America’s Capitalist Missionaries, Let a Thousand Towers Bloom, Draining the Ruhr
Tim Cook. Elon Musk. Warren Buffet. Jeff Bezos. Jamie Dimon.
Lately, a who’s who of American business power has been sent over to meet their Chinese counterparts. With embassy-level diplomacy increasingly in the deep freeze, are they using their corporate rockstars to do what the State Department can’t?
Meanwhile, inside China, as the post-Covid recovery slows, we may be about to see the economy of Keynes’ dreams swing into action, as the Chinese get busy building. Will it be a clunking fist, or a jumpstart to the heart?
Finally, Germany’s recession dials are blinking red. Will the airbags…
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