附註:Copyright; Contents; Preface; Test Quiz; 1 How healthy are the G7 countries? ; Some influential figures in the G8; 2 The dot.com massacre ; 3 Who caused the fuel crisis? Did it need solving? ; 4 European monetary union: a progress report ; 5 Asylum and immigration: getting beyond the rhetoric ; 6 Economics- A Nobel Science ; 7 Final postscript: after the terrorists struck & ; 8 Conclusion ; 9 Economic and Financial indicators ; 10 Late extra: the 2001 Nobel prize winners.