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Global Economy: Is Anybody in Control?

The world seems to be in a negative sum game where not letting the other side get its way is most important.
Global Economy: Is Anybody in Control?
GOLD RUSH: Thai customers queue to buy gold at a jewellery shop in Bangkok on August 9, 2011. The price of gold struck a record high above 1,700 USD an ounce on August 8 with dealers flocking to the safe haven metal as Asian stocks tumbled. Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty Images
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GOLD RUSH: Thai customers queue to buy gold at a jewellery shop in Bangkok on August 9, 2011. The price of gold struck a record high above 1,700 USD an ounce on August 8 with dealers flocking to the safe haven metal as Asian stocks tumbled. (Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty Images)
David Dapice
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