It was well into the morning when Mike McCurry finally made it to bed at the end of a recent 20-hour day, walking stealthily to avoid waking his young children and wife Debra. She stirred anyway. Mr. McCurry replied with a familiar reassurance. By James Skip Thurman. While the travails of east Asia endure, much of the rest of the world is making progress on a number of economic fronts that is helping to improve living standards.
Deficits are down, as in inflation.
Some incomes are up. Behind all the progress is a period of unprecedented economic reform sweeping the globe. By David R. Francis.