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Roger Altman and Richard N. Haass argue that a debt crisis in the United States will shrink America's global role and result in a less safe...
Author: Roger C. Altman
Prepared by: Brian Morris
January/February 2009
"The Great Crash, 2008" by Roger C. Altman
Foreign Affairs January/February 2009
The financial crisis has called into serious question the credibility of western governments and may precipitate an eastward shift of power.
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