(Page 52 of 63: News and Analysis) Israel's economy is in tatters. Benjamin Netanyahu, round two, tries to rebuild it, by Michael Freedman, Forbes, 27 May-9 Jun 2003 A world of hurt: The worldwide dearth of demand is raising fears of deflation. Can the G8 summit craft a growth plan?, by R Miller & assoc, BusinessWeek, 27 May-2 Jun 2003 (includes a graphic on: What's ailing the global economy?) A new start for Argentina: Will the new government forge a new relationship with the IMF?, The Economist, 26 May 2003 (Link to: A briefing on Argentina's politics) Editorial: Argentina's new leader -- Mr. Kirchner will need to take a close look at what is happening in Lula's Brazil, Washington Post, 25 May 2003 Is the world stumbling into an economic quagmire?: Suddenly the 'D' word is on everyone's lips, by Paul Krugman, New York Times (free - registr. req'd) | Int'l Herald Tribune, 24 May 2003 (Link to: IMF's Deflation -- Determinants, risks, and policy options) Editorial: A president from Patagonia -- Argentina is fortunate that Menem failed in his latest presidential bid, New York Times (free - registr. req'd) | Int'l Herald Tribune, 23 May 2003 India faces new competition in the global outsourcing business: As Philippines and Ghana vie for back-office operations, NYT with Int'l Herald Tribune, 23 May 2003; and Dialing for dollars: How Ghana is learning to cash in on data services Fortune, 20 Mar 2003 Political risk analysis: Investors want opinions on global fragility more than corporate insights, The Economist, 22 May 2003 (in-cludes a graphic on: Political & economic stability of selected emerg-ing markets) Oil and development: Is oil wealth a blessing or a curse?, The Economist, 22 May 2003 Argentine president-elect Kirchner's cabinet to mix veterans, new-comers, Washington Post, 22 May 2003 Karzai takes on the warlords: A rare victory for Afghanistan's put-upon president, The Economist, 22 May 2003 (includes a briefing on: Afghanistan's economy) Free-trade skeptics: Skeptics after all? -- Do free-trade skeptics such as Joseph Stiglitz and Dani Rodrik recommend protection?, by Arvind Panagariya, Economic Times (India), 21 May 2003 How to stem civil wars: Military firefighting is expensive and risky. It is time to try prevention, and the key instruments are economic, by Paul Collier, International Herald Tribune, 21 May 2003 (Link to: WB's Breaking the conflict trap -- Civil war and development policy) Coffee/tea break: Political passages -- Bored with sand and sun? Try one of the growing number of hands-on tours to the world�s trouble spots, by Daphne Eviatar, Newsweek, 20 May-2 Jun 2003 How to get Iraq's economy on the mend: Here are a few issues Bremer needs to keep in mind, by Stanley Reed, BusinessWeek, 20-26 May 2003 (includes a graphic on: Steps toward revival) A flat tax is taking root in, of all places, Russia: It is getting more people to pay up than under the previous corrupt system, Business Week, 20-26 May 2003 The dark horse who's about to be president: Will Kirchner return Argentina to its free-spending ways?, BusinessWeek, 20-26 May 2003 Newsroom: Good times, bad times -- Editors are the gatekeepers who decide what gets into the paper, by Michael Getler, Washington Post, 18 May 2003 Lifting the curse: How American oil companies can make Iraqis rich, by Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal, 18 May 2003 Karzai powerless as warlords battle: Afghanistan's leader unable to prevent violence, Washington Post, 18 May 2003 FT primer: Deflation -- A cautionary example is Japan's economy, which slid into deflation in the mid-1990s and has yet to recover, by Christopher Swann, Financial Times, 17 May 2003 Editorial: Lord Bremer of Mesopotamia takes command, Wall Street Journal, 16 May 2003 Horizons: The US economy's worst sin -- The fun deficit: Animal spirits? Yeah, if the animal is a tree sloth, by Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal, 16 May 2003 Argentina's election -- Kirchner hunts for allies: Can he build a governing coalition from the bankrupt country�s shattered political system?, The Economist, 16 May 2003 Rebuilding Iraq, Congress General