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The Plight of the New World Order

By TheRealNews.com
April 18, 2009

While the Obama administration sees glimmers of economic hope, the challenge of the financial crisis continues to reverberate around the world.

In an assessment of these problems, news analyst Pepe Escobar looks at the failure of regulation that precipitated the crisis and the unwillingness of U.S. government leaders to confront the magnitude of the troubles ahead.

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Escobar says the crisis is forging a “new world order” that increasingly contests the notion of U.S. dominance.

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