The United States and the European Union (mainly those countries in the Euro zones and the United Kingdom), the world's two largest economies, do not share the same view as to how to cope with the financial crisis--- a sign that shows the two sides are competing for the leading role in the international financial market.
The interests of investors is much better represented in Washington than those of taxpayers and Wall Street loves the idea of a rescue at the expense of the taxpayer.
The market that is capable of regulating the health care system in America has completely failed. A system in which the seller can set prices as they see fit has nothing to do with the market economy.
Robin Koerner-. Published in Nezavisimaya Voyenaye Obazreniye
The worst that the West and Russia are capable of in the near future, if relations worsen, are major and minor bouts of nastiness in the periphery regions of both sides.
The question is whether the battle for oil will boil over from diplomatic and power-political competition, as between the U.S., China and Africa, to straight war between states.