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It's connecting the dots.

It's giving readers an ability to synthesize

a number of different perspectives

so they can understand how the greater whole works,

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Most American manufacturers who are dealing with a stronger currency and are losing market share in export trade

will have no choice but to get better.

You've got a labor market that's been remarkably strong for a long time and has continued to be

remarkably strong.

China, they are the largest economy on Earth and what people aren't focusing on is that they're the only

economy on earth that's really growing at a decent pace right now.

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