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Middle Class and Globalization: A Historical Perspective (Part II)

Is the United States getting serious about reinvigorating its middle class?

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Middle Class and Globalization: A Big Power Comparison (Part I)

Which nation stands to lose the most compared to its own expectations, projected path and historic experiences?

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Is the U.S. Middle Class at a Turning Point?

Is the United States prepared for economically stressful times?

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The American Dream Is Alive and Well…In China

Could it be that the Chinese now believe more in the American Dream than do Americans themselves?

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Obama and Merkel at the G20: Loved in the World, Unwanted at Home

Why are Barack Obama and Angela Merkel more popular abroad than at home?

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U.S. Health Insurers: Scamming a Hurried People

Why are U.S. health insurance companies as difficult to deal with as bureaucracies in Soviet-era Russia?

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Fiscal Keynesianism for the Upper Classes

Keynesian measures are politically very contentious in the U.S. — even one it comes to applying them to the upper classes.

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America’s G2 Obsession

Is a “G2” consisting of China and the United States really a wise strategy for America?

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Why Obama Can Only Dream About Being David Cameron

Why does President Obama have plenty of reasons to secretly admire David Cameron, his British counterpart?

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Dateline China: Mr. Zhou Takes on Western Finance

Might China’s Communist Party present a better training ground for today's financial edifices than the practices prevailing in the West?

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