The Economist - 06 January 2001

The Economist 20010106 SEARCH RESEARCH TOOLS Choose a research tool... Economist.com Subscribe advanced search » Sunday March 4th 2007 = requires subscription Welcome My Account » Manage my newsletters » Activ LO PRINT EDITION Print Edition January 6th 2001 Greenspan’s big surprise The latest interest-rate cut seems hasty—unless the Fed knows something we don’t … More on this week's lead article Diary Previous print editions Subscribe Dec 23rd 2000 Dec 16th 2000 Dec 9th 2000 Dec 2nd 2000 Nov 25th 2000 Subscribe to the prin Or buy a Web subsc full access online RSS feeds More print editions and covers » A diary for 2001 Receive this page by News Summaries Business this fortnight Full contents Enlarge current cover Past issues/regional covers Subscribe The world this fortnight Business Leaders NEWS ANALYSIS POLITICS THIS WEEK Microsoft’s cunning plan Greenspan’s big surprise BUSINESS THIS WEEK Skoda Auto Slav Motown Asia’s teetering trio OPINION Leaders Letters to the editor WORLD Europe’s food retailers Bush’s world Hungry for credit Rights and refugees Face value Don’t look down It’s their business United States The Americas Asia Middle East & Africa Europe Britain International Country Briefings Cities Guide American steel Meltdown Letters Advertising to children On George Bush, Japanese education, the Tories and Europe, eating dogs, polyglot politicians Special Why and when to go in Management Reading Business Education Executive Dialogue The terrible twos begin United States Finance & Economics By George When America sneezes FINANCE & ECONOMICS The census Economics Focus Economics A-Z SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Letsbinit.com Business Special SURVEYS BUSINESS Kid gloves Sun, sun, sun and Idaho Rrrrrrrrecession? Newspapers in Seattle Economics focus Divided we stand Don’t say “new economy” Lexington Financial regulation in Japan Technology Quarterly PEOPLE Filling Pat Moynihan’s shoes In with the old... Obituary Education in California A new game of forfaits BOOKS & ARTS Stand in line! Style Guide Sign on, opt out MARKETS & DATA John Midgley Weekly Indicators Currencies Big Mac Index India’s banks Living dead Science & Technology Extra sensory perception The Americas DIVERSIONS The battle begins for Cardoso’s succession A tragic muse RESEARCH TOOLS Divided about the dollar Machine vision CLASSIFIED ADS Bolivia Seeing is believing Network collaborations Coca’s second front DELIVERY OPTIONS The big picture Mexico E-mail Newsletters Mobile Edition RSS Feeds Screensaver No, you can’t Books & Arts I do, I can, I will Asia ONLINE FEATURES 20th-century history Cooling it in Kashmir Cities Guide For whom the bell tolled Pakistan’s peculiar election Country Briefings 20th-century art Looking at absolutes Indonesia Audio interviews Talking about a devolution Classifieds Japan’s new bureaucracy Computer games