The Great American Weakness

The Great American Weakness
A man walks past the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York on May 10, 2021. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
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A recent headline in The Wall Street Journal calls attention to a great American weakness—love of money over the country.

Clyde Prestowitz
Clyde Prestowitz
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Clyde Prestowitz is an Asia and globalization expert, a veteran U.S. trade negotiator, and presidential adviser. He was the leader of the first U.S. trade mission to China in 1982 and has served as an adviser to Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, and Obama. As counselor to the secretary of commerce in the Reagan administration, Prestowitz headed negotiations with Japan, South Korea, and China. His newest book is "The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership," which was published in January 2021.
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