At the moment, the three exchanges seem happy to rub along together.

ECONOMIST: Grains of truth

That was hardly an advertisement for Mr Museveni's ability to teach the merits of market economics, but it saved Uganda's privatisation programme and restored faith in the belief that democracy and economic reform can rub along together.

ECONOMIST: The rulers, the ruled and the African reality

One answer is that in the Balkans, as in some other societies where people of different races and religions rub along together, a strong hand at the top, be it that of an Ottoman viceroy, a Habsburg monarch or a communist despot such as Tito, may be a prerequisite for harmony.

ECONOMIST: Cooling down Kosovo