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Editorial | the g8 summit

Running from the Occupiers

  March 27, 2012

President Obama may have had logistical reasons to move May’s G8 summit from Chicago to Camp David, but the signal he sent was unsettling. No, the change of venue won’t affect the substance of the discussion on the global economy, but as these leaders try to manage a world financial stage from the European Union to China, it does seem sadly symbolic that they’ll distance themselves so explicitly from the people.

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