The Economist (US) back issues from May 1997:
Blair's Britain.(UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and other news)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Refugees out.(Zaire and other news)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Taking stock.(US defense capabilities and other topics)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Reassurance.(Hong Kong and other news)
May 03, 1997
Deconstructed. (brief reports on Finmeccanica, sales of recorded music worldwide, and IBM)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Unravelling. (brief reports on Nissan Mutual Life, Jinro Group, and Banco di Napoli)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Now reveal yourself.(new UK Prime Minister Tony Blair)(Editorial)
May 03, 1997
Canada's early election: a chance to even up old scores.(Editorial)
May 03, 1997
Breaking Turkey's impasse: constitutional reform, not an army coup, is the way to do it.(Editorial)
May 03, 1997
Expanding ASEAN: a good idea eventually, but not now.(Association of South-East Asian Nations)(Editorial)
May 03, 1997
Fool's mate: IBM's chess-playing computer may see beating Garry Kasparov as a leap forward for artificial intelligence. Sucker.(Editorial)
May 03, 1997
Theme-park tourism: Southern Africa.
May 03, 1997
Just an idea: don't kill Rushdie. (moderates in Iran want to lift the fatwa against author Salman Rushdie, but extremists continue to dominate the issue)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Romania starts to rebuild.
May 03, 1997
Romania's chief sheriff. (Romanian Pres. Emil Constantinescu's popularity has risen since he began a crackdown on corruption and instituted political reforms)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
France's once and future man: the French election. (Prime Minister Alain Juppe)
May 03, 1997
How the French get their choice. (political parties competing in France's National Assembly election)
May 03, 1997
Sweaty palms: Germany. (if leftist parties do well in the French election, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl may be pressured to back off from total European Monetary Union)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
A brave idea: Russia. (raising housing maintenance and utility costs to market levels)(Europe)
May 03, 1997
Take your pick: Italy. (election results)(Europe)
May 03, 1997
Fall out, you lot: Turkey. (opposition may topple coalition-led government)(Europe)
May 03, 1997
Is it a bird? Is it a manager? (Swedish executive Percy Barnevik)
May 03, 1997
Beijing rules: China's state-owned enterprises.
May 03, 1997
The bully at Hong Kong's border. (instances of the Chinese government punishing Hong Kong businesses that have been critical of Chinese leaders)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Activate the money star: satellite operators. (telecom satellites)
May 03, 1997
Three degrees of trial separation. (MacroView Communications creates a new World Wide Web site for networking through relationship chains)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Wrong number: Russian privatisation. (Russia is selling many of its government corporations in order in keep its budget deficit under control)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Wholesome food, unwholesome profits. (German businessman Gunther Fielmann hopes to create an organic farming and food empire)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
A great British bounder. (corporate raider Andrew Regan)(Face Value)
May 03, 1997
Light on the shadows. (underground economy)
May 03, 1997
From here to eternity. (the investment trend into bonds with maturity terms of a century or longer)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Radioactive: Japanese insurers. (Nissan Mutual Life Insurance Co.'s bankruptcy)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Deep pockets: South Korean banks. (impact of the bailout of the Jinro chaebol)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
The price of privatisation: Italian shares. (stock investors lose money after certain privatizations)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Loss control. (Hochtief's legal effort to collect Russian debts)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Saving face: Czech finance. (Investicni a Postovni Banka scandal)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Bear scare: Wall Street. (March-April 1997 stock market activity)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Who knows? Banking in Vietnam.
May 03, 1997
Chequemate. (checking account practices in Vietnam)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
The great escape. (currency boards) (Economics Focus)
May 03, 1997
Trojan DNA: new research has shed light on a possible cause of Alzheimer's disease. It's frequently to do with mitochondria.
May 03, 1997
Secrets of the Cabernet. (researchers trace origins of popular vineyard grape)
May 03, 1997
Flash of the Titans: astronomy. (research on gamma ray bursts)
May 03, 1997
Pukkah hotels: the great old colonial watering holes of Asia are forsaking crumbling grandeur for sleek efficiency. Will only sentimentalists mourn?
May 03, 1997
Desiccated calculating bores. (British politicians have a long history of using colorful language, but the 1997 election was marked by weak, uninteresting rhetoric)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
The rebirth of the blues: the music of poor blacks enriches America's deep south.(Letter from the Mississippi Delta)
May 03, 1997
Locked in the Cabinet.
May 03, 1997
Andres Rodriguez. (former president of Paraguay dies)(Obituary)
May 03, 1997
Economic indicators. (international data on GDP, sales, unemployment, prices, wages, commodities and other economic indicators)(includes focus on Belgium)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Financial indicators. (international data on stockmarkets, interest rates, money supply, global trade and other economic indicators)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Emerging-market indicators. (international data on GDP, consumer prices, financial markets, trade and other economic indicators)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Money talks.(Group of Seven discuss the fast rise of the American dollar and other economic news)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Troubled skies.(satellite television deals, radion spectrum allocation and internet access)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Chopping up America's power. (electricity deregulation)(American Survey)
May 03, 1997
Cross-country co-operation. (rural electric cooperatives vs investor-owned utilities)(American Survey)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Weldless: Massachusetts. (Governor William Weld takes position as US Ambassador to Mexico)(American Survey)
May 03, 1997
Adjutants or accountants? (Defense Dept could save billions for weapons development by outsourcing many jobs)(American Survey)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
For and against the foreign-born. (ethnic and economic profile of immigrants in the US)(American Survey)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
The naked truth. (San Francisco, California, sex dancers unionize)(American Survey)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
The Alamo, again. (Republic of Texas militia in standoff with police in Fort David, Texas)(American Survey)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Mark Neumann, the Republican hothead. (U.S. Congressman)(Lexington)(Column)
May 03, 1997
Shanghai takes shape. (China; economic development and political attitudes)(Asia)
May 03, 1997
Neither black nor white: Australia. (Prime Minister John Howard's plan to resolve land dispute between white farmers and aborigines pleases no one)(Asia)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Revisionism revived: Japan. (growing interest in constitutional revision)(Asia)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997
Too many targets: Pakistan. (Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif fires Pakistan navy head Admiral Mansurul Haq)(Asia)(Brief Article)
May 03, 1997