George Soros says the global financial system faces its worst crisis since World War II.
It is possible that lawmakers would balk at trying to bankrupt the global financial system.
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There is no rational solution for dealing with the interrelatedness of the global financial system.
Despite its self-aggrandisement, Dubai is not yet important enough to bring down the global financial system.
But chaos in the global financial system has stymied some big, environmentally friendly projects.
The Basel III requirements were meant to ensure greater stability in the global financial system.
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Perhaps the biggest question is how the millennium will affect the global financial system.
By itself, it would have posed no danger to the integrity of the global financial system.
The only proven alternative to a global financial system without reserve currencies is the international gold standard.
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Firstly, the Dubai debacle reminded investors that all is not yet well in the global financial system.
At least one of the presidents who met over the weekend wants to remake the global financial system.
Some events are large enough to pose systemic risk, that is risk to the entire global financial system.
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Though the devaluation of Brazil's currency, the real, was widely anticipated, it nonetheless jolted the global financial system.
It would erode the historic legacy of the US as the safe harbor within the global financial system.
"The trouble in our global financial system has people very concerned, " says Witt.
In a properly functioning global financial system there can be no excess savings.
Those who think they are out of the spotlight in terms of their effects on the global financial system step forward.
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On Friday, dollar borrowing costs increased and crossed a new threshold, one warning sign of strain in the global financial system.
But after having put out the fire of an imploding global financial system, the public sector is also tightening its belt.
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But it has the potential to really freeze up the global financial system, and that is as scary as it sounds.
Last week's pronouncements by the G7 group of industrialized countries about reforming the global financial system seem to be stoking optimism.
After Lehman's collapse on Sept. 14, the global financial system blacked out.
The near collapse of the global financial system scared everybody to death.
Such a step could freeze Iran out of the global financial system.
Namely, there remains a great deal of skepticism about the stability of the global financial system and the implications for the global economy.
The non-bank participants in the global financial system are just as important, since the chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
That's five years since banks started to worry about lending to each other - and the global financial system started to seize up.
Britain's City minister, Lord Myners, said that Iceland would face exclusion from the global financial system if it failed to meet its obligations.
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And the health of the global financial system may just be saved for another day if the reforms are finally put into place.
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