The Economist - 27 January 2001

Emerging-Market Indicators......Page 0
: Business this week......Page 3
: The World this week......Page 5
Debt trap!......Page 7
Education betrayed......Page 9
Britain’s MMR scare......Page 11
Russia breaks its word......Page 13
Showdowns in South-East Asia......Page 15
After Mandelson......Page 17
On guns, wars of intervention, market fundamentalism, America’s economy, slaves......Page 19
: Between this world and the next......Page 22
: The education president (Part 2)......Page 27
Western lands: Monumental struggle......Page 29
Rich friend of Bill......Page 31
Manufacturing: Not making it......Page 32
: Correction......Page 34
Abortion politics: Trench warfare......Page 35
Jesse Jackson: Closing ranks......Page 36
Lexington: Gray Davis’s perfect storm......Page 38
: Al, it wasn’t your fault......Page 40
Venezuela’s revolution reaches the classroom......Page 41
Brazil: Defence dilemmas......Page 43
Canada: Dodging downdrafts......Page 45
Tar-footed boobies in the Galapagos......Page 46
Colombia: On the brink......Page 47
After the B movie, a new main attraction for Filipinos......Page 48
Will Wahid be next?......Page 50
Kashmir: A missing visa......Page 52
: Protests in Tiananmen Square......Page 54
South Korea: A question of revenge......Page 55
Central Asia: Nervous spring......Page 57
Malaysia: Good fellers......Page 59
: Another bad apple in Japan......Page 61
Divorce after all these years? Not quite, but.........Page 62
France: Corruption comes to court......Page 64
The Netherlands: The limits to tolerance......Page 66
Charlemagne: Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain’s new Socialist......Page 68
Deep-frozen Siberia......Page 70
Hungary: Scandalous confidence......Page 71
Italy: Milan, who cares?......Page 73
Russia: Insider inside......Page 75
And all his own silly fault......Page 77
The Hindujas and their passports......Page 79
Vaccines: Shots fired......Page 80
Battle of Trafalgar Square......Page 82
Bagehot: The meaning of Mandelson (continued)......Page 83
Immigration: Go away, we need you......Page 85
Breach birth......Page 87
Remember, remember......Page 88
The rich: The American way of giving......Page 89
Kabila is dead, long live Kabila......Page 91
Morocco: Royal gulag......Page 93
: Marriage and divorce, Emirates-style......Page 95
Refugees: Changed course......Page 96
Egyptian politics: All snarled up......Page 97
The party’s over......Page 98
Debt is good for you......Page 101
Bond blues......Page 104
A $250 billion gamble......Page 108
Shareholder value......Page 110
Called to account......Page 113
A hazardous journey......Page 116
Destructive creation......Page 119
Offer to readers......Page 121
The great merger wave breaks......Page 122
German utilities: Power shoppers......Page 125
Service with a smile in Siberia......Page 127
Face value: Joining the club......Page 128
European airlines: Sorry to announce.........Page 130
Computing: The penguin gets serious......Page 132
Health care in America: Reconstructive surgery......Page 134
Video games: Cast aside......Page 136
Fiddling while Marunouchi burns......Page 137
Deal-making done......Page 142
Junk bonds: Suddenly improved......Page 144
The Russian economy: Kremlin crunch......Page 146
Economics focus: The difference that choice makes......Page 148
Asbestos claims: A trail of toxic torts......Page 150
Sustainable growth: Green and growing......Page 152
: The scent of a scam......Page 155
: Making the complex simple......Page 156
Topology and neurology: Navigating your mind......Page 158
Recycling: In the black......Page 160
: Cor, you don’t half smell......Page 162
: A long and winding trip......Page 163
: Heavy “Traffic”......Page 165
Computer technology: Authentic hero......Page 166
: What the world is reading......Page 168
Literary lives (1): Heartache......Page 171
Literary lives (2): Heritage Hall......Page 172
Evolutionary psychology: Bad behaviour......Page 173
British fiction: Life in a bottle......Page 175
: Morris Lapidus......Page 177
: OUTPUT, DEMAND AND JOBS......Page 179
: COMMODITY PRICE INDEX......Page 180
: CITY TRAVEL......Page 181
: PRICES AND WAGES......Page 182
: MONEY AND INTEREST RATES......Page 183
: CURRENCY PROJECTIONS......Page 184
: TRADE, EXCHANGE RATES AND BUDGETS......Page 185
: STOCKMARKETS......Page 186
: ECONOMIC FORECASTS......Page 187
: FINANCIAL MARKETS......Page 188
: ECONOMY......Page 189