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Vertaling: Xander Bron: LEAP/E2020
Verwachting 2010: Hoge inflatie, hoge belastingen, faillissementen - 'VS glijdt helse afgrond in'
Zowel de Westerse als de Chinese economin zijn als zombies: feitelijk dood, maar men wil het alleen nog niet weten of beseffen.

Door: Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin
- Public announcement GEAB N°39 (November 16, 2009)

As anticipated by LEAP/E2020 last February, in the absence of major reappraisal of the international monetary order, the world is now entering the phase of geopolitical dislocation of the global systemic crisis. In 2010, as protectionism and the economic and social depression will gain momentum, a large number of States will be compelled to choose between three brutal options: inflation, high taxation or defaulting on their debt. A growing number of countries (USA, United Kingdom, Euroland (1), Japan, China (2),…) have used all their budgetary and monetary cartridges in the 2008/2009 financial crisis and are now left with no other alternative.

The G8 summit will likely examine exit strategies, but what will the new financial order look like?

Samah El-Shahat, Al Jazeera's resident economist, will be writing a regular column analysing key elements that have contributed to the global financial downturn and its impact across the world.

Roll up. Roll up. Roll up.

Wall Street and the City of London - the world's two major financial centres - declare it is "business as usual" again... They are hiring, poaching each other's staff and their profits are soaring.

Wat moeten we met Geert Wilders?