market: Portrait of the artist as a brand......Page 83
Tax cuts: Bombe surprise......Page 85
: Sharon’s famous victory, Barak’s crushing defeat......Page 87
The Arab world: Fear of Sharon......Page 89
: Helping the dirt-poor......Page 91
Kenya: Moi, the juggler......Page 92
The Rwanda genocide trial: Accused online......Page 94
: Israel’s Arabs discover their identity......Page 96
: A brighter future?......Page 97
: The slumbering giants awake......Page 100
: Renewing faith......Page 103
: Notes from a banana republic......Page 105
: Will the oil run out?......Page 107
: Squeaky clean......Page 110
: Here and now......Page 112
: Power to the poor......Page 114
: Beyond carbon......Page 118
: Sources......Page 120
: Offer to Readers......Page 122
: To cut or not to cut......Page 123
Bertelsmann and other Stiftungs: New chapter......Page 126
Software: Round three......Page 128
Face value: Light at the end of the tunnel......Page 130
: A curious battle at Formula One......Page 132
Spanish power companies: Turned off......Page 134
Business and AIDS: The worst way to lose talent......Page 135
The Internet: Wiring the skies......Page 137
: The fading appeal of the boardroom......Page 138
: The swaps emperor’s new clothes......Page 143
Japan’s stockmarket: Support systems......Page 146
Transparency in America: Farewell, fair disclosure?......Page 148
: Another look at productivity......Page 149
South Korea: Digital manipulation......Page 151
Banking in Zimbabwe: Thriving, for now......Page 152
: Afrabet soup......Page 154
: Capital gains......Page 156
: Genetically modified weaklings......Page 158
Eros: NEARer to thee......Page 160
: Gaining the upper hand......Page 162
Vertigo: A new kind of pacemaker......Page 163
: Microsoft v Microsoft......Page 165
: “Antitrust”: the movie......Page 168
Economics in history: Not the whole story......Page 169
Culture and the humanities: Both ways......Page 170
: Giving the finger......Page 172
Japan observed: Concretely......Page 174
Cancer research: The good doctor......Page 175
: Not a girl’s best friend......Page 176
Contemporary music: The inclusive Mr Adams......Page 177
Renaissance art and architecture: All-round man?......Page 179
: Gilbert Trigano......Page 181
: OUTPUT, DEMAND AND JOBS......Page 183
: COMMODITY PRICE INDEX......Page 184
: ECONOMIC FORECASTS......Page 185
: PRICES AND WAGES......Page 186
: MONEY AND INTEREST RATES......Page 187
: EXCHANGE RATES......Page 188
: TRADE, EXCHANGE RATES AND BUDGETS......Page 189
: STOCKMARKETS......Page 190
: SHIPPING......Page 191
: FINANCIAL MARKETS......Page 193
: ECONOMY......Page 194