The Economist (05 August, 2006)

The Economist - August 5th, 2006......Page 1
Contents......Page 2
Politics this week......Page 4
Business this week......Page 7
The Middle East: The war beyond the war......Page 9
The Federal Reserve: The perils of pausing......Page 12
Carbon offsets: Sins of emission......Page 14
The Caucasus: Keeping Georgia on our minds......Page 16
La différence: How women won the sex war......Page 18
Letters......Page 20
The Lebanese crisis: Trying in vain to find a way out......Page 23
France and Lebanon: Once again, a leading light......Page 27
The Arab world: A surge of anger......Page 29
Iran: The regional manipulator......Page 31
Middle East policy: To Israel with love......Page 32
Anti-Semitism: Mad Mel......Page 35
Cuban-Americans: Let's ban a book on Cuba......Page 36
Anti-dumping: Shrimp cocktail......Page 38
The wilderness: Where bike meets boot......Page 39
Washington's governor: Recovering from a bitter victory......Page 41
The Arkansas governor's race: Cycling, and recycling, for votes......Page 43
Cuba: Fading away......Page 44
Colombia: A presidential encore......Page 46
Canadian citizenship: I'm a lumberjack, and you're not......Page 48
Mexico's contested election: After maths......Page 50
Vietnam: Good morning at last......Page 51
Australia: Once more unto the breach......Page 54
China: Something new......Page 55
Kazakhstan: The revolt in Almaty......Page 57
Sri Lanka: Broken pieces......Page 58
Hong Kong's culture of defenestration: Hard rain......Page 60
Congo: After the poll......Page 61
Sudan: An island unto itself......Page 64
South Africa: Fear factor......Page 66
East Africa: Swimming against the tide......Page 68
Georgia and Russia: Fighting talk casts a summer shadow......Page 69
Ukraine's political crisis: Oranges and apples?......Page 72
Turkish anti-Semitism: An unfamiliar spectre rises......Page 74
Business and politics in Germany: When nettles aren't grasped......Page 76
Deregulation in Italy: A logjam breaks......Page 78
Old and new information tricks: Disinformation......Page 80
Foreign policy: The poodle's dilemma......Page 82
Interest rates: A surprise increase......Page 84
Illicit drugs: Reefer madness......Page 86
Nuclear waste: The long view......Page 87
Company pensions: Running to stand still......Page 88
Art: Hidden treasures......Page 90
Churchmen and the environment: A new testament......Page 92
Specialist schools: A question of trusts......Page 94
Emissions offsets: Upset about offsets......Page 96
Retailing: Heading for the exit......Page 99
Japan's food industry: Surf 'n' turf......Page 101
Advertising: On the spot......Page 103
Picture messaging: Lack of text appeal......Page 104
AOL: You've got mail—for nothing......Page 105
Pharmaceuticals: Pfizer's latest remedy......Page 107
Face value: From online to helpline......Page 109
Special Report: Retailing in China: Ready for warfare in the aisles......Page 111
Emerging markets and interest rates: Bernanke has it easy......Page 116
Monetary policy in the euro area: Bank on it......Page 118
Hedge funds and exchanges: Joining the establishment......Page 120
Deutsche Bank: What goes up must come down......Page 121
Chinese M&A: Playing at home......Page 122
Infrastructure finance in India: Shares and shovels......Page 124
Economists' blogs: The invisible hand on the keyboard......Page 125
Economics focus: Least favoured nation......Page 127
Differences between the sexes: The mismeasure of woman......Page 129
New fiction: Atonement......Page 134
Al-Qaeda: All about Osama......Page 136
Nelson Mandela: Madiba revisited......Page 138
Education in medieval Britain: Not what it used to be......Page 140
British royal history: Queen be......Page 141
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: Headless......Page 143
Obituary: Ta Mok......Page 145
Overview......Page 147
Output, demand and jobs......Page 148
Prices and wages......Page 149
Australia......Page 150
Money and interest rates......Page 151
The Economist commodity price index......Page 152
Stockmarkets......Page 153
Trade, exchange rates and budgets......Page 154
Trade......Page 155
Overview......Page 156
Exports......Page 157
Economy......Page 158
Financial markets......Page 159