Accounting Office, 15 May 2003 Summary (with links to accessible text and full text -- incl section on economic reform and reconstruction) Counterfeiting: For as long as there is consumer demand, companies will find that imitation is the severest form of flattery, The Economist, 15 May 2003 (Link to: Editorial -- In praise of the real thing, via IHT) World economy--The problems of battling deflation: Central bankers will need to delve deeper into their monetary toolkits, The Economist, 15 May 2003 Coffee/tea break: Investing and Jane Austen--Cents and sensibility: Lessons for fund managers from "Pride and Prejudice", The Economist, 15 May 2003 Horizons: Mind the gap--While economic stimulus is important, we should also address an issue which affects US long-term growth and stability: economic inequality, by Robert Shiller, NYTimes (free - registr. req'd), 15 May 2003; and Novel ideas for a risky world: In his new book, Mr. Shiller turns to the role of financial institutions in managing risk, by Hal Varian, NYTimes (free - registr. req'd), 10 Apr 2003 (Link to: First chapter of Shiller's The New Financial Order: Risk in the 21st Century) Editorial: A job half-done in Afghanistan -- Mistakes in America's first effort at nation-building in the Islamic world, New York Times (free - registr. req'd) | Int'l Herald Tribune, 15 May 2003 Newsroom: To the editors -- How could this happen?: Editor of Times tells staff he accepts blame for fraud, NYTimes (free - registr req'd) | Int'l Herald Tribune, and Washington Post, 15 May 2003 ; Hard times at the NYTimes: Crisis management for a top media brand, The Economist, 15 May 2003; and Times editor details steps to prevent a recurrence of fraud, New York Times (free - registr req'd) | Int'l Herald Tribune, 13 May 2003 Argentina's Kirchner, presidency won after Menem's withdrawal, plans to spend, Bloomberg News, 15 May 2003 Ethiopia's forgotten famine: Aid groups worry that with attention diverted by Iraq, Africa will be forgotten, by Nicholas Kristof, NYT with Int'l Herald Tribune, 14 May 2003 (Related link below: Analy-sis, Feb 8th) IMF, World Bank chiefs urge WTO members to meet Doha deadline, Agence France Presse with Yahoo! News, 13 May 2003 (Link to: Joint statement by heads of IMF, World Bank and WTO) (Still) pity the poor little guy: Wall Street's research deal will ease egregious conflicts, but small investors remain far from protected, by E Thornton & assoc, BusinessWeek, 13-19 May 2003 (A graphic on: A mixed bag) Newsroom: Corrections - Editors' note, NYTimes (free - registr. req'd), 11 May 2003 (includes links to: Times reporter who resigned leaves trail of deception; and Witnesses and documents); and New York Times uncovers dozens of faked stories by reporter, Washington Post, 11 May 2003 Iraq's ragged reconstruction: A month after Baghdad's fall, US efforts founder, Washington Post, 9 May 2003 India's software --Techno-coolies no more: Does India need its own software brands?, The Economist, 8 May 2003 World economy -- What, no rate cuts?: Why are the world�s central banks so reluctant to ease monetary policy?, The Economist, 8 May 2003 Horizons: Another Bush, another jobless recovery--The jobs market looks bleak and the president's tax cut is unlikely to help, The Economist, 8 May 2003 Dealing with default: Developing countries are issuing new bonds that should make it easier to clear up or head off defaults, The Economist, 8 May 2003 Portfolio: How's your pension doing? -- Companies should not get tax breaks to provide their workers' pensions, The Economist, 8 May 2003 A market approach to politics: Why not use financial markets to help aggregate info about matters of fact that are important to public choice?, by Hal Varian, NYT (free - registr. req'd), 8 May 2003 How Vietnam halted SARS: WHO declared it to be the first nation to contain and eliminate the disease, New York Times (free - registr req'd) | Int'l Herald Tribune, 7 May 2003; and Vietnam took lead in containing SARS: Its handling of the virus shows how early detection, strong infection-control measures and int'l assistance can work, Washington Post, 5 May 2003 Business outlook for