The+Economist+Special+Reports

Repent at Leisure: a Special Report on Debt (June/July 2010)
[|"Repent at Leisure"] Borrowing has been the answer to all economic troubles in the past 25 years. Now debt itself has become the problem. [|"Paradise Foreclosed"] - The boom has left Florida with an excess of houses, shops and debt. [|"The Morning After"] - A $3 trillion consumer hangover. [|"Betting the Balance Sheet"] - Why managers loaded their companies with debt. [|"A Better Bust?"] - Bankruptcy is becoming less calamitous. [|"The Unkindest Cuts"] - Many countries face the difficult choice of upsetting the markets or upsetting their voters. [|"Judging the Judges"] - The travails of the ratings agencies. [|"In a Hole"] - Stagnation, default or inflation await. The only way out is growth.



Nobody's Backyard: a Special Report on Latin America (September, 2010)
[| "Nobody's Backyard"] - Latin America's new promise - and the need for a new attitude north of the Rio Grande. [| "So Near and Yet So Far"] - A richer, fairer Latin America is within reach, but a lot of things have to be put right first, says Michael Reid. [| "Two Centuries of Hopes and Fears"] - A history of disappointment. [| "It's Only Natural"] - Commodities alone are not enough to sustain flourishing economies. [| "Efficiency Drive"] - Too many of Latin America's businesses are uncompetitive, or outside the formal economy. [| "The Jet Set"] - Embraer bucks the trend. [| "Societies on the Move"] - Expanding the middle class requires better schools and reforms in public spending. [| "The Dark Side"] - The drug business is a blight on societies. [| "Democracy, Latino-style"] - Visible disorder, hidden progress. [| "A Latin American Decade?"] - The reforners have won, but the have yet to consolidate their success.