Happiness and Income Everything that rises must converge Emerging markets are catching up with the West in the happiness stakes POETS, songwriters and left-wing politicians hate the idea, but for decades opinion-poll evidence has been clear: money bu...
America's mid-term elections The silent centre If moderates don't vote next week, extremists will thrive ALL political campaigns involve a certain amount of looking voters straight in the eye and lying to them. But America's mid-term election campaig...
Tax reform in India The truck stops here A fix for India's indirect-tax system is overdue but it may fall short of the ideal TRADE negotiators were dismayed when in July India scuppered a chance to make modest progress on a global trade deal. Perhaps...
Art Imitable A master forger's works are auctioned THE sale of more than 200 drawings on October 22nd by a small auction house near Salisbury in south-west England has threatened to open old wounds in the art world. The works were by Eric Hebborn, a...
China's carmakers Zoom, zoom, splutter SAIC's domestic brands are unloveda problem shared across the industry CHINA'S biggest carmaker does not seem to be doing so badly, a first glance at SAIC's third quarter results on October 30th would suggest. N...
Colombia's Pacific region More than perfume, please The poverty-stricken Pacific eludes attempts to improve it A grim view of the ocean FOR decades, Colombia's masters have told the world, and their own citizens, that they cherish being a Pacific pow...
The fitness industry It works out cheaper Cut-price gyms are seizing a growing share of a stagnant market Bulk discount GETTING out of a pricey monthly gym membership has traditionally been as hard as squeezing into lycra after the Christmas break. B...
Housing Nimble opposition A new study confirms suspicions about what drives planning decisions ON A road called Glyders, in Benfleet, east of London, it looks as though every house is on the market. But the crucial words for sale are missing from the...
Human rights The gay divide Victories for gay rights in some parts of the world have provoked a backlash elsewhere THERE was a teenager in Arizona in the 1970s who could no more imagine longing to touch a woman than longing to touch a toaster. But he...
Cannabis in Chile Easing the agony The state relaxes its stance on the use of the drug as a painkiller CECILIA HEYDER has breast cancer. She also has systemic lupus, a disease of the immune system. She's had a mastectomy, radiotherapy and chemotherap...
