The Economist - 25 August 2001

Emerging-Market Indicators......Page 0
Business this week......Page 4
Politics this week......Page 6
World economy: Get a parachute......Page 8
The IMF and Argentina: Too little, too late?......Page 10
Europe's single-currency rules: Scrap the stability pact......Page 12
America and India: The price of friendship......Page 14
Welfare reform: A lesson for the world......Page 16
On drugs, Bertrand Russell and the bomb, Al Gore, Japan's war record, Dan Rostenkowski......Page 18
The world economy: A global game of dominoes......Page 23
Welfare reform: America's great achievement......Page 28
Jesse Helms: Should he be missed?......Page 32
Massachusetts politics: Queen Jane II, or was that IV?......Page 34
Illinois politics: A Daley dynasty?......Page 35
Pow-wows: Drumming in the good old way......Page 36
Lexington: That shrinking feeling......Page 38
Argentina's economy: The austerity diet......Page 40
Energy policy in Mexico: The cost of power conservatism......Page 42
Energy policy in Canada: Sandstorms......Page 44
Cuban politics: Bored by a spy show......Page 46
China's economy: Persuading the reluctant spenders......Page 47
Tea in China: A scandal brewing......Page 49
Corruption in the Philippines: The plots thicken......Page 50
Australian politics: Message from the outback......Page 52
Nepal's new problem: Here come the Maoist women......Page 53
Religion in Central Asia: Faith in politics......Page 54
Lebanon: Divide and rule......Page 56
Iran: Shuffling the pack......Page 58
Eritrea: Suddenly, dissent......Page 60
Tanzania: The penalty of kindness......Page 62
The battleground of France: Prime minister versus president......Page 64
Macedonia: How many groups, how many guns?......Page 66
German troops: NATO yes, Macedonia maybe......Page 68
Spain's water: Whose water, exactly?......Page 69
Russia's Communists: Still there......Page 71
Charlemagne: Algirdas Brazauskas......Page 73
Tory leadership: Death Wish 2......Page 75
Policemen and politics: Robocop's revenge......Page 77
Coastal birds: No foul water, no waterfowl......Page 79
House prices: Debt trap ahead......Page 80
More industrial decline: The china syndrome......Page 82
Conservation: Wash and gone......Page 84
Peace process: A yes, at last......Page 85
Employee loyalty: An alternative to cocker spaniels......Page 87
Ford's internal communications: Inside out......Page 89
German business culture: Broken mould-breakers......Page 90
Telephones in the Maldives: Beached......Page 92
European competition law: Battling over bricks......Page 93
Media-buying agencies: Monkey puzzle......Page 95
African airlines: A new Air Afrique?......Page 97
Face value: Starwood's shooting star......Page 98
China's economic challenge to East Asia: A panda breaks the formation......Page 100
Japanese banks and interest-rate swaps: Storing up trouble......Page 102
Recriminations against Wall Street: Bubble and squeak......Page 104
Equity underwriting in Europe: Unusual suspects......Page 106
Fiscal policy in the euro area: Eichel rocks (and rolls)......Page 108
Economics focus: 1492 and all that......Page 110
Correction......Page 112
Private nature reserves: Freelance conservationists......Page 113
Brittlestar eyes: Unity in diversity......Page 115
Parkinson's disease: Movement difficulties......Page 116
Studying hurricanes: Storm troopers......Page 117
War and its victims: The first casualty......Page 119
“Apocalypse Now Redux”......Page 121
New fiction: Signifying nothing......Page 122
Contemporary Turkey: In need of air......Page 123
Russian history and culture: Defining a nation......Page 125
Where dogs come from: Barking up the evolutionary tree......Page 126
Theatre history......Page 127
Contemporary theatre: Light and shadows......Page 128
Bestsellers in Spanish: What the world is reading......Page 130
Donald Woods......Page 132
Overview......Page 134
Output, demand and jobs......Page 135
Prices and wages......Page 136
Industrial production......Page 137
Money and interest rates......Page 138
The Economist commodity price index......Page 139
Stockmarkets......Page 140
Trade, exchange rates and budgets......Page 141
Exchange-rate forecasts......Page 142
Overview......Page 143
Emerging-market listings......Page 144
Economy......Page 145
Financial markets......Page 146