The Economist (US) back issues from May 1988:
Cheating is wrong ... isn't it? (insider trading may serve a useful purpose)
May 07, 1988
Wunderkind at 40. (West Germany) (editorial)
May 07, 1988
Alas, poor Marx. (Hungary's economic policy) (editorial)
May 07, 1988
Every peace has a price. (Angola) (editorial)
May 07, 1988
Arctic antic. (Canada's defense spending) (editorial)
May 07, 1988
Two laws for Lloyd's: filling the regulatory gaps in London's insurance market. (editorial)
May 07, 1988
Gilded youth. (British education) (editorial)
May 07, 1988
Yearning to breathe free. (welcoming refugees) (editorial)
May 07, 1988
Waking them up. (English lawyers)
May 07, 1988
A man, a plan, a cabal ... Panama. (Manuel Noriega )
May 07, 1988
Four shots, no injuries. (control of drug trafficking from Mexico to the U.S.)
May 07, 1988
Day of judgement. (end of U.S. immigration amnesty )
May 07, 1988
Not what they were. (US primary elections)
May 07, 1988
Time to share the burden. (US spends more on defense than allies)
May 07, 1988
Standing tall. (basketball's popularity in the US)
May 07, 1988
Whose property? (child custody)
May 07, 1988
Ethics are infectious. (Congress)
May 07, 1988
$2 billion poorer. (David Packard to give $2 billion to charity)
May 07, 1988
Showdown in Punjab.
May 07, 1988
India's friend in need. (relations with Afghanistan)
May 07, 1988
Will they beat the clock? (Sri Lanka)
May 07, 1988
Well, it's better than a coup. (Thai politics)
May 07, 1988
The war that will not die. (Japan and China)
May 07, 1988
The rites of May. (some Japanese want to rewrite their constitution)
May 07, 1988
The Israelis go knocking on Hafez Assad's back door.
May 07, 1988
Crusty old caudillo seeks rich friends. (Cuba's new image)
May 07, 1988
Suddenly, doubt. (Chile)
May 07, 1988
Going to pot. (Jamaica)
May 07, 1988
Smelling a Brazilian rabbit.
May 07, 1988
Bandit country. (Sudan)
May 07, 1988
All one now. (Zimbabwe)
May 07, 1988
Lost sheep. (South Africa)
May 07, 1988
The turbulent other half. (communist half of Europe)
May 07, 1988
Indignant, Omsk. (more than one party line in Soviet Union)
May 07, 1988
The battle of Budapest.
May 07, 1988
Much ado. (Denmark's general election)
May 07, 1988
Not much let or hindrance. (IRA operations near German border)
May 07, 1988
Three go free. (3 French captives released in Lebanon)
May 07, 1988
Street cries. (political violence in Turkey)
May 07, 1988
Weightlifter diplomacy. (Turkey and Bulgaria)
May 07, 1988
Tongue twisters. (Belgian politics)
May 07, 1988
The Philippines: a question of faith. (Special Section: The Philippines Survey)
May 07, 1988;
Historical preference: the Philippines has its chosen few. (Special Section: The Philippines Survey)
May 07, 1988;
From riches to rags; corruption and cronyism in the Marcos era. (Special Section: The Philippines Survey)
May 07, 1988;
Cory's magic. (Corazon Aquino) (Special Section: The Philippines Survey)
May 07, 1988;
Violence breeds violence. (Special Section: The Philippines Survey)
May 07, 1988;
Questions of land. (land reform) (Special Section: The Philippines Survey)
May 07, 1988;
Words rather than action; Filipinos talk too much for their own good. (Special Section: The Philippines Survey)
May 07, 1988;
Action rather than words; let deeds speak for themselves. (Special Section: The Philippines Survey)
May 07, 1988;
One more defeat on the long retreat. (British industrial relations)
May 07, 1988
A rocky case. (Geoffrey Howe tries to stop television stations from airing programs on killing of IRA terrorists in Gibraltar)
May 07, 1988
When more is worse. (public spending)
May 07, 1988
On shaky foundations. (British construction industry)
May 07, 1988
Competitive cure. (private health care)
May 07, 1988
An independent account. (independent television news)
May 07, 1988
The pint-sized monopoly. (Britain's milk industry)
May 07, 1988
Bigger Biggin. (Biggin Hill Airport used for executive travel)
May 07, 1988
The best years of their lives. (Women's Land Army has final reunion)
May 07, 1988
Reuter and Herrhausen in troubled tandem. (Edzard Reuter, Alfred Herrhausen) (includes related article)
May 07, 1988
Leading up the garden path? (financial markets follow U.S. index of leading economic indicators)
May 07, 1988
Broadening the mind. (Japanese tourism)
May 07, 1988
Getting down to business. (Mexican privatization)
May 07, 1988
The taxman counteth. (income tax rates in Japan)
May 07, 1988
Meanwhile in Brazil.... (protectionism)
May 07, 1988
Broadcast blues. (television in America)
May 07, 1988