[Dialogue] Interesting [to me] weekly Global Read

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Steve:
Never under-estimate Singapore
John

At 07:33 AM 8/17/2012, you wrote:
>FridayGlobalist Read from Singapore
>webpage and email subscription here: http://www.theglobalist.com/
>
>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.
>
>--
>Steve
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