she's chrystia freeland, global editor at large at thomson reuters. here's the good news about china's emergence as the world's second largest economy-- u.s. business has figured it out. and here's the bad news-- while u.s. companies can go global, most u.s. citizens can't. the result, in this age of globalization, is a growing tension between the interests of america's business leaders and the interests of much of its middle class. indeed, the most important fault line in american politics may not be between democrats and republicans, it is between those businesses and business people who are succeeding in the global economy and those who are not. this clash of values and interests upends our usual ideas of left and right. consider immingrants. c.e.o.'s are less thrilled about the democrat-driven imposition of more regulation and the promise of higher taxes. the irony is that the globalization of american business is surely a good thing- - imagine how much worse things would be if us companies hadn't figured out how to play and win on the world stage

david ignatius of the washington stroke and chrystia freeland. and the "sunday funnies." >> unemployment among teenagers is at an all-time high is not just here, back in china, it's so bad. kids as old as 7 are having to move back in with their parents. >>> from all across our world to the heart of our nation's capital. abc "this week" with christiane amanpour, starts now. >> good morning. this was supposed to be the summer of recovery. but the effects of the so-called "great recession" continue to cloud this nation, and much of the world. the number of u.s. workers seeking unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly to 484,000. it's the worst in almost six months. and in the housing sector, banks foreclosed on more than $90,000 properties in july, the second highest total since the crisis began and these pictures speak to the desperation this week in atlanta. 30,000 people waited for hours in sweltering heat to apply for 655 available spots for government subsidized housing. and i'm joined now by four top voices on the economy. from berkeley, califo