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Economic Crisis Grows Politically Dangerous
December 26, 2008 | From theTrumpet.com


Will social protest against ailing economies around the world trigger protectionism and trade war?

As devastating as the global credit crunch has been so far, the most dangerous part of the current world economic crisis is just getting underway.

Riots, strikes and civil protest are engulfing the streets of Greece, France, Germany, Egypt, Russia, China and elsewhere. Writing in the Telegraph, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard warns that this turmoil is likely to set off protectionist dominoes around the world and turn the current world order on its head.

“We are advancing to the political stage of this global train wreck,â€