Most Asian countries are now beginning to implement anti-liberal policies in order to put the brakes on the disintegration of their economies. This is how it is in Malaysia which has just reintroduced currency controls, despite the protests of the IMF, because these are the cause of the economic debacle. The IMF, by forcing so called emerging countries to put into effect ultra-liberal policies has thrown them into the current crisis. But as is the case with all capitalist investment cynicism must play its role every now and again to purge the financial system. The latest fashionable prognosis coming from the investors is to say that Russia will be flourishing in a few years time and once again appealing to foreign investors.
Capitalism offers only poverty sandwiched between periods of growth.
It's the weather forecast of human fortune.