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Thomas F. Madden

Capsule Review
Nov/Dec
2009
Empires of Trust: How Rome Built -- and America Is Building -- a New World
<p>G. John Ikenberry</p>

Books about the end of the American era and a "return to multipolarity" should be read alongside this fascinating contrary view. Madden, a scholar of ancient history, argues that the United States shares important similarities with the long-lasting Roman Empire.
Capsule Review
Jan/Feb
2009
Empires of Trust: How Rome Built -- and America Is Building -- a New World
Walter Russell Mead
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In the Magazine

November/December 2009, 6, 88
Essay
The Dollar and the Deficits
C. Fred Bergsten

The global economic crisis has revealed the folly of large U.S. budget and trade deficits, as well as of the strong dollar that makes them possible. If it is serious about recovery, the United States must balance the budget, stimulate private saving, and embrace a declining dollar.
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