aaa aie Lilies) oni AND te x eG erate YUNG:AUGUST 11, 2008 “TOP of THE WEEK THE ISSUE World Affairs 14 The new age of inflation agony by Rana Foroohar 18 Voices: Dominique Strauss- Kahn, Pascal Lamy, more 26 Campaign’08: politics as usual by Bran Thomas 28 "The intifada in East Jerusalem by Kevin Peraino 31 Why the Afghan surge will fail by Morton Abramowite: 32 British Labour makes therrich richer dy'William Under 34 France: the incarceration nation by Tracy McNicol 35 The new Latin provincial els by Andrew Bast the mind of the American South by Christopher Dickey Society & The Arts 46 Roundtable: the surprising. ‘Singapore theater scene ‘50 How opera discovered Al Gore by Elisa Mala 52 QRA: Amy Tan on the rage for novels in opera form DEPARTMENTS 4 Periscope 5 Perspectives 13 World View 57 The Good Life 60 The Last Word The Raging Fires of Inflation ‘< Spiraling prices threaten the lives of the poor, the livelihoods of everyone. Top global thinkers on how it got this bad, what happens next and what to do. Page 14 i J . PUSHING LIMITS: Four directors (COVER ILLusrRATION ny JOR ZF DESIGN, INC discuss Singapore’ theater wene Gatien tam Ry noc re hves Orem Nor oe Fed Imes Pr Stn ren Gren re Pa et tic wl wt eters reer ane pee nth, coven Wo smb com Sprat ah wwen OMe ee ete NE e890 Spgs) WT Mla one) MD Re,