What to Expect From the Economic Crisis Summit
Those who supply the stage for such large and formal exercises in summitry try to ensure that they produce real results, in addition to the pomp and policy papers. Such summits inevitably run the risk of being "just a big circus," says Daniel Hamilton, a former Clinton administration diplomat who is director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the School of Advanced International Studies.
Yet with the scope of the global economic wreckage so widespread and deep, the leaders gathering in Washington this week may insist that, at the least, they demonstrate the will to modernize a battered financial system.
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What to expect from the economic crisis summit.
G-20 members are together for a party sipping $500.00/bottle
vintage wine with all the special food and trimmings. On the
other hand, even at the same city of power brokering, perhaps
thousands of people are worrying about having a can of chicken
soup to fill the stomach. We are in this mess due to the
ruthless greed of the financial institutions, oil companies
and producing countries, and above all the silent partners who
are the politicians. Now, they are gathered from many parts of
the world to solve the problem overnight. I pray that God may
have mercy upon them because they think that nobody can read
their mindset of hypocrisy.
Ecomic Summit
Bush to the rescue? It's like me killing my parents then complaining I'm an orphan. Hasn't he done enough? What we will witness is the groundwork being laid for global government. A bunch of international finaciers will discuss how to solve the problem they created by their own great. The chickens are coming home to roost.
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