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| Economy
The economy after the boom: a diagnosisTHE 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. -> read article... |
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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. -> read article... |
| China
Intensified contradictions and people’s resistancePremier Zhu Rongji’s Government Work Report, delivered to the People’s Congress this year revealed acute problems in the Chinese society and economy. -> read article... |
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