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Articles in February, 2001 issue of Economist (US), The

• Monetise this; Internet advertising's queasy economics.(Business)(Brief Article)
• Africa's great black hope.(Survey)(Seven years have passed since the end of apartheid. Who has gained what? asks John Grimond)(Brief Article)
• STOCKMARKETS.(Financial Indicators)(Brief Article)
• PRICES AND WAGES.(Economic Indicators)(Brief Article)
• Your kingdom for our rights; Bahrain; Reborn Bahrain.(International)(Yes, a Gulf country can make a real stab at democracy)(Brief Article)
• The cutting edge; Economics focus; Foreign direct investment.(Finance and Economics)(Foreign direct investment is "globalisation" in its most potent form. Predicting its pattern is difficult, but a new study makes a brave attempt)(Brief Article)
• A fresh choice? Spain and the Basques; Spain's Basque elections.(Europe)(Brief Article)
• A nation of criminals; Criminal Britain.(Britain)(Labor Party undertakes a law and order campaign)(Brief Article)
• Aping your foe; Russia at war; Russia at war.(Brief Article)(Review)
• Being kind to Mr Mori; Japan; Japan's weak opposition.(Asia)(A weak opposition helps to keep the prime minister in power)(Brief Article)
• Globalisation to the rescue; US Steel in Slovakia.(Business)(Brief Article)
• Broken windows.(rising tensions in Northern Ireland)(Britain)(Brief Article)
• Capital gains; The benefits of automated trading.(lowered trading costs for consumers)(Finance and Economics)(Brief Article)
• Sharon's famous victory, Barak's crushing defeat; Sharon's overwhelming win.(International)(Ariel Sharon, Israel's new right-wing leader, did so well in the election that he may not be able to form the national-unity government he wants)(Brief Article)
• Sharon's Israel.(Leaders)(Brief Article)
• Israel's Arabs discover their identity.(International)(Brief Article)
• Keeping friends; Must Britain choose between Europe and America?(Special)(Tensions between the new American administration and the European Union over defence could put Britain in a pivotal position. Britain may not find that a comfortable place to be)
• Bertelsmann eyes the stockmarket.(Business)(Brief Article)
• What, Me Worry? New York's Wealthy Tremble.(United States)(Brief Article)
• Business this week.(News Summaries)
• ECONOMY.(Emerging-Market Indicators)(various countries)(Brief Article)
• AIDS vaccines on trial.(Science and Technology)(International AIDS Vaccine Initiative)(Brief Article)
• New arms for a new world.(United States)(President Bush is promising the biggest shake-up in American defence policy for decades. Good luck to him)
• Letters; On abortion, Vaclav Klaus, beer, the Philippines, American football, the Middle East, industry and the environment, Catholicism, Japan, America's surplus, the Big Mac index.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
• Hope in the Horn; Ethiopia and Eritrea talk borders.(International)(The creation of a United Nations buffer zone between Ethiopia and Eritrea should spell the end of a bitter border war. But some basic problems endure)(Brief Article)
• Madison Avenue Bear; A bear market in financial hacks.(financial Web sites decline)(Finance and Economics)(Brief Article)
• Hi, Noonan; Ireland; A new leader for Ireland's opposition.(Europe)
• Dear Chancellor; Fear of falling inflation.(Britain)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Agree to differ; India's choices; India's future.(Books and Arts)(Review)
• Flu you can use; Brazil; Power struggles in Brazil's Congress.(The Americas)(Brief Article)
• The good doctor; Cancer research; Fighting cancer.(Books and Arts)(Review)
• Sheriff Wahid talks tough; Indonesia; Wahid talks tough in Indonesia.(Pres Abdurrahman Wahid)(Asia)(Brief Article)
• ECONOMY.(Emerging-Market Indicators)(Brief Article)
• It's mourning in America; The American civil war in fiction.(Books and Arts)(A memorable first novel confirms that the American civil war still has a tight grip on the nation's psyche)(Review)
  by Adrian, Chris
• Gujarat's catastrophe; Catastrophe in Gujarat.(Leaders)(Was it worse than it need have been?)(Brief Article)
• The world this week.(News Summaries)
• The sorrow of India; Earthquake in India.(Asia)(The effects of the most destructive earthquake in independent India's history were made worse by human shortcomings)(Brief Article)
• Still hurting; Thailand's banks; Tackling Thailand's bad loans.(Finance and Economics)(Brief Article)
• A cool billion; Napster; Napster's legitimate new plan.(Business)(Brief Article)
• Daggers drawn; Spies; A spy is found.(United States)(Brief Article)
• The endless assault.(Survey)(Violent crime threatens not just South Africans' security but the very basis of their society)
