The Economist - 13 October 2001

Emerging-Market Indicators......Page 0
Politics this week......Page 4
Business this week......Page 7
Fighting terrorism: The next phase......Page 9
Muslims and the West: The need to speak up......Page 11
Australia's election: Who'll be lucky?......Page 13
Business in hard times: The uses of adversity......Page 15
Airlines: Flying blind......Page 17
Britain's railways: Failtrack......Page 19
On freedom and security, funding terrorism, America’s allies, the IMF and World Bank, Children’s BBC, Ecuador......Page 21
Fighting terrorism: Keeping all options open......Page 24
The attacks on Afghanistan: So far, so fairly good......Page 27
The Northern Alliance: At the ready......Page 30
Pakistan: Musharraf on the tightrope......Page 32
The Islamic view: Soft words, uneasy thoughts......Page 34
Bioterrorism: The war against the spore......Page 36
An incomplete administration: MIA......Page 38
The economy: Squabbles over the stimulus......Page 39
Farm policy: Just plant dollars......Page 41
Airports: Go on expecting delays......Page 42
The races in Virginia and New Jersey: Will anything be the same again?......Page 44
Herblock: grit in the oyster......Page 46
Lexington: Old hawk learns new tricks......Page 47
Argentina's congressional elections: The end of the Alliance?......Page 49
South American trade: Sticking-plaster for Mercosur......Page 51
Colombia's peace process: Still breathing......Page 53
Mexico and the United States: Let us be your frontier post......Page 54
Canada and the war on terrorism: A new face to the fore......Page 55
China and America: Friends again, for now......Page 56
Japan: Koizumi's rebound......Page 58
North Korea: Pyongyang blues......Page 60
The UN in East Timor: Any lessons for others?......Page 61
Dengue fever in Thailand: Don't forget the Autan......Page 62
Dissent in Saudi Arabia: The fatwa against the royal family......Page 63
Al Jazeera: Explosive matchbox......Page 65
Iran and Afghanistan: Saying one thing, meaning another......Page 66
Zimbabwe: While you looked the other way......Page 67
Congo: Putting Humpty together again......Page 69
France and the fight against terrorism: Aux armes, citoyens?......Page 70
Sweden's neutrality: The past is past......Page 72
Turkey and the war: Western outpost......Page 73
Georgia and Russia: Strange bangs......Page 75
Charlemagne: Michael Steiner......Page 76
Railtrack's bankruptcy: Blood on the tracks......Page 78
Inward investment: Where have all the foreigners gone?......Page 80
Business and crime: Putting up the shutters......Page 82
Conservative Party conference: Who said we don't like Europe?......Page 84
The courts: Judge and jury......Page 86
Money-laundering: Les mains sales......Page 88
Bagehot: That's enough loyalty......Page 89
The Internet, untethered......Page 91
Generation game......Page 94
Peering round the corner......Page 95
Cat among the carrier pigeons......Page 100
Why mobile is different......Page 102
Looking for the pot of gold......Page 105
A different way of working......Page 110
Wireless bunfight......Page 114
A mobile future......Page 116
Acknowledgments......Page 119
Offer to readers......Page 120
Managing in a downturn: Snip, snip, oops!......Page 122
Scenario planning: The next big surprise......Page 125
Music industry: In a spin......Page 127
Sun Microsystems: Stealing each other's clothes......Page 129
Schneider/Legrand: A shocking denouement......Page 131
Corporate Switzerland: A chill in the Alpine air......Page 132
Face value: Soap-box salesman......Page 134
Japan's banks: Out for the count......Page 136
Derivatives and foreign exchange: Global swap shop......Page 139
American banking: An old economy crunch......Page 140
American securities markets: Financial schizophrenia......Page 142
Credit cards: Guilty as charged......Page 143
Art insurance: A museum in the sky......Page 144
European interest rates: Stuck......Page 145
Economics focus: The lemon dilemma......Page 147
The future of contraception: A pregnant pause......Page 149
Contraception in poor countries: A fertile future?......Page 152
The 2001 Nobel prizes: Playing catch-up......Page 153
Correction......Page 155
The Pill: Avoiding misconceptions......Page 156
Nobel science prizes: Big fish......Page 158
Food in New York: Comfort eating......Page 159
Biography: Exposed......Page 160
Hieronymus Bosch: Trouble and strife......Page 161
Karlheinz Stockhausen at the Barbican......Page 162
Iranian film: High as a horse......Page 163
American and European bestsellers: What the world is reading......Page 164
Mike Mansfield......Page 166
Overview......Page 168
Output, demand and jobs......Page 169
Prices and wages......Page 170
Portfolio poll......Page 171
Money and interest rates......Page 172
The Economist commodity price index......Page 173
Stockmarkets......Page 174
Trade, exchange rates and budgets......Page 175
Stockmarkets......Page 176
Overview......Page 177
Population density......Page 178
Economy......Page 179
Financial markets......Page 180