low budget deficits, rather high employment, very high prosperi prosperity.trade balance or surplus. and if we look farther beyond the north atlantic of the united states in western europe, then it's even less the case that there is a global crisis. after all, in asia, developing asia, meaning india, china, southeast asia, economic growth rates are at unprecedentedly high levels of historical comparison. china has been growing, as you know, at a rate of about 10% per year, for more than three decades. that means a doubling every seven years. and even through recent years, china's economic growth is, right now, around 8% per year. india is a bit less. other countries in asia their aim around 6%, and in some cases higher. the world economic growth is about four-4.5% a year, which means the whole world economy is doubling roughly every 18 to 20 years right now, which is astounding for a world of 7 million people, and an average income worldwide of about $10,000 per capita. so $70 trillion world economy, expensing a doubling every generation, or even less. i have