The Economist - 26 May 2001

Emerging-Market Indicators......Page 0
: Business this week......Page 4
: Politics this week......Page 7
America and the Middle East: No exit?......Page 9
Control of the Senate: Post-Jeffords......Page 11
Liberalising aviation: Unfinished business......Page 12
Stockmarkets: Floating in the air......Page 14
Afghanistan: The monster......Page 16
The European Union’s enlargement: A matter of priorities......Page 17
The test-ban treaty: In America’s interests......Page 19
On global inequality, flags, execution, Britain’s election, Colombia, the Basle Accord, purple......Page 21
: Can sanctions be smarter?......Page 25
: A bigger punch......Page 29
: The hidden menace......Page 30
The tax cut: Victory at a price......Page 31
The Los Angeles police: A watching eye......Page 33
The Rev Al Sharpton: Black America’s new champion......Page 35
Control of Congress: What one man can do......Page 37
Texas and water: Pay up or dry up......Page 39
: Rumsfeld’s defence......Page 41
Abortion: Is a fetus a person?......Page 43
The drug war: The struggle to exterminate a much-loved Andean shrub......Page 45
Mexico and the United States: Sex, death and desert snafus......Page 47
Brazil’s energy crisis: St Peter is innocent......Page 48
Politics in Colombia: Limits to reform......Page 50
Kashmir: India decides to try talks......Page 52
Pakistan: Quick march to power......Page 54
Singapore: No laughing matter......Page 55
Afghanistan and Iran: The odd couple......Page 57
Australia’s budget: Bribery time......Page 58
Indonesia: Burning books......Page 59
The EU’s regional aid: What’s ours is ours......Page 60
Italy and the EU: Questions, at last......Page 62
Charlemagne: UEFA’s Gerhard Aigner......Page 63
German diplomacy: Plain speaking, plain cover-up......Page 65
France’s public sector: They love it......Page 67
Central Europe’s roads: Crash, bang, wait......Page 69
General election: The angry brigade......Page 71
Campaign diary: On the trail......Page 73
Asylum: Lunatic......Page 75
Nationalism: Dragon’s teeth......Page 76
Bagehot: How not to save the pound......Page 78
The queue for the cabinet: New Labour, (some) new faces......Page 80
Taxation: Where’s the money coming from, Gordon?......Page 82
Policy watchdog: Anti-spin......Page 83
The fight in Hartlepool: Mandelson Agonistes......Page 84
Israel and the Palestinians: Yes to a ceasefire, no to a halt on settlements......Page 86
America and the Middle East: A toe in the water......Page 88
Egyptian security: Shutting up Saadedin......Page 89
Ghana’s violent past: Skeletons under the sand......Page 90
Ethiopia: Post-victory turmoil......Page 91
E-strategy brief: Seven-Eleven: Over the counter e-commerce......Page 93
Low-cost airlines: The squeeze on Europe’s air fares......Page 97
Europe’s big airlines: On merger stand-by......Page 100
French investment abroad: Behind the bluster......Page 101
Face value: Blandishments......Page 103
Interactive TV: How to skin a potato......Page 105
Reality TV: Antics in the attic......Page 107
Hair dye: Fast-growing business......Page 108
Ford and Firestone: Screeching to a halt......Page 110
Wall Street under scrutiny: A penny in whose pocket?......Page 112
Fidelity: A family affair......Page 114
Weighting share indices: Flotsam and jetsam......Page 116
American share prices: A poor average......Page 117
Economics focus: The red and the black......Page 118
European economies: And now, the S-word......Page 120
Trade spats: Reprieve......Page 121
Life insurers in Japan: A losing roll......Page 122
Share valuation in Asia: Throw out the rule-book......Page 124
The World Health Organisation: A triumph of experience over hope......Page 126
Discovering what genes do: Shooting the messenger......Page 128
Salmon conservation: Something fishy......Page 130
Car safety: Electronic angels......Page 132
Russian history: Not as old as it looks......Page 133
Popular classics: Ich bin ein Cowboy......Page 135
Philosophy of knowledge: Hooking up to the world......Page 137
New fiction: Threadbare......Page 138
Literary criticism: Spinal columns......Page 139
Parkinson’s disease: Downside up......Page 140
Stars of the past: Blowing on his cocoa......Page 141
Cannes film festival: Welcome return......Page 142
: R.K. Narayan......Page 143
: Overview......Page 145
: Output, demand and jobs......Page 146
: Prices and wages......Page 147
: Ireland......Page 148
: Trade gains......Page 149
: The Economist commodity price index......Page 150
: Stockmarkets......Page 151
: Trade, exchange rates and budgets......Page 152
: Money and interest rates......Page 153
: Overview......Page 154
: Maternal mortality......Page 155
: Financial markets......Page 156
: Economy......Page 157