The Economist - 13 January 2001

Emerging-Market Indicators......Page 0
The world this week......Page 3
Business this week......Page 5
How was it for you?......Page 7
A new scandal at Crédit Lyonnais......Page 9
Not guilty......Page 11
Don’t ban smokers.........Page 13
Depleted NATO......Page 14
Tycoon or Thai con?......Page 16
On Bolivia’s cocaine, prostitution in Britain, Compaq Computer, slavery, advertising regulation, Mandarin Chinese......Page 18
Stop signs on the web......Page 21
First blood......Page 26
Bill Clinton and George Bush: Rewriting history......Page 28
What do you mean, chicken supreme?......Page 31
Trade policy: A new face......Page 32
Indian tribes: Canyon life......Page 33
The labours of Lott......Page 35
Outcasts: The voters could have known......Page 37
Argentina’s distant allies and the fiscal gap......Page 38
: More surprises in Peru......Page 40
Chile: Pinochet climbs down......Page 41
Latin America and the United States: South from Texas......Page 43
Back to business in Thailand......Page 45
Talking at last to Aung San Suu Kyi......Page 47
China: The ghosts of misdeeds past......Page 48
: Take me to the river......Page 50
Japan hangs up the hammer and sickle......Page 51
India: The poor want answers......Page 52
Sri Lanka: Poker game......Page 54
The battle-lines in Turkey......Page 55
Germany: The government takes a knock......Page 57
A switch for Germany’s liberals?......Page 59
Charlemagne: Carla Del Ponte, battling for Balkan justice......Page 60
Italy: A few bad apples......Page 62
Little Polish love for the Union......Page 64
Kosovo: Uranium’s fans......Page 66
Switzerland: Is it still happier alone?......Page 67
More Minder than Hollywood......Page 69
Criminal justice: Straw condemns the juries......Page 71
The Snaresbrook effect......Page 73
: Over, before it’s begun......Page 75
Retailers: Shopping flopping......Page 77
Poverty: Down-wind and out......Page 80
Economic regeneration: The battle of Bridlington......Page 82
Interest rates: On hold......Page 84
Africa’s women go to work......Page 85
Sierra Leone and Guinea: Fuelling Africa’s wars......Page 87
Israel: Sheep or wolf?......Page 89
Senegal’s voyage to development......Page 90
Iran: No room for Afghans......Page 91
: Oil, diamonds and danger in Angola......Page 93
Wave goodbye to the family car......Page 94
Luxury monsters......Page 96
American airlines: Too many here, too few there......Page 97
The wireless Internet: A LAN line......Page 99
Face value: The geek as boss......Page 101
howNottoNameAco......Page 104
Enron in India: Generation gaps......Page 105
Power in California: Light on solutions......Page 107
South Korea: Entrepreneurial fresh air......Page 109
The curse continues......Page 111
The extraordinary edginess of crowds......Page 116
A currency fix?......Page 119
Russian debt: Promises, promises......Page 120
Japan’s economy: The air goes out......Page 122
Our quarterly portfolio poll......Page 124
: On the drip......Page 126
Who wants to be a genius?......Page 127
: Out of this world......Page 129
Stellar origins: A foreign streak......Page 130
Genomics: Ticket to ride......Page 132
Megaphoneys......Page 134
The roots of prejudice: Doctor’s mask......Page 136
Mountaineering lore: Rock faces......Page 138
Music as healing: Sound, mind and body......Page 139
Essays: Solemn scribbles......Page 141
American fiction (1): Cauterise......Page 142
American fiction (2): Lacerate......Page 143
Contemporary urbanism: City life......Page 145
Willard Quine......Page 147
OUTPUT, DEMAND AND JOBS......Page 149
: COMMODITY PRICE INDEX......Page 150
: ECONOMIC FORECASTS......Page 151
: PRICES AND WAGES......Page 152
MONEY AND INTEREST RATES......Page 153
: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS......Page 154
: TRADE, EXCHANGE RATES AND BUDGETS......Page 155
: STOCKMARKETS......Page 156
BURGERNOMICS......Page 157
: FINANCIAL MARKETS......Page 159
: ECONOMY......Page 160