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Essay, Nov/Dec 2009
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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Snapshot,
Roger M. Kubarych

Are the bank bailouts a reward for bad behavior? Maybe. But keeping large financial institutions in business still makes sense.

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Essay, May/June 2009
Ian Bremmer

Across the world, the free market is being overtaken by state capitalism, a system in which the state is the leading economic actor. How should the United States respond?

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Response, May/June 2009
Robert Madsen; Richard Katz

Does the current financial crisis resemble Japan's "lost decade" of the 1990s? It may be even worse, argues Robert Madsen. Not so, replies Richard Katz.

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Author Interview,
Ian Bremmer

This week, Ian Bremmer answers questions submitted by readers about the rise of state capitalism and the future of the free market. 

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Comment,
Richard N. Cooper

An annotated Foreign Affairs syllabus on the Great Depression.

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Snapshot,
Martin J. Gross

Hedge funds did not cause the crash. But they need to get over what the markets did to them and what they did to themselves.

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Snapshot,
Minxin Pei

The financial crisis is challenging Beijing's ability to hold up its end of the deal with the country's elite, leading to a potential threat to the continued rule of the Chinese Communist Party.

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Comment, Mar/Apr 2009
Richard Katz

The financial crisis of 2008 is not a replay of Japan’s “lost decade” of the 1990s. The current crisis is the result of correctable policy mistakes rather than deep structural flaws in the economy.

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Snapshot,
Weijian Shan

In the 1990s, the South Korean government was forced to nationalize its insolvent banks. Today, as the United States is faced with the same policy, it should follow the Korean example: To get the best returns on its investment, it should price bank assets over time, rather than all at once.

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