• In vino veritas; Genetics; Grapevine genetics.(Science and Technology)(Genetic analysis has shown that some "noble" grapes are less aristocratic than many people thought)(Brief Article)
• MONEY AND INTEREST RATES.(Financial Indicators)(Brief Article)
• Yemen's brief democratic affair; Yemen's half-step backward.(International)(Brief Article)
• Which way next? American shares; What way for American shares?(Finance and Economics)(Brief Article)
• English is still on the march; Languages; The English language predominates.(Europe)(Britons are lazy about languages because English is the EU's lingua franca)(Brief Article)
• Mining in Cornwall, again.(Britain)(In Cornwall, the old economy is making a comeback, much to the horror of the new economy)(Brief Article)
• Flawed hero; American law; Oliver Wendell Holmes.(Books and Arts)(Brief Article)(Review)
• Less bravado, more results; Philippines; Peacemaking in the Philippines.(Asia)
• And the band plays on; Napster; Napster loses another round.(Business)(Brief Article)
• Open season; Kidnapping; A kidnapping boom.(measures taken to reduce kidnappings and reasons for increase)(Britain)(Brief Article)
• Digital manipulation; South Korea; Insider dealing in South Korea.(investigations into day trading activities)(Finance and Economics)(Brief Article)
• Moi, the juggler; Kenya; Juggling with Kenya's constitution.(International)(President Daniel arap Moi seems relucant to to step down, even though the constitution clearly says he should)(Brief Article)
• Alaska or bust; America's energy scare.(Leaders)(The Bush administration is worried about an "energy crisis". That is the wrong way to frame policy)(Brief Article)
• Will the oil run out?(Survey)(Eventually, yes; but by then it might no longer matter)
• Here and now.(Survey)(Distributed power generation will end the long-distance tyranny of the grid)
• Turned Off: Spain's Failed Power Merger.(Business)(Brief Article)
• Round Three: The Race to Offer Web Services.(Business)(Brief Article)
• The Scottish tail; Care for the old; One country, two health systems.(Britain)(A decision by the Scottish Parliament raises the question of whether two health systems can operate in one country)
• Alan Greenspan, fiscal fiddler; Lexington; Lexington: Alan Greenspan.(United States)(Brief Article)
• Saying no to peace.(Special)(If the Israelis elect Ariel Sharon prime minister next week, they will be dismissing, for now, any hope of peace. How did things reach this point?)(Israelis)
• STOCKMARKETS.(Financial Indicators)(international statistics)(Brief Article)
• Indonesia's divided leaders.(Leaders)(Indonesia cannot afford both an incompetent president and an equivocating vice-president. If only they would pull together)(Brief Article)
• FOREIGN INVESTMENT.(Emerging-Market Indicators)(Brief Article)
• A matter of trust; Economics focus.(Finance and Economics)(Behaviour such as reciprocity and co-operation is not bred in the bone. Rather, it responds to incentives and experience)(Brief Article)
• Ultima motives; Denmark and Greenland; Denmark ponders Greenland's radar.(Europe)
• What women want; Bagehot; Bagehot: Tony and the women.(Britain)
• An inspector calls; Kirgizstan; Kirgizstan's press under pressure.(Asia)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• What help for the temporeras? Chile; Chile's badly treated fruit-pickers.(The Americas)(Brief Article)
• Not the whole story; Economics in history; A history of money.(Books and Arts)(Review)
• Japan starts picking on China; Japan's troubles with China.(Asia - economy shows no sign of recovery, Japan is getting angrier. Some of that anger is being directed against China)(Brief Article)
• Business this week.(News Summaries)(Brief Article)
• Just a bite; McDonald's takes a bite out of Pret.(Britain)(Brief Article)
• Talkin' the talk; Jousting with jive talk.(Books and Arts)(Review)
• Blunt weapons; Zimbabwe;... but not in Zimbabwe.(International)(Brief Article)
• Arms across the sea; Defence contractors; Transatlantic defence deals.(Business)(Brief Article)
• Nemesis; Literary history; H.G. Wells, suspected plagiarist.(Books and Arts)(Review)
  by Mckillop, A.B.
• Fox and Bush, for richer, for poorer; Mexico's fear of American slowdown.(relations between Mexico and the United States are growing ever closer, but, with an economic downturn threatening both, not necessarily easier)(The Americas)(Brief Article)
• Debating the minimum wage; Economics focus; Economics focus: The minimum wage.(Finance and Economics)(When governments put a regulatory floor under wages, does that destroy jobs? An update on a long-running dispute)
• Uneasy lies the head; Face value; Face value: Sir Martin Sorrell, advertising's insecure supremo.(Business)(Sir Martin Sorrell is the successful boss of the world's biggest advertising group. Why is he so insecure?)(Brief Article)

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