Here is what the debate will be about, from CNNMoney,Global markets plunge on U.S. recession fears

[CK_John]

January 21 2008: 12:17 PM EST

LONDON (AP) -- Stocks fell sharply worldwide on Monday following declines on Wall Street last week amid investor pessimism over the U.S. government's stimulus plan to prevent a recession.

U.S. markets were closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but the downbeat mood from last week's market declines there circled through Europe, Asia and Canada. The U.K. benchmark FTSE-100 dropped 4.7 percent to 5,625.20; France's CAC-40 Index plunged 5.9 percent to 4,793.39, while Germany's blue-chip DAX 30 slumped 6.74 percent to 6,821.42.

In Asia, India's benchmark stock index tumbled 7.4 percent, while Hong Kong's blue-chip Hang Seng index plummeted 5.5 percent to 23,818.86, its biggest percentage drop since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

Canadian stocks fell as well, with the S&P/TSX composite index on the Toronto Stock Exchange down 4.8 percent. In Brazil, stocks plunged 6.9 percent on the main index of Sao Paulo's Bovespa exchange.

<http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/21/news/international/world_markets.ap/index.htm?cnn=yes>

[fasttense]

1. This is why, I believe, Edwards is the best candidate.

He has a real plan and it doesn't include this "free market" economy we are witnessing now.

[redqueen]

2. Same here. (nt)

[Metric System]

4. Hillar has...

been talking about the economy for quite some time now. Edwards too.

[Deja Q]

3. A fair market would improve EVERY country...

especially as we've given these countries a helping hand in improving them... or are our corporations mutlinational or US-centric, I still get confused over that...? :(

We can move forward and I feel positive the world will get past this economic "speed bump".

[ret5hd]

5. Well, at least you made a post without reference to camera lens.

[applegrove]

6. Not good.