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U.S. subprime crisis, Europe and the world economy. Moderated by Thomas L. Friedman
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After all the trouble and difficulties the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 brought along, which could not be solved during 2010, many people are hoping that 2011 will be the year when the economy will find its way back to solid growth to shrink unemployment back to its natural rate and to end the frustration [...]

A leader leads by example not by force.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
- Sun Tzu
With Sun Tzu being one of the most famous, China has been blessed with numerous outstanding strategists in influential positions.
Sun Tzu, author of The Art of War, was an ancient Chinese philosopher and strategist who lived several centuries BC. Many of [...]

There are many who predict that the increasing economic and political power of Asia will make the 21st century the “Asian century”. Given that several forecasts about China’s economic development see China overtaking the U.S. as the world’s largest economy in terms of GDP well before mid-century, there is a chance that Asia’s leading economies could [...]

The recent surge of the U.S. dollar against other major currencies - most notably the euro due to Greece’s financial woes - could potentially be severely damaging to the American economy.
The strengthening of the dollar is obviously not accompanied by a strenghtening of the overall economy. Unemployment is still at 9.7%, President Obama just recently proposed his $ [...]