The Economist - 24 March 2001

The Economist 20010324 SEARCH RESEARCH TOOLS Economist.com Choose a research tool... Subscribe advanced search » Monday July 16th 2007 = requires subscription Welcome My Account » Activate Manage my newsletters » RS LO PRINT EDITION Print Edition March 24th 2001 Can the world escape recession? Could the world be heading for its first global recession? … More on this week's lead article Full contents Subscribe Enlarge current cover Past issues/regional covers NEWS ANALYSIS POLITICS THIS WEEK BUSINESS THIS WEEK OPINION Leaders Letters to the editor Blogs Columns Kallery WORLD United States The Americas Asia Middle East & Africa Europe Britain International Country Briefings News Summaries Business this week Previous print editions Subscribe Mar 17th 2001 Mar 10th 2001 Mar 3rd 2001 Feb 24th 2001 Feb 17th 2001 Subscribe to the prin More print editions and covers » Or buy a Web subsc full access online RSS feeds Receive this page by The world this week Leaders Can the world escape recession? Argentina’s desperate choices Tort on stilts New Europe, new America Caught in the Net Who will condemn China? Letters On Africa, Switzerland, Canada’s diamond mines, California’s power, Bill Clinton Cities Guide Special SPECIAL REPORTS BUSINESS Management Business Education Scenes from a marriage United States Politics amid the palms Economics Focus Economics A-Z Science policy Technology Quarterly A problem at Fission Control Tremble, Coca-Cola, tremble Lexington BOOKS & ARTS Style Guide PEOPLE The blame game begins Spies like them American extraterritoriality Obituary Whose rules count? MARKETS & DATA The wedding waltz Weekly Indicators Currencies Big Mac Index Chart Gallery DIVERSIONS OPINION Innovation at the edge FINANCE & ECONOMICS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Technology Quarterly Boeing and Seattle The big bird flies The Americas MONITOR Biochips down on the farm REPORT: MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY The cutting edge of virtual reality MONITOR Designer enzymes TEAM SPIRIT Have legs, will run REPORT: EVOLVABLE HARDWARE Machines with minds of their own MONITOR Magic bullet for pain–killers MONITOR Making materials atom by atom Power to the telephone masses LAST WORD Rethinking machines Correspondent’s Diary Over to you, Cavallo RESEARCH TOOLS Safety first for Brazil’s economy Smart tyres Canada MONITOR AUDIO MONITOR DELIVERY OPTIONS At loggerheads Son of paperclip E-mail Newsletters Mobile Edition RSS Feeds Screensaver Venezuela MONITOR CLASSIFIED ADS Noisy neighbours Talking heads Peru REPORT: ENERGY Grave Asia Economist Intelligence Unit Economist Conferences The World In Intelligent Life CFO Roll Call European Voice EuroFinance Conferences Economist Diaries and Business Gifts The online doctor is in MONITOR India’s corruption blues The power industry’s quest for the high nine Business pains in Vietnam REPORT: TELECOMMUNICATIONS Emily MacFarquhar China Touchpaper Australia In full swing Advertisement The fuel cell’s bumpy ride The Philippines A woman’s work The shape of phones to come REPORT: MANUFACTURING The solid future of