Who do they think they’re kidding?

The US economy is in a fool's paradise – Europe and Japan are by no means doomed to lag behind it. But none of these rivals can afford to abandon free trade to cope with China's massive growth

The French and Dutch ‘no’ votes in their referendums on the EU constitution have led to further weakening of the euro, as talk of the ‘death of Europe’ spreads across the media. The dollar has also gained against the yen. Those who back the US model and its financial assets reckon the dollar will continue to strengthen because Europe is doomed politically and economically – a sclerotic hell of low-IQ lemmings. And Japan is seen as a dying economy with an irreversibly ageing population condemned to low growth and investor returns.

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