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Detroit, sinonim za američku autoindustriju. Naslovi kao…

Saving Detroit – from itself

… govore sami za sebe, Detroit=autoindustrija. No da li je to sve Detroit. Da li ste znali da je Detroit grad sa najviše ubojstava u cijeloj Americi, a Amerika je opet zemlja sa najviše oružja po glavi stanovnika (legalnog oružja i ilegalnog). Detroit? Koliko veze ima jedno s drugim? Sindikati? Političari? AutoIndustrija? Krupni kapital? Nemam pojma ali evo jedan dokumentarac koji opisuje stanje u Detroitu.

 Naravno, sad kad dođe Obama sad će sve biti super… :-p

A Kinezi…

China encourages spendthrift citizens to spend

BEIJING, China — The Hu Family now spends evenings at home instead of going out to dine or shop. They are petrified by all the bad news they see on TV– the financial meltdown in the West, the dwindling Chinese exports, the closures of factories, and the workers’ protests. “When I first heard about the financial crisis,” says father Hu Bingyi, “I had a feeling that, wow, it’s so near me. Will this affect us?”

It is already affecting many Chinese families. “We don’t buy many clothes anymore,” says Mrs. Hu. “We shop online, and more often we take the bus or subway or ride our bikes.” To earn extra cash, she runs a sideline business selling pajamas on line. “We’re still a little worried,” she says. “We’re not sure what the future will be like, so we still prefer to save money in the bank.”

Not exactly what the Chinese government wishes. Last weekend, it announced the biggest stimulus package in its history to kick-start the domestic economy, which is now dragged down by the recession in the West and the dwindling demand for Chinese exports. Simply put, Beijing now wants Chinese people to spend and spend so as to tide China through the economic crisis.

Da, još je i bilo "dobro" dok su Amerikanci kupovali … makar za Božić… kako sad nagovoriti Kineze da sami kupuju "to" što proizvode? Oni nisu "Amerikanci"… a niti Europljani…

 Glavno da G20 zna što treba napraviti… nastaviti tamo gdje su stali.