: About Me

The global effects of the financial crisis continue to disrupt economies around the world. Even nations with relatively well-regulated or isolated economies such as Canada, Australia, Lebanon, India, China and Brazil, after weathering the initial volatility of the financial markets last year, are now beginning to succumb to secondary and tertiary effects as global trade slows down and their exports drop. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have both signaled an increasing reluctance to provide assistance to some of the more precarious countries. Worldwide shipping has droppe...