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• It is in Beijing's interests to lend Geithner a hand - Martin Wolf, Finantial Times

If China wants its claims on the US to be safe, it must facilitate an adjustment in the global balance of payments. If it and other surplus countries wish to run huge surpluses and accumulate vast financial claims, they should expect defaults

• Economists clash on shifting sands - Robert Skidelsky, Finantial Times

The debate over the effect of the fiscal stimulus is not between historians and economists but within the economic profession itself

• Will Iran Become Our Ally? - Leslie Gelb, The Daily Beast
• Democrats Nering Consensus on Health Plan - New York Times
• Is Larry Summers a Big Meanie? - Ezra Klein, Washington Post