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...Beyond the immediate economic impact, there are already signs that this meltdown will have longer-term repercussions. One is that policymakers everywhere will have to go back to the drawing board to figure out a more effective system of financial-crisis management. "Governments are making the same mistake over and over again. They're trying to deal with the crisis on a piecemeal basis," says Dennis J. Snower, president of Germany's Kiel Institute for the World Economy. He advocates a far more ambitious solution, including the creation of a new international agency that can act as a lender...
...cooperation to remain an optimist. The former European Commissioner for External Relations is an unashamed liberal internationalist, happy to call antiglobalization activists hypocrites. But he also recognizes the severe damage American adventurism has done to Washington's image over the past few years and warns against exaggerating the impact of globalization on billions of poor people. The world, he says, is not "entirely flat...
...eyes are now on the upcoming meeting of G-7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs scheduled for Friday in Washington. On Tuesday, Japan's Prime Minister, Taro Aso, urged industrialized countries to take further measures to shore up credit markets. "The impact would be substantial if the G-7 didn't send a clear message," he said. Meanwhile, as the crisis continues to deepen, Asia's frustration continues to mount. "Masters of the Universe have bitten the dust, the same dust that is now in the mouths of the rest of us," Nirupam Sen, India's permanent representative...
...scale of the envisaged capital injections indicated how large the government anticipates the holes in banks' balance sheets may actually be. The market is also mulling the impact of the government's stipulation that banks participating in the scheme must restrict executive pay and dividends to other shareholders. The voluntary nature of the scheme is also problematic, says a City fund manager based at an Asian-owned bank. "It would have removed more uncertainty if the government had just applied the plan to the banks across the board," she says. "Now we have to worry about which banks might need...
...knew [Emily] would have an impact, that she’d be good,” Watson said. “The first week of preseason, she started winning races in practice, and beating us in drills. We thought, ‘Wow, she’s going to be really good...