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｡n the cover
Redesigning global finance
Government leaders cannot rewrite the rules this weekend. But they can still do some useful things




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｡he world this week
Politics this week
Business this week
KAL's cartoon


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｡eaders
The world economy
Redesigning global finance
China's fiscal stimulus
Dr Keynes's Chinese patient
Protecting the vulnerable
What Congo means for Obama
Carmakers
Saving Detroit
A modest proposal
O give me a home...


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｡etters
On our endorsement of Barack Obama

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｡pecial Report
The global economic summit
After the fall


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｡nited States
The presidency
Change.gov
Congress
Waiting for reinforcements
Government finances
Local zeroes
Florida
Snowbirds, meet the repo men
Chicago
The spotlight beckons
School reform
A worthy experiment
Lexington
Ship of fools


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｡he Americas
Nicaragua
How to steal an election
The Latinobarｨｮmetro poll
Democracy and the downturn
Canada's economy
Breaking the deficit taboo


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｡sia
Australia and the credit crunch
Digging for victory
New Zealand's election
Key change for Kiwis
Indonesia after the Bali bombers
Secular trends
Australia and the death penalty
All right then, just this once
Bhutan's newly crowned king
Crowning glory
Kazakhstan's ｡ｰNew Silk Road｡ｱ
Eyes on the road
Low-level unrest in China
For hire
The Chinese Peasant Olympics
Anyone for toss the laptop?


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｡iddle East & Africa
South Africa and the world
The see-no-evil foreign policy
Congo
Beware of a stampede to war
Rwanda and Europe
Judicial politics of a genocide
Jerusalem｡ｯs politics
Money, faith and votes
The Palestinians
The return of blood and anger


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｡urope
France's president
Is Sarkozy a closet socialist?
Germany's economy
A little stimulus
Higher education in Italy
A case for change
Eastern Europe and America
Looking west, hopefully
Tuna in the Mediterranean
Gone fishing
Moldova and Transdniestria
Another forgotten conflict
Charlemagne
No room in the ark


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｡ritain
Politics and the recession
Bigger, wider, deeper
Interest-rates outlook
Plumbing new depths
Renewable energy
The green pound
Child-killing
Most foul


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｡nternational
Nuclear disarmament
What to do with a vision of zero

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｡usiness
A global love affair
Theme and variations
The home team
Pile them high
Kings of the road
The art of the possible
Sources and acknowledgments
Offer to readers

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｡pecial Report
American carmakers
On the edge
Pharmaceuticals
Racing down the pyramid
Logistics
Failure to deliver
Technology and advertising
Watching the watchers
Corporate restructuring
Centres of attention
Asian casinos
Place your bets
Aviation in China
Chocks away
Face value
Portal of doom


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｡inance & Economics
China's economy
Reflating the dragon


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｡cience & Technology
Debt and deflation
Depressing times
The Federal Reserve
Turning Japanese
AIG
Cheque mate
Buttonwood
An appetising spread
Japan's economy
A tunnel, no light
Banco Santander
Pack behaviour
Credit-rating agencies
Negative outlook
Specialist lenders
Home run
Economics focus
Race and red tape


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｡ooks & Arts
Minerals
How rocks evolve
Exoplanets
First sighting
Greenhouse gases
Eating carbon
Genetic disease and evolution
Bad old genes
Neurology
Light revival


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｡bituary
A book of silence
Out of this world
The net generation
The kids are alright
War surgery in Iraq
Standard operating procedures
The making of ｡ｰGray's Anatomy｡ｱ
Fearfully and wonderfully made
New fiction
Stewart O'Nan
Georgian treasure
Ancient bling


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｡conomic and Financial Indicators
Miriam Makeba


Overview
Output, prices and jobs
The Economist commodity-price index
Vacancies
Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates
Markets
Oil demand