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MARCH 2, 2009
TOp of THE WEEK
ASummersofAnotherColor 38 Market detox Business by Hernando de Soto 42 How to get China lending
by Barrett Sheridan Society & The Arts 44 Why the recession may be
good for art byPeterPlagens 52 The ultimate urbanist
by Christopher Werth
Obama's economic guru was once knOWIlas a fierce defender of free markets and deregulation. No more. Here's what changed bis mind.Pa~e 16
THE ISSUE World Affairs
10 The man for the moment byJonathan Alter 16 The reeducation of Larry
Summers byMichael Hirsh 20 Tibet's rising son
by Patrick Symmes 24 Story of a slumdog
by Sudip Mazumdar
DEPARTMENTS
4 Periscope 5 Perspectives 9 WorldView 57 The GoodLire 60 The Last Word 25 Entrepreneurship
cornes to France by TracyMcNicoll 2& Backon the
farm in China by Mary Hennock 28 The green est nation
by Stifan Theil 37 Net-savvy dictators
by EvgenyMorozov
TRICKQUESTION: Which country is the world's greenest?
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