The Economist - 15 February 2010 PDF
Name Digital Magazine: The Economist
Year: 2010
Issue: February
Country: US
Language: English
Format magazine: PDF
Pages: 103 pages
Size: 7.5 Mb
About The Economist:
Authoritative weekly newspaper focusing on international politics and business news and opinion
Content issue The Economist - 15 February 2010 PDF:
On the cover Making room for a new superpower should not be confused with giving way to it: leader, page 11. How bad are relations between China and America? Pages 25-28. It is still repression, not development that keeps Tibet stable, page 43. Who matters in China’s financial system, page 79. India and China: more rivals than partners, page 89 7 The world this week Leaders 11 Geopolitics Facing up to China 12 America’s budget Clueless in Washington 12 The euro’s troubles Rebuilding Greece’s finances 14 The African Union Get still more serious 15 The state of Britain How broken is it? Letters 16 On Barack Obama, banking, jury trials, salt Briefing 25 America and China By fits and starts United States 31 The budget An opportunity wasted 32 Health-care reform The zombie hypothesis 34 The defence budget The Pentagon dodges the bullet 34 Gays in the armed forces The long march 36 The Illinois primaries Here we go again 36 California’s voter initiatives Sign here 37 New York City’s finances Bloomberg’s blues 38 Lexington Maria Cantwell and the politics of climate change The Americas 41 Brazil’s possible next president Serra waits 42 Colombia’s health Shock treatment 42 Argentina’s reserves Central Bank robbery Asia 43 Tibet Pilgrims and progress 45 Malaysian politics Anwar in court again 45 Sri Lanka’s post-election crackdown Sore winners 46 Sri Lanka’s currency A new banknote 46 Australia’s expanding population Hot, dry and crowded 48 Banyan Asia’s never-closer economic union Middle East and Africa 49 Iran and Israel in Africa Competing for allies 50 Iran’s nuclear diplomacy Another puzzle 52 Yemen’s war A bloody blame game 52 South African corruption A virus that may spread 54 Guinea’s new government Will the army withdraw? 54 South Sudan Investors beware Europe 55 Greece’s troubles In search of credibility 56 Spain and immigration Bad new days 56 France’s judicial system Clear as mud 57 Moscow and Russia Luzhkov v Kremlin 58 Russia and Serbia Base camps 58 Bulgaria and its Turks When Boyko met Mehmet 60 Charlemagne Europe on the defensive Britain 61 The broken societyfi Through a glass darkly 64 Bagehot 1997 revisited International 65 Data and transparency Of governments and geeks 66 International adoption Saviours or kidnappers? 67 Home schooling Classes apart Business 69 The nuclear industry Unexpected reaction 70 Face value Qi Lu, Microsoft’s cultural revolutionary 71 Toyota’s troubles deepen No quick fix 71 Electric cars A Netscape moment? 72 How firms fool analysts Stockpickers suckered 72 Japan’s newspapers The teetering giants 73 Shell and Cosan team up Generation game 74 Schumpeter How to survive the silver tsunami Briefing 75 Greece’s sovereign-debt crunch A very European crisis Finance and economics 79 China’s financial system Red mist 80 Carbon markets after Copenhagen Don’t hold your breath 81 Buttonwood Markets under strain 82 American mortgages Return to lender 82 Norway’s pension fund Passive aggressive 83 Longevity swaps Live long and prosper 84 Economics focus Diversification Science and technology 85 Rajendra Pachauri and the IPCC A time for introspection 86 NASA’s new mission Space to thrive 88 Psychiatric diagnosis That way, madness lies Books and arts 89 China-India relations More rivals than partners 90 Hank Paulson’s memoir Gut-wrenching stufi 90 The science of music Sounds wonderful 91 Frédéric Chopin at 200 Prince of the romantics 92 Sellout Jerusalem Looking back in anger 92 Martin Amis Little big man Obituary 93 J.D. Salinger A quiet, angry life 101 Economic and financial indicators Statistics on 42 economies, plus closer looks at our poll of forecasters and manufacturing activity
