February 3, 2012

Globalization Creates "China Syndrome"

Chrystia Freeland, Reuters

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Mitt Romney's thumping victory in the Florida primary this week is bringing us closer to a Romney-Obama face-off in the autumn. While we do not know for sure if Romney will clinch the Republican nomination, if he does, we can already say what the central question in November will be: Is the United States one nation under God, or has it become a country where the government needs to secure a better deal for the 99 percent?

We know Romney's view. In a television interview last month, he explained: "When you have a president encouraging the idea of dividing America based on the 99 percent versus 1 percent "” and those people who have been most successful will be in the 1 percent "” you have opened up a whole new wave of approach in this country which is...

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