The Economist - 01 September 2001

The Economist 20010901 SEARCH RESEARCH TOOLS Economist.com Choose a research tool... Subscribe advanced search » Sunday October 8th 2006 = requires subscription Welcome My Account » Manage my newsletters » Activate Help LOG OUT » PRINT EDITION Print Edition September 1st 2001 Can Russia handle a changed world? Missile-defence talks and NATO enlargement will test Russia’s new pragmatism … More on this week's lead article The world this week Politics this week Business this week Previous print editions Subscribe Aug 25th 2001 Aug 18th 2001 Aug 11th 2001 Aug 4th 2001 Jul 28th 2001 Subscribe to the print edition More print editions and covers » Or buy a Web subscription for full access online RSS feeds Receive this page by RSS feed Leaders Full contents Enlarge current cover Past issues/regional covers Subscribe GLOBAL AGENDA POLITICS THIS WEEK BUSINESS THIS WEEK Russia’s foreign policy Can Russia handle a changed world? George Bush and the budget Of numbers and a man Hedge funds Fool’s gold Racism OPINION Don’t discriminate Leaders Letters Surnames WORLD Japan United States The Americas Asia Middle East & Africa Europe Britain Country Briefings Cities Guide As easy as ZYX The shadow of joblessness Letters On bioethics, Soviet-era debt, Iowa, Brazil, Brussels Business Japanese electronics companies Lay-offs with no sign of revival Auction houses Affairs of the art French auctioneers Prised open Time-sharing They share horses, don’t they? Mobile phones in China A billion voices calling? Alcohol in Sweden Loosening up Cisco A kid no more SURVEYS BUSINESS Management Reading Business Education Executive Dialogue FINANCE & ECONOMICS Special Report The Baltic states Knocking at the clubhouse door SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY The economy Technology Quarterly Home is where the wealth is PEOPLE United Nations dues America’s new Utopias Tremble, Holland, tremble Obituary In the wild MARKETS & DATA Weekly Indicators Currencies Big Mac Index DIVERSIONS RESEARCH TOOLS The trouble is, people get there Lexington Captain Yawn to the rescue The Americas Mexican politics Fox’s moment of truth Reform in Argentina Culling the politicians DELIVERY OPTIONS Misgovernment in Paraguay E-mail Newsletters Mobile Edition RSS Feeds Canadian lumber Cities Guide Finance & Economics Hedge funds The latest bubble? Hedge funds with listings Martyrs to transparency Measuring hedge funds The benchmarking bane Monetary policy in the euro area The ECB decides Euro notes Unveiled CLASSIFIEDS ONLINE FEATURES Face value India's fermentation queen The growth of private communities Style Guide Spot the difference United States Economics Focus Economics A-Z BOOKS & ARTS Juniper Networks Poland’s changing capital markets Patriotic pensions South-East Asia’s economies Stable but sickly Economics focus On target? Despair and anger Stump war Politics in Peru Cleaning up Science & Technology Car design The old new thing Ageing Only a matter of time Country Briefings Audio interviews Classifieds Asia East Timor’s election On the roa