For those who are concerned about the current state of the stock market, economist Dambisa Moyo's new book "Winner Takes All: China’s Race for Resources and What It Means For Us" should give you hope that it will recover. Here is an interesting interview and some written commentary:
http://www.republicofmining.com/2012/07/28/china%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9crace-for-resources%e2%80%9d-dambisa-moyo-sees-commodity-conflicts-and-scarcity-ahead-by-aaron-task-daily-ticker-%e2%80%93-july-23-2012/
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