Web Letters: Waiting for 'The Big One'

By William Greider

This article appeared in the September 10, 2007 edition of The Nation.

August 23, 2007

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  • Lets not forget the toy and food safety fiasco with China. What is that going to do for the Christmas buying season? It is getting pretty close to the big one, and the collapse of the global economy. The Bush Administration has crashed and burned, The global anarchy of "free trade" will soon follow.

    Pervis J. Casey

    Riverside, CA

    08/23/2007 @ 4:05pm


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