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Topic: How the World Works (page 6)

A conversation about globalization.

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2011, file photo U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner answers questions at the closing press conference of the G20 Finance summit in Paris. Five years and one financial crisis since the United States and China commenced regular high-level economic talks, fast-growing Beijing might have the upper hand Monday, May 9, 2011, in the latest round of discussions between the world's two biggest economies. While analysts don't foresee major breakthroughs at the talks Monday and Tuesday, China's expanding economic might will give it greater leverage now. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File) (AP)

** HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL 12:10 AM EST TUESDAY NOV. 22, 2010 ** This image provided by the White House shows chairman of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, Austan Goolsbee, during a White House White Board video series. Pay a visit to the White House blog, Facebook or YouTube and you'll find Goolsbee planted in front of a dry-erase board deconstructing the president's economic policies on matters such as taxes and jobs. Four times this fall, Goolsbee has taken marker in hand to frame complex economic matters in viewer-friendly terms. (AP Photo/White House) (AP)

Peter Diamond

At the Federal Reserve, a big win for the GOP

Eric Cantor and John Boehner

In this May 3, 2011 photo, Samantha Ferrara, 19, waits in line for a job fair to open, in Independence, Ohio. Employers added more than 200,000 jobs in April for the third straight month, the biggest hiring spree in five years. But the unemployment rate rose to 9 percent in part because some people resumed looking for work. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) (Tony Dejak)

The end of the recovery?

President Barack Obama speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington after meeting with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., regarding the budget and possible government shutdown, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Charles Dharapak)

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein (Jason Reed / Reuters)

Abraham Lincoln

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) (Elaine Thompson)

First nations natives from British Columbia protest in front of the headquarters of Enbridge before the company's annual general meeting in Calgary, Alberta, May 11, 2011. The natives are protesting an oil pipeline that will go through their land. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA - Tags: BUSINESS ENERGY CIVIL UNREST) (Â© Todd Korol / Reuters)

Texas Gov. Rick Perry

The abandoned and decaying Packard Motor Car Manufacturing plant, built in 1907 and designed by Albert Kahn, is seen near downtown Detroit, Michigan June 21, 2009. As communities from Buffalo to Milwaukee struggle with shuttered factories and vacant neighborhoods, some have turned abandoned properties into parks, gardens and other open space, even going so far as to plow under entire neighborhoods. In Flint, Michigan, the birthplace of General Motors, a pioneering program that allows local government to capture profits from tax foreclosures has generated funds to demolish over 1,000 abandoned homes in the past five years. Picture taken June 21. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES TRANSPORT BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) (Â© Rebecca Cook / Reuters)

Republican senators John McCain, Jim DeMint, and Rand Paul

President Obama

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Elizabeth Warren, interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, appearing before the House Oversight Committee on May 24, 2011.

President Barack Obama greets audience members during a reception in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month at the White House, Tuesday, May 17, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (Associated Press)

Herman Cain, Tim Pawlenty and Newt Gingrich

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