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Asian Officials Push Back Against Savings Glut Theory
BEIJING Asian officials and scholars are pushing back against the notion that their countries' high savings helped cause the financial crisis by flooding the world with money, arguing that lax U.S. financial regulation bears the brunt of the blame. "Asians financed cheap consumption in the ...
The savings glut.  Controversy guaranteed.
The savings glut. Controversy guaranteed.
blogs.cfr.org — Few topics are quite as polarizing as the “savings glut.” The very term is often considered an attempt to shift responsibility for the current crisis away from the United States. That is unfortunate. It is quite possible to believe that the ... (more) The savings glut. Controversy guaranteed.
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