Willliam Cohan in the NYTimes chronicles How Wall Street Has Gone Free on nearly every incident leading to and during the Financial Meltdown. There is evidence of great fiduciary, civil and regulatory wrongdoing and nothing is being done by Justice or any of the other 17 financial regulatory agencies. Now only one stone remains...
China is trying to portray itself as being a reliable economic and political player on a world scale – that the US and the G20 don’t have to act as the World’s economic engine or political fair players/referees. And the Chinese can point to strong verbal support for Euro Bonds as a sign of...
Both fascinating and frustrating reading. The story of Joseph Needham collecting together the history and legacy of China's technological triumph's is utterly fascinating. But frustrating is the failure of Winchester to shed clear light on why a)China did not already have such a hitorical trove in Beijing and b) why did China miss out on the Industrial Revolution while Japan, even more reclusive, did not.
