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Globalization in Retreat
Roger C. Altman. Foreign Affairs. New York: Jul/Aug 2009. Vol. 88, Iss. 4; pg. 2
Abstract (Summary)
The era of free-market capitalism and deregulation is over. As the popularity of the U.S. economic model is waning, China's influence is growing. To