This Is Not America's Final Crisis |
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| Authors: | JACQUES ATTALI |
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| Affiliation: | Chairs the President Nicolas Sarkozy‐appointed committee on “freeing the economy” in France. He was a top aide to President Fran?ois Mitterrand and the first president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He spoke with NPQ editor Nathan Gardels in Davos, Switzerland, in January. |
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| Abstract: | Globalization has indeed flattened the earth, paving the way for new beginnings and the resurgence of old cultures alike by levelling the playing field for all comers. While this new era of post‐globalization certainly heralds de‐Westernization by century's end, is it more likely to mean a revival of the old ways of the East or the new hybrid ways of the first global civilization? Some of Asia's most provocative voices, as well as the world's most renowned cellist and cross‐pollinating musician, offer their views. |
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