Sunday, February 22, 2009

The Question of Capital Flight

In better times, I was a money manager. My first job was analyzing Asia-Pacific stocks for one of the world's largest pension funds, and my first boss was a very smart, savvy Hongkong Chinese person. I had coffee with her recently and she says she is certain that this country is already experiencing capital flight. Capital flight is one critical step beyond "capital strike," which is how Larry Kudlow on CNBC characterizes it. If true, this is a big problem for a country with a current account deficit such as ours.



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