Includes index.

At head of title: "The economist".

People and relationships. Not quite destiny / John Parker ; The health of nations / Charlotte Howard ; Women's world / Barbara Beck ; Friends indeed / Martin Giles ; Cultural revolutions / Robert Lane Greene -- Heaven and earth. Believe it or not / Anthony Gottlieb ; Feeling the heat / Oliver Morton ; The future of war: the weak become strong / Matthew Symonds ; Freedom's ragged march / Edward Lucas ; Taming Leviathan : the state of the state / Paul Wallace -- Economy and business. The age of emerging markets / Simon Cox ; Globalisation, growth and the Asian century / Laza Kekic ; The great levelling / Zanny Minton Beddoes ; Schumpeter Inc / Adrian Wooldridge ; Market momentum / Philip Coggan -- Knowledge and progress. What (and where) next for science / Geoffrey Carr ; Ad astra / Tim Cross ; The web of knowledge / Kenneth Cukier ; Distance is dead. Long live location / Ludwig Siegele ; Of predictions and progress: more for less / Matt Ridley.