Politics of a different sort poses more immediate problems.

ECONOMIST: Buying farmland abroad

The recent problems faced by options folk have been of an altogether different sort: they have not been able to get their hands on shares on which they have sold calls (the right to buy).

ECONOMIST: Technology shares

It thrives on synergies between different areas of education: when a student flunks a test, its coaching arm can offer to help sort out his problems.

ECONOMIST: Reading, writing and enrichment