Unit 1 The Year of Rational Pessimism 1
Unit 2 What a Big American Port Says about Shifting Trade Patterns 15
Unit 3 Stoking the Furnace 33
Unit 4 The Budget Deficit ofthe U.S 53
Unit 5 Clock Ticks Down on Fate of Euro,Union 75
Unit 6 Greek Debt Talks again Seem to Be on the Verge of a Deal 93
Unit 7 Japan Looks beyond Its Borders for Investors 111
Unit 8 Mall of the Masses 131
Unit 9 One More Such Victory 147
Unit 10 When the Exxon Way Stops Working 165
Unit 11 Simplify and Repeat 183
Unit 12 The Harry Potter Economy 199
Bibliographic References 222