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China, Dying for Growth, Is Paying a High Price

China, Dying for Growth, Is Paying a High Price

August 27, 2012 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

You may have read about the bridge that collapsed in northern China this past weekend. It was all of nine months old. Four trucks went down with the 330-foot span that gave way: three deaths and five injuries. Poor design,…

Election 2012: Do Candidates Have a Foreign Policy?

Election 2012: Do Candidates Have a Foreign Policy?

August 21, 2012 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

This has to be the most inward-gazing presidential election in nearly half a century. True, voters are focused on domestic problems: the health care system, joblessness, the fiscal deficit, the state of the economy and what to do about it….

Three Global Hotspots that Can Damage the Recovery

Three Global Hotspots that Can Damage the Recovery

August 13, 2012 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Wories to the west of us, worries to the east. It is hardly the kind of August to encourage us to head for the beach and try to get through Proust for the 16th time. There are signs we are…

Can Draghi Turn the EU Ship Around in Time?

Can Draghi Turn the EU Ship Around in Time?

August 6, 2012 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

What a roller coaster ride Europe has embarked upon. A week ago Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, made his now-famous “whatever it takes” remark in defense of the euro, and the markets bounded upward. Since then…

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