Argentina: A mountain of reforms will face one Peronist, BusinessWeek, 6-12 May 2003 Will it matter on Wall Street?: The global settlement will help, but there's still room for abuse, by P Dwyer & assoc, BusinessWeek, 6-12 May 2003 (A graphic on: Grading the deal) Coffee/tea break: Of severe/acute -- Is the acronym SARS redun-dant?: While many reach for their surgical masks, a serene few reach for their dictionaries, by William Safire, NYT with Int'l Herald Tribune, 5 May 2003 Challenge and opportunity in a transition economy: Just like the East European countries of the 1990s, Iraq faces immense economic challenges, by Daniel Yergin, Washington Post, 4 May 2003 Contract to help fix Iraq's monetary system: Selection process criticized, as consulting firm may be US choice, Washington Post, 3 May 2003 Boardroom: Strategy and the Internet -- Many Internet biz pioneers have competed in ways that violate nearly every precept of good strategy, by Michael Porter, Harvard Business Review (abstr. only) Mar 2001; included in its HBR OnPoint, May 2003 Argentina's presidential election: Of two Peronists, the younger and more social democratic looks better placed to win a run-off ballot this month, The Economist, 1 May 2003 A slightly circuitous route--The case for a place for capital controls: Part of A survey of global finance, The Economist, 1 May 2003 Editorial: The cost of SARS -- An economic argument for more aid to finance public health, New York Times (abstr. only; free - registr req'd), 1 May 2003 Horizons: Five tests and a funeral -- Will Britain join the euro? Not just yet, but it's getting there, The Economist, 1 May 2003; and High hurdles for new EU members to clear before adopting the euro, BusinessWeek, 29 April-5 May 2003 Newsroom: The first casualty -- Broadcast news and the war on Iraq, The Economist, 1 May 2003 (Related link below: Analysis, Nov 8th); and Is the BBC the Baghdad Broadcasting Corp. or the Blair-Bush Corp?, BusinessWeek, 22-28 April 2003 (A Forbes graphic on: Bad news is good news for CNN.com, FoxNews.com and MSNBC. com) Editorial: Sad chapter on Wall Street -- Highflying analysts and the individual investors, Washington Post, 30 Apr 2003 Q&A with NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on the $1.4 billion settlement reached with top investment firms, Newsweek, 30 Apr 2003; and BusinessWeek, 1 May 2003 Seminar room: Does IMF fiscal policy advice end up hurting the poor?, An IMF forum: Panel -- W Cline, S Gupta and C Graham; chaired by R Hemming, 29 Apr 2003 (includes video) IMF chief economist Rogoff to return to Harvard this fall, Reuters with Forbes, 29 Apr 2003 (Links to: IMF press statement and Harvard Crimson report) When the rich talk aid, the poor don't always get it: Ranking donor nations, by Nancy Birdsall and Moises Naim, Int'l Herald Tribune, 29 Apr 2003 (Link to: Ranking the rich, Foreign Policy, May-June 2003) Editorial: The German model for economic reform -- Sound money isn't the only reform Iraq needs, but without it nothing else is possible, Wall Street Journal, 27 Apr 2003 Iraq deals -- Who got what, and why: Critics were outraged when two top contracts were awarded to companies with ties to the Ad-ministration, by P Dwyer & F Balfour, BusinessWeek, 25 Apr 2003 Portfolio: My shot at Nigerian millions -- I answered an e-mail promising a fortune for helping desperate foreigners move money overseas, by Diane Brady, BusinessWeek, 24 Apr 2003 Iraq loses an entire banking system, Associated Press with Internatl Herald Tribune, 22 Apr 2003 Portfolio: First-quarter results -- Good times for bonds, Russia and tech stocks, International Herald Tribune, 19 Apr 2003 Iraq to run on dollars pending a new currency, NYTimes with International Herald Tribune, 19 Apr 2003 Without the state, Iraq's economy is collapsing: US military tries to restart paralyzed economy, NYT with Int'l Herald Tribune, 17 Apr 2003 _____________________ Technical Advisory: Due to technical difficulties being experienced by our Web site host with our Analysis and News Update files, the next page in the archive remains unrevised. 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