001 Introduction 002 The world this week - Politics 003 The world this week - Business 004 Leaders 005 Leaders - Global warming 006 Leaders - Immigration reform 007 Leaders - The euro crisis 008 Leaders - US monetary policy 009 Leaders - Coping with North Korea 010 Letters 011 Briefing 012 Briefing - The euro crisis 013 Briefing - Adapting to climate change 014 United States 015 United States - The politics of the Fed 016 United States - Inheritance tax 017 United States - New START in trouble 018 United States - Immigrants and higher education 019 United States - After SB1070 020 United States - Texas politics 021 United States - Airport security 022 United States - Bill Clinton the opera 023 United States - Lexington 024 The Americas 025 The Americas - Brazil_s next government 026 The Americas - Tourism in Mexico 027 The Americas - Poverty in Canada 028 The Americas - Peru_s heritage 029 Asia 030 Asia - Conflict in the Koreas 031 Asia - Graft in India 032 Asia - Afghanistan_s election 033 Asia - Tragedy in New Zealand 034 Asia - Taiwan and taekwondo 035 Asia - Myanmar and China 036 Asia - Death in Cambodia 037 Asia - Banyan 038 Middle East and Africa 039 Middle East and Africa - Egypt_s election 040 Middle East and Africa - The Jordan valley 041 Middle East and Africa - The Saudi succession 042 Middle East and Africa - Sierra Leone_s minerals 043 Middle East and Africa - Football in Africa 044 Middle East and Africa - Burkina Faso_s president 045 Europe 046 Europe - Polish foreign policy 047 Europe - Croatia and corruption 048 Europe - Taxes in Germany 049 Europe - Taxes in France 050 Europe - Charlemagne 051 Britain 052 Britain - London_s high tech start-ups 053 Britain - Teaching in schools 054 Britain - Capping immigration 055 Britain - House-building in limbo 056 Britain - Oil and gas 057 Britain - Knitwear wars 058 Britain - Bagehot 059 International 060 International - International justice 061 International - NATO after the summit 062 International - Overhauling schools 063 International - Catholics and condoms 064 Business 065 Business - Carmakers 066 Business - America_s retailers 067 Business - Face value 068 Business - Building hardware 069 Business - Business in the Balkans 070 Business - Private equity buys into care homes 071 Business - Schumpeter 072 Finance and economics 073 Finance and economics - Private equity in China 074 Finance and economics - Municipal bonds 075 Finance and economics - Buttonwood 076 Finance and economics - Restructuring banks 077 Finance and economics - Insider trading 078 Finance and economics - Art-title insurance 079 Finance and economics - Economics focus 080 Science and technology 081 Science and technology - Artificial intelligence 082 Science and technology - The fight against AIDS 083 Science and technology - Allergy to wine 084 Science and technology - Cancer and obesity 085 Science and technology - Animal obesity 086 Books and arts 087 Books and arts - Andre Kertesz 088 Books and arts - The Rockefellers_ philanthropy 089 Books and arts - An American war hero 090 Books and arts - Robin Lane Fox_s gardening 091 Books and arts - The Russian default 092 Books and arts - Museum of broken relationships 093 Obituary - Emilio Massera

AboutThe  Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs  publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in an  office in the City of Westminster, London. Continuous publication began  under founder James Wilson in September 1843. While The Economist calls  itself a "newspaper", each issue appears on glossy paper, like a  newsmagazine. In 2009, it reported an average circulation of just over  1.4 million copies per issue, about half of which are sold in North  America.The Economist claims it "is not a chronicle of economics."  Rather, it aims "to take part in a severe contest between intelligence,  which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our  progress. It practices advocacy journalism in taking an editorial stance  based on free trade and globalisation, but also the expansion of  government health and education spending and the government support of  banks and other financial enterprises in danger of bankruptcy. It  targets highly educated readers and claims an audience containing many  influential executives and policy-makers.The publication belongs to  The Economist Group, half of which is owned by the Financial Times, a  subsidiary of Pearson PLC. A group of independent shareholders,  including many members of the staff and the Rothschild banking family of  England, owns the rest. A board of trustees formally appoints the  editor, who cannot be removed without its permission. In addition, about  two-thirds of the seventy-five staff journalists arebased in  London, despite the global emphasis The Economist's primary focus is  world news, politics and business, but it also runs regular sections on  science and technology as well as books and the arts. Every two weeks,  the publication adds an in-depth special report on a particular issue,  business sector or geographical region. Every three months, it publishes  a technology report called Technology Quarterly or TQ. Articles often  take a definite editorial stance and almost never carry a byline. Not  even the name of the editor (from 2006, John Micklethwait) is printed in  the issue. It is a longstanding tradition that an editor's only signed  article during his tenure is written on the occasion of his departure  from the position. The author of a piece is named in certain  circumstances: when notable persons are invited to contribute opinion  pieces; when Economist writers compile special reports; and to highlight  a potential conflict of interest over a book review.The names of  The Economist editors and correspondents can be located, however, via  the media directory pages of the website.The publication's writers adopt  a tight style that seeks to include the maximum amount of information  in a limited space. Atlantic Monthly publisher David G. Bradley  described the formula as "a consistent world view expressed,  consistently, in tight and engaging prose." There is a section of  economic statistics. Tables such as employment statistics are published  each week and there are special statistical features too. It is unique  among British weeklies in providing authoritative coverage of official  statistics and its rankings of international statistics have been  decisive. In addition, The Economist is known for its Big Mac Index,  which it first published in 1986. This uses the price of a Big Mac  hamburger sold by McDonald's in different countries as an informal  measure of the purchasing power of currencies.