The Economist - 23 June 2001

Emerging-Market Indicators......Page 0
: Business this week......Page 4
: Politics this week......Page 6
The world economy: Caught in the jaws......Page 9
Antitrust: Merger muddle......Page 11
Enterprise in Britain: The man who would make you rich......Page 13
Argentina’s economy: Cavallo’s latest gamble......Page 15
Russia and America: Doing the normal thing......Page 17
Summits: More tomatoes, please......Page 19
On Jenna Bush, Britain’s imperial past, David Blunkett, Nigeria, Britain and Europe, container ships, Russia, Kazakhstan, Margaret Thatcher, France, language, Letter from the Editor......Page 20
: The right to good ideas......Page 25
The economy: Will Bush fight for free trade?......Page 30
Dealing with Russia: Pawn to king four......Page 32
The first referendum on Mr Bush: Passed......Page 34
Lexington: Hillary, you won the war......Page 35
New York politics: Hooray for Herman......Page 37
The next global city?: The blob that ate east Texas......Page 39
California’s electricity crisis: A turning point, maybe......Page 43
Environment and development (1): Oil and cloud-forests don’t mix......Page 45
Guatemala: “Be careful, very careful”......Page 47
Cuba: Rafting season......Page 49
Environment and development (2): Mining a sour vein in Peru......Page 50
Thailand: Thaksin gets his day in court......Page 52
Pakistan: Prez Pervez......Page 54
Nepal’s economy: In mourning......Page 56
China and Cambodia: Bearers of gifts......Page 57
China’s prisons: Some better, most still awful......Page 58
Japan’s economy: The politics of pain......Page 59
Ex-communist Europe: Is democracy working?......Page 61
Hungary’s next government: A second term for Orban?......Page 64
Caviare: None left for the general......Page 65
Charlemagne: Jack Lang......Page 66
The EU summit: Cheap date......Page 68
Riots at the EU summit: Visigothenburgers......Page 69
Immigration into Germany: More needed, fewer wanted......Page 70
British productivity: Hunting the snark......Page 72
Prostitution: SoHopeless......Page 74
Missionaries: Green and pagan land......Page 75
Art: Sell pickled sheep; buy portraits......Page 76
Bagehot: The deal......Page 77
Conservative leadership: The form......Page 79
Independent Insurance: Not my fault......Page 80
Waterstone’s: Cooking the books......Page 81
Regional spending: The cash of the north......Page 83
Salmon farming: Sewage with your salmon, sir?......Page 85
Rioting in Algeria: The swelling anger of Algerians......Page 86
Iran’s parliament: Reform, but only as largesse......Page 88
Rwanda’s militiamen: Coming home to fight......Page 89
Syria and Lebanon: Goodbye to Beirut......Page 91
Congo and its neighbours: Peace here means war elsewhere......Page 93
Jordan and its Palestinians: All quiet on the eastern front......Page 94
OPINION: Invention is the easy bit......Page 96
LAST WORD: Godfather of the Pill......Page 98
MONITOR: The smaller the better......Page 101
MONITOR: Speed reading......Page 103
MONITOR: Spotting the potholes......Page 105
MONITOR: Put on a coat......Page 106
MONITOR: Powered paper......Page 108
MONITOR: The sound of shuffling......Page 109
MONITOR: Extreme measures......Page 111
MONITOR: Marching on its stomach......Page 112
TEAM SPIRIT: Of high priests and pragmatists......Page 113
REPORT: COMPUTER NETWORKS: Computing power on tap......Page 115
REPORT: COMPUTER NETWORKS: Profit from peer-to-peer......Page 121
REPORT: PORTABLE POWER: Batteries not included......Page 126
REPORT: TRANSPORT: Beyond cruise control......Page 131
REPORT: Sleeping policemen......Page 135
REPORT: Look, no hands......Page 136
REPORT: BIO-ENGINEERING: The new organ-grinders......Page 137
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Patently absurd?......Page 141
MONITOR: Reality check for video-on-demand......Page 146
E-strategy brief: Valeo: Less than the sum of its parts......Page 149
Corporate profits: Where did all the money go?......Page 153
Microsoft and AOL: From friends to foes......Page 156
Selling petrol in China: Pump action......Page 158
Face value: A Slavic sun king......Page 160
Swissair’s woes: Not quite Nestlé......Page 162
GE/Honeywell: Welch squelched......Page 163
High-speed Internet access: Broadband blues......Page 165
Airbus: Place your bets......Page 167
Argentina: The last tango?......Page 169
Money laundering: Fighting the dirt......Page 171
Auditing: Andersen’s fairy tales......Page 173
Economics focus: Saved!......Page 174
Investment banking in Italy: Mediobanca on the back foot......Page 176
Japan’s post office: Reformable?......Page 178
World economy: Stagflation?......Page 180
Quantum cryptography: The end of the code war?......Page 182
Post traumatic stress disorder: At the back of the mind......Page 184
Massive neutrinos: Lost and found......Page 186
Non-quantum cryptography: Forever secret......Page 187
Generals and politicians: Whose not to reason why?......Page 188
Blacks in the American forces: Double V for victory......Page 190
Contemporary art: Take your trainers......Page 192
First novels: Gay hussars......Page 194
The media economy: Something will come of nothing......Page 195
New poetry: Trust in words......Page 196
: Victor Paz Estenssoro......Page 198
: Overview......Page 200
: Output, demand and jobs......Page 201
: Prices and wages......Page 202
: Income by educational attainment......Page 203
: Commercial-property prices......Page 204
: Commodity price index......Page 205
: Stockmarkets......Page 206
: Trade, exchange rates and budgets......Page 207
: Money and interest rates......Page 208
: Overview......Page 209
: Financial markets......Page 210
: Economy......Page 211
: Investment in Asia......Page 212