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Economy

The economy after the boom: a diagnosis

THE LONG U.S. economic expansion has ended. Whatever the outcome of the current recession, the odds are against a return to the boom conditions of the second half of 1990s. It may indeed be difficult over the medium run to avoid stagnation/slow growth, or even worse.

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Review

Making peace with America

Two Hours Which Shook the World, by Fred Halliday, Saqi books, London 2002, £12.95.

Subtitled "September 11, Causes and Consequences" Fred Halliday’s book says little about the "two hours which shook the world", but is in fact an assessment of the international political factors which gave rise to the attack, notably the questions of Islamic fundamentalism, globalisation and United States capitalism.

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China

Intensified contradictions and people’s resistance

Premier Zhu Rongji’s Government Work Report, delivered to the People’s Congress this year revealed acute problems in the Chinese society and economy.

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