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Monday, January 09, 2006
Live from China -- No, not me. (At least not until March.) Public radio's business program, Marketplace, has a collection of special reports this week about the most important economic power of the 21st century. Things are different because of what's happening in China, and will continue to be different in important and unexpected ways.
Unexpected?
Sure...Who would have thought that thriving free markets and capitalism were not dependent on democratic underpinnings? Who would have thought that a Beijing-Bentonville supply chain would have the effect on US retail and inflation that it has? Who would have expected that an "emerging" economy would be moving so fast toward R&D and product development independence? Who thinks that we know what's going to come out of China even 10 years from now?
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