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The New World Order: A Map - Newsweek
1. New Hansa: Denmark, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden
2. The Border Areas: Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, U.K.
Dependence on China: The indispensable economy? | The Economist
China is, in itself, a big and dynamic part of the world economy. For that reason alone it will make a sizeable contribution to world growth this year. The harder question is whether it can make a big contribution to the rest of the world’s growth.
When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you might be able to spend a day reading a book, the realization dawns that perhaps the situation has become a little more stressful than you would like.
How to stop a currency war | The Economist:
As fiscal austerity kicks in, the appeal of using a cheaper currency as a source of demand will increase, and the pressure on politicians to treat China as a scapegoat will rise.
If China’s weak currency becomes a scapegoat for America’s continuing economic woes, the US risks ducking the more fundamental causes of its own weakness, poor education and dysfunctional government.
Mothers, brothers and sisters speak of a miracle, but they do so in hushed tones, almost afraid that if they celebrate too exuberantly they could jinx the rescue of the men who are still to come.
What a story!
Above: “The True Size of Africa” by Kai Krause. (via.)
Also, Germany is the size of Montana.
But it is now a matter of honour for the security forces to scrape them out from the bottom of the sewers and bring them out into the light of day.
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