The Economist - 24 March 2001

Emerging-Market Indicators......Page 0
: Business this week......Page 4
: The world this week......Page 7
: Can the world escape recession?......Page 10
: Argentina’s desperate choices......Page 12
: Tort on stilts......Page 14
: New Europe, new America......Page 16
: Caught in the Net......Page 18
: Who will condemn China?......Page 20
On Africa, Switzerland, Canada’s diamond mines, California’s power, Bill Clinton......Page 22
: Scenes from a marriage......Page 25
: Politics amid the palms......Page 30
Science policy: A problem at Fission Control......Page 32
: Tremble, Coca-Cola, tremble......Page 34
Lexington: The blame game begins......Page 35
: Spies like them......Page 37
American extraterritoriality: Whose rules count?......Page 38
: The wedding waltz......Page 40
Boeing and Seattle: The big bird flies......Page 42
: Over to you, Cavallo......Page 43
: Safety first for Brazil’s economy......Page 45
Canada: At loggerheads......Page 46
Venezuela: Noisy neighbours......Page 48
Peru: Grave......Page 49
: India’s corruption blues......Page 50
: Business pains in Vietnam......Page 52
: Emily MacFarquhar......Page 53
China: Touchpaper......Page 54
Australia: In full swing......Page 55
The Philippines: A woman’s work......Page 57
Turkey: New man, new hope?......Page 59
Charlemagne: Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s would-be Napoleon......Page 61
France: The voters face both ways......Page 63
Germany: New mammoth......Page 65
: Proud German?......Page 66
Russia: Good works......Page 67
: A monarch for the Serbs?......Page 69
: War in the Balkans, again?......Page 70
: The spleen of Europe......Page 73
BT: Time to split......Page 75
: Tony and the absolute......Page 77
Housing the rich: The Palladian splendour of PPG7......Page 78
Bagehot: Pre-election fever......Page 80
: My friend Keith......Page 82
Sleaze: Teflon Tony......Page 83
Farmers: The luckpenny scam......Page 85
Equity markets: That sinking feeling......Page 87
: Bashar in the steps of his father......Page 89
: Pink hotels on Syria’s hills......Page 91
Ethiopia: Meles and the plotters......Page 92
: Slim green beans in the supermarket......Page 93
: Stone age in the Nuba mountains......Page 94
South Africa: The plague......Page 95
Nigeria: Fuelling trouble......Page 96
Burundi: Talking peace and waging war......Page 97
OPINION: Innovation at the edge......Page 98
MONITOR: Biochips down on the farm......Page 99
REPORT: MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY: The cutting edge of virtual reality......Page 101
MONITOR: Designer enzymes......Page 105
TEAM SPIRIT: Have legs, will run......Page 107
REPORT: EVOLVABLE HARDWARE: Machines with minds of their own......Page 109
MONITOR: Magic bullet for pain–killers......Page 112
MONITOR: Making materials atom by atom......Page 113
: Power to the telephone masses......Page 115
LAST WORD: Rethinking machines......Page 116
MONITOR: Smart tyres......Page 119
MONITOR: Son of paperclip......Page 121
MONITOR: Talking heads......Page 123
REPORT: ENERGY: The fuel cell’s bumpy ride......Page 125
: The online doctor is in......Page 131
MONITOR: The power industry’s quest for the high nines......Page 132
REPORT: TELECOMMUNICATIONS: The shape of phones to come......Page 134
REPORT: MANUFACTURING: The solid future of rapid prototyping......Page 139
MONITOR: Through a glass brightly......Page 144
REPORT: DATA NETWORKS: Upgrading the Internet......Page 146
MONITOR: Virtual hype, real products......Page 151
: The people v America Inc......Page 153
Mining: Bigger digger......Page 156
Hollywood: Lights, camera, whoops.........Page 158
Face value: Radicalism, Asian-style......Page 159
Software: Digital baroque......Page 161
Russian energy: Gassing on at Gazprom......Page 163
Fibre optics: Drowning in glass......Page 165
: Sorted......Page 167
: Another false dawn?......Page 168
: Highly contagious......Page 173
: Rates going down......Page 176
Exchange-rate systems: Argentina in a fix......Page 177
Economics focus: Dancing in step......Page 179
: A bankruptcy bill......Page 181
Retail banking: Beautifying branches......Page 182
Bank loans in America: Shell game......Page 184
: Equal and opposite forces......Page 186
: Cluster buster......Page 189
Autism: Pointing the finger......Page 190
Astronomy: Dark secrets......Page 191
: Of pimps, punters and equities......Page 193
History of science: A magic brew......Page 195
Historical biography: Our man in the middle......Page 197
Modern poets: Hold the politics......Page 199
: What the world is reading......Page 201
: Poet in stone and steel......Page 203
Controlling the Internet: Web phobia......Page 204
America’s Jews and Israel: Push and pull......Page 206
Modern pianists: Carved in ivory......Page 208
: Allen Kneese......Page 209
: OUTPUT, DEMAND AND JOBS......Page 211
: COMMODITY PRICE INDEX......Page 212
: HOUSE BUILDING......Page 213
: PRICES AND WAGES......Page 214
: MONEY AND INTEREST RATES......Page 215
: STOCKMARKET SECTORS......Page 216
: TRADE, EXCHANGE RATES AND BUDGETS......Page 217
: STOCKMARKETS......Page 218
: CLONE TEST: TUBERCULOSIS......Page 219
: FINANCIAL MARKETS......Page 220
: ECONOMY......Page 221