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This 2007 edition of The Economist Pocket World in Figures includes new rankings on such things as as islands, migrants, remittances, official reserves. Big Mac index, oil reserves, e-readiness, heart disease, trade in cultural goods, digital musi and several environmental measures. The world...

Preface From 1993 to 1995,1 sold derivatives on Wail Street. During that time, the seventy or so people I worked with in the derivatives group at Morgan Stanley in New York, London, and Tokyo generated total fees of about $ 1 billion - an average of almost $15 million a person. We were arguably...

1 Why markets matter The euro is slightly higher against the yen. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is off 18 points in active trading. A Chinese airline loses millions of dollars with derivatives. Following the Bank of England's decision to lower its base rate, monthly mortgage payments are set...

10 Kotes This 2010 edition of The Economist Pocket World in Figures includes new rankings on such things as demographics, company market capitalisations, stockmarket falls, universities, broadband, leisure time and activities, police forces, household sizes, champagne drinking and various...