I didn't want to post that in Bloggers & Personal. Good technique.
AEP throws this out for comment in his blog to test the waters. The comments are quite enlightening and cerebral.
yitbos
The comment from alydar, in particular, reporting on a prognostication from 2004, is quite interesting. That post links to the full article here:
CHINA’S GREAT DEPRESSION
by Krassimir Petrov, Ph.D.
September 2, 2004
http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/petrov/2004/0902.html
Krassimir Petrov appears to have nailed it.