Briefing
POLITICS BRIEF
Empty vessels?
Alexis de Tocqueville called political parties an evil inherent in free governments. The second of our briefs on the mature democracies in transition asks whether parties are in decline
POLITICS BRIEF
Is there a crisis?
After the collapse of communism, the world saw a surge in the number of new democracies. But why are the citizens of the mature democracies meanwhile losing confidence in their political institutions? This is the first in a series of articles on democracy in transition
EURO BRIEF
Snakes and ladders
EURO BRIEF
Eleven into one may go
The European Union’s new single currency, the euro, will replace 11 national currencies, from the D-mark to the Portuguese escudo, on January 1st. The first in a series of briefs looks at the background to this historic venture
A car is born
Choosing to launch a global product in an emerging market is risky. But Fiat had good reason to do so with the Palio
