The Economist (US) back issues from October 2002:
The Mexicans are coming! Mexico's film industry.(Mexico's reviving film industry)(growing popularity of Mexican films in the US)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Delinquent; Politics in Argentina.(Argentina's crime wave)(citizen concern over violent crimes, and possible police connections)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Hung up on getting strung up; The Caribbean.(The death penalty in the Caribbean)(increasing rate of violent crimes)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Theatre of discontent; Health care in Canada.(Canada's strained health system)(new concerns about medical care in Canada)
Oct 05, 2002
The Koreas united, for a day; The Asian Games.(2002 Asian Games in South Korea finds North Korea participating)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
The case of the poisoned ducks; China.(Legal redress in China)(more environmental-damage cases are being heard, but courts are generally ill-prepared)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
The European Bank for Repressionand Dictatorship? Uzbekistan.(Uzbekistan, the EBRD and human rights)(European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans 2003 conference in Uzbekistan)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Khaki election; Pakistan's election.(efforts to increase democracy in Pakistan)
Oct 05, 2002
Men and women in black; The Philippines' presidency.(The Philippines' president)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
It's war; The Philippines.(Tax and the Philippines)(efforts to reduce tax evasion)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Lloyd George knew my father; Historical biography.('The Asquiths')
Oct 05, 2002
Spanish lessons; Against Napoleon in Spain.('The Peninsular War: A New History')(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
A Confederate robber; American legends.('Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War')
Oct 05, 2002
Bits and pieces; New American fiction.('Middlesex')(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Love by osmosis; Proust in translation.('In Search of Lost Time')
Oct 05, 2002
Modesty and melancholy; Russian composers.('Musorgsky: His Life and Work')(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
The value of dissent; Daniel Ellsberg.('Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers')
Oct 05, 2002
Kiss, tell, cringe; More sex.(Sordid secrets grip the nation)(woman reveals affair with former UK prime minister John Major)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Not very special; Secondary schools.(Illusory improvements in schools)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Crofters' Klondike; Wind power.(Wind power in Scotland)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
With friends like these; Bagehot.(Tony Blair and the Labour Party)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
A bloody nose; Labour and the unions.(Labour versus the unions)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Steady as she goes; The economy.(Britain's gloomier economic prospects)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 05, 2002
Stiff competition; Sex industry.(Adult entertainment tries to grow up)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Countless people; Census.(Britain's missing migrants)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 05, 2002
First, be nicer to each other; Kosovo's final status.(Kosovo's future status under consideration)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Europe's Mexico option; Charlemagne.(Imagine the United States embracing Mexico, as the EU is embracing Central Europe)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
What about rights for reindeer? Norway's far north.(Norway's unhappy Arctic-dwellers)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Uncle Sam lays down the law; The International Criminal Court.(The EU and the International Criminal Court)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Independence? Let's have a vote; Spain and its Basques.(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Unpalatable message; French winegrowers.(France's wine crisis)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 05, 2002
A chancellor looks anxiously ahead; Germany's government.(Re-elected as Germany's chancellor, Gerhard Schroder finds the going tough)
Oct 05, 2002
Disappointing; Italy's budget.(Italy's ill-received budget plan)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Reform? Forget it; The EU's agricultural policy.(Europe's farm reforms postponed)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Backwards or forwards? Serbia's presidential election.(Serbia's knife-edge presidential election)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
George's is dead; Wall Street dining.(Wall Street diner)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Too nice in Basel; Bank regulation.(Financial regulators favour the big)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
The Takenaka challenge; Bank reform in Japan.(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Battling over the bankrupt; IMF/World Bank meetings.(Battles over sovereign default)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Capital concerns; European insurers.(Europe's enfeebled insurers)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Squeezing the gnomes; Banking secrecy.(Banking secrecy and the EU's tax on savings)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Roots of development; Economics focus.(The role of institutions in development)(Brief Article)(Column)
Oct 05, 2002
Capitulate or die; Investment banking under fire.(proposed regulations for investment banks)(Industry Overview)
Oct 05, 2002
Most stockmarkets hit new five- or six-year lows before bouncing back briefly.(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
More than 1.6m people die each year from homicide, suicide, war and other "intentional injuries", according to a new report on violence and health from the World Health Organisation (WHO).(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Argentina's trade surplus rose to $14.1 billion in the year to August.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 05, 2002
Each month The Economist surveys a group of forecasters and calculates the average of their predictions for economic growth, inflation and current-account balances for 15 countries and for the euro area.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 05, 2002
The meaning of Lula - The meaning of Lula; Brazil's presidential election.(Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva)
Oct 05, 2002
Wailing Wall Street; Investment banking.(effects of proposed regulations for investment banks)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Who's been cheating? British exams.(How to run exams)(new grading system in the United Kingdom causes concern and anger)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Moving on the banks; Japan.(Japan looks at the bad-loan mess)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Pick the right fight; The UN and Iraq.(Disarming Iraq is the issue, not getting inspectors back)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Scandalous; Farm policy.(Europe's common agricultural policy)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Kathleen McGrath; Kathleen McGrath, warship captain, died on September 26th, aged 50.(United States Naval officer)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Oct 05, 2002
Can Lula finish the job? - Brazil's election; The challenge facing Brazil's Lula.(presidential candidate and opposition leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva)
Oct 05, 2002
What does the Internet look like? Internet topology.(The shape of the Internet)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
A solid future for lighting; Light-emitting diodes.(The future of lighting)(Industry Overview)
Oct 05, 2002
Two's company; The genomics of malaria.(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Mephistopheles and the Torch; Lexington.(Robert Torricelli's lost soul)(Brief Article)(Column)
Oct 05, 2002
On the sixth day, post-modernism; The attack on evolution.(The attack on evolution resumes)(Cobb County, Georgia allows teaching of creationism)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Going down? The economy.(America's weakening economy)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Connie's conundrum; Maryland politics.(Connie Morella's difficult race)(Maryland's 8th District: 2002 election)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Just step this way; Crossing the border.(Easing the Mexico border)(plans to build a bridge from the southernmost US to Tijuana, Mexico)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002
Open up everything, or else; Dealing with Iraq.(America's struggle for a new UN resolution on Iraq)(inspection of weapons of mass destruction)
Oct 05, 2002
Home truths from the Barbershop; Black politics.(The new wave of black leaders)(Brief Article)
Oct 05, 2002