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The Economist 20010602 SEARCH RESEARCH TOOLS Economist.com Choose a research tool... Subscribe advanced search » Friday July 20th 2007 = requires subscription Welcome My Account » Activate Manage my newsletters » RS LO PRINT EDITION Print Edition June 2nd 2001 Whacked? The president’s loss of his Senate majority need not spell disaster … More on this week's lead article The world this week Full contents Subscribe Enlarge current cover Business this week Politics this week Previous print editions Subscribe May 26th 2001 May 19th 2001 May 12th 2001 May 5th 2001 Apr 28th 2001 Subscribe to the prin More print editions and covers » Or buy a Web subsc full access online RSS feeds Receive this page by Past issues/regional covers NEWS ANALYSIS POLITICS THIS WEEK BUSINESS THIS WEEK Leaders The prospects for George Bush Whacked? Japan’s economy OPINION Money still matters Leaders Letters to the editor Blogs Columns Kallery India’s economy WORLD United States The Americas Asia Middle East & Africa Europe Britain International Country Briefings Cities Guide Unlocking the potential The EU’s future Dreams and discord Aid and AIDS Gambling with lives Britain’s election Vote conservative Letters On inequality, the Caspian, global equity markets, Britain’s Liberal democrats, France’s election SPECIAL REPORTS BUSINESS Management Business Education FINANCE & ECONOMICS Economics Focus Economics A-Z A survey of India's economy Special Report In an age without heroes United States The tax bill SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Chicanery, but a boon to Bush Technology Quarterly The “death tax” The rich get richer Red tape and blue sparks Grim reapers The unknown majority Still breathing Islands of quality Lexington Knights in tarnished armour BOOKS & ARTS Style Guide The plot thickens Tom Daschle to the rescue A management guide PEOPLE Land-grant universities Obituary An old dream in trouble Acknowledgements and sources MARKETS & DATA Atlanta Offer to Readers Weekly Indicators Currencies Big Mac Index Chart Gallery DIVERSIONS Correspondent’s Diary RESEARCH TOOLS AUDIO DELIVERY OPTIONS E-mail Newsletters Mobile Edition RSS Feeds Screensaver CLASSIFIED ADS The city laid bare Power politics Westward ho! The Americas E-Strategy brief: Siemens Electronic glue Alcatel and Lucent Colombia’s internal conflicts War comes to the cities Peru’s election Known devil v unknown devil Argentine politics Menem’s dates Mexican politics The dinosaurs suffocate Brazilian politics The mighty, fallen Economist Intelligence Unit Economist Conferences The World In Intelligent Life CFO Roll Call European Voice EuroFinance Conferences Economist Diaries and Business Gifts Business Asia The runaway bride Gazprom Miller rising Football finances Fifadom Correction Li & Fung Link in the global chain French railways Très grand void The Internet Off with their beards Indonesia Megawati makes her move Kidnapping in the Philippines No more ransoms Face value One Palm flapping Pen computing Mightier than the mouse? Crime and punishment in China Bang, you’re dead Advertisement Finance & Economics