Thanks to a well-regulated banking system and tighter public finances, Argentine officials are confident they can survive the current turbulence.

ECONOMIST: Latin America seeks shelter

But what would a well-regulated financial system have done with the money?

ECONOMIST: Global economic imbalances

True, that was mainly because of Asian demand for Canada's natural resources, as well as the strong fiscal position and well-regulated banking system Mr Harper inherited from the Liberals.

ECONOMIST: Canada's general election

If mankind could devise a system that would accept this animosity and somehow turn it to good effect as well-regulated capitalism accepts human greed and turns it to the business of creating wealth the world would be a better place.

ECONOMIST: Forlorn Fiji