The Economist - 12 May 2001

Emerging-Market Indicators......Page 0
: Business this week......Page 4
: Politics this week......Page 6
Timothy McVeigh’s execution: The rights and wrongs......Page 9
America and the UN: Shameful all round......Page 11
Tony Blair’s challenge: Britain’s election drama......Page 13
: Our new design......Page 15
Israeli settlements: Stop building, please......Page 16
Europe’s capital markets: Takeover troubles......Page 17
Conservation: Saving the rainforest......Page 19
On cloning, “Blazing Saddles”, child slaves, the Union Jack, Microsoft, jet engines, opening paragraphs......Page 21
: Europe’s spectral nation......Page 24
Timothy McVeigh’s execution: A covenant with death......Page 29
California’s power crisis: Praying for a cool August......Page 33
Lexington: A tale of two dynasties......Page 35
Talking about history: Kalamazoo, forsooth!......Page 37
The mid-west’s fight-back: Pulling the big bird......Page 38
A new defence policy: The revolution continues......Page 40
Brazilian politics: Cracks open up beneath Cardoso......Page 42
Venezuela and Montesinos: Spy’s rest home......Page 44
Canadian politics: British Columbia’s Liberal landslide......Page 45
Corruption in Mexico: A pact with the angels......Page 46
China and Hong Kong: Jiang almost meets the Falun Gong......Page 48
Chinese arrests of academics: When scholars become suspects......Page 50
Islam in Indonesia: God’s warriors and Wahid’s......Page 51
The Philippines’ election: The charm after the storm......Page 53
Caspian pollution: Oil, caviare and worried eagles......Page 54
Unconvincing reform in Japan: Eyeing the debt mountain......Page 55
Italy’s general election: Will Silvio Berlusconi romp home for the right?......Page 57
Italy’s dogged independents: Squeezed out?......Page 60
Germany’s pension reform: Go private, says the state......Page 61
Charlemagne: Bernard Tapie......Page 62
Russia’s faltering economy: The glow begins to fade......Page 64
Spain’s Basques go to the polls: Once more for the nationalists?......Page 66
France’s shame over Algeria: The chagrin and the belated pity......Page 68
Germany’s poor east: More cash, please......Page 69
The general election: Now you can make me perfect......Page 71
Shopping: The towns fight back......Page 73
Branding: Seeing purple......Page 75
Interest rates: Down again......Page 76
Bagehot: Lend me your ears......Page 77
Scottish Conservatives: The undead......Page 79
Tactical voting: Where has all the hatred gone?......Page 80
Marginal seats: Swinging in Stroud......Page 82
Campaign diary: On the trail......Page 84
Iran’s clerics: The clergy in defence of their own......Page 86
Wagner in Israel: To play or not to play......Page 88
Syria and Judaism: The disappearance of the Jews......Page 90
Development in poor countries: Not by their bootstraps alone......Page 91
West Africa’s three-country war: Diamonds are a war’s best friend......Page 92
Nigeria and Shell: Helping, but not developing......Page 94
Zimbabwe’s judges: Standing firm, at least for now......Page 95
Shareholder activism: Europe’s revolting shareholders......Page 97
GE/Honeywell: Turbulence......Page 99
Multinationals and lobbyists: Firm resolutions......Page 101
The Philippines’ San Miguel: An alcohol-fuelled fight......Page 102
Face value: Poacher or gamekeeper?......Page 104
Airlines: A crunch in the cockpit......Page 106
Software: An open and shut case......Page 107
The satellite industry: Wounded birds......Page 109
Publishing: Journal wars......Page 111
: What’s left?......Page 113
Telecoms debt: Unburdening......Page 118
The International Monetary Fund: Strains at the top......Page 120
Human and social capital: What money can’t buy......Page 122
Economics focus: On the move......Page 123
: Correction......Page 125
The Bank of Japan: Say please......Page 126
American trade policy: The new cosmopolitan......Page 127
Asian currencies: Helping themselves......Page 129
Conservation in Brazil: Managing the rainforests......Page 131
Detective fiction: Damn Yankees......Page 136
Travels in Central Asia: Monk on tour......Page 139
Theatre: Nice costumes, though......Page 141
American politics: Inside straight......Page 143
New fiction: White on black......Page 145
20th-century history: Why Germany made it global......Page 146
: Li Yuqin......Page 148
: Overview......Page 150
: Output, demand and jobs......Page 151
: Prices and wages......Page 152
: Labour disputes......Page 153
: Non-food agricultural commodity prices......Page 154
: Stockmarkets......Page 155
: Trade, exchange rates and budgets......Page 156
: Commodity prices......Page 157
: Money and interest rates......Page 158
: Overview......Page 159
: Economic size......Page 160
: Financial markets......Page 161
: Economy......Page 162