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“People are missing the catalyst,” he said. Rain fell in sheets, lashed the windows. The room shook. Rattled by the incessant cracking of jackhammers, far below, chipping away at Manhattan’s bedrock. Making way for skyscrapers. “A trend started in Jan and Feb, in the place where all bad financial things happen; Japan,” continued the CIO. “One of my traders called early this year to say the damndest thing had just hap

He cracked another cold Bud. Shot-gunned it. Burped. And picked up USA Today. Smearing frackin’ shale grime on its colorful pages. Scanned some boring headlines. China’s gonna be richer than America someday soon, but nearly everyone in China’s still gonna be desperately poor. “Damn Chinese,” he muttered, shaking his head. Thirty of thirty-one Chinese provinces missed growth targets, but national GDP is on track. “Bur