[Dialogue] Interesting [to me] weekly Global Read

[steve har]

FridayGlobalist Read from Singapore
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Nothing is  quite so bracing as an informed view of your own country
from someone else's country.

When I live in USofA Costa Rica is invisible
When I live in Costa Rica I'm continually astonished what they know,
see, love and pray for re my home country.

Here's this weeks Globalist [from Singapore] content

America, Enjoy the Downward Slide
Michael Lind recently worried in The Globalist about the British seeds
of America's decline.

Meghnad Desai, an Indian-born economist and member of Britain's House
of Lords, responds by calling on Americans to relax and enjoy shedding
the burdens of its far-flung and expensive empire.

The Danger of More Financial Concentration
The financial industry has witnessed a wave of mergers and
acquisitions in recent decades, leading to too-big-to-fail
conglomerates. This trend has not improved the economic function of
finance, writes Henry Kaufman. In fact, its reversal is one of the
keys to creating a robust economic recovery.
 	
and...

The India-Brazil Axis
There has been plenty of talk in recent years about the parallels
between India and China. In his book "Breakout Nations," Ruchir Sharma
finds more compelling similarities to India in an emerging market half
a world away.

Can Central Bankers Cope With the Crisis?
What sets the current financial crisis apart from past ones is not
just the huge overhang of sovereign debt, but where it resides.
Formerly confined mainly to the developing world, sovereign debt
problems are now endemic throughout the West, writes Henry Kaufman.

China's Development-First Approach to Africa
Stephan Richter's op-ed appeared in the English-language edition of
the China Daily, on August 14. A Portuguese version appeared in
Brazil's Valor Econômico (PDF), on August 9.

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Steve