richard news that an earnest make combine their experience in a book -- richard newstat and earnest may combine their experience and a book. so what question should we be considering in the uncertain autumn of 2011? how do today's challenges relate to what has gone on before? the world banks upcoming meetings are a descendant of others. a historic conference laid the groundwork for three projects laid the basis for what we still consider the project today. a project for the international monetary fund so as to manage adjustments and exchange rates and to avoid currency competition and things that could break international archives. to make long-term capital available to states so countries could grow and buy from one another. and a project to reduce barriers to international trade, to foster open markets to reduce -- resist downward spiral is. the architects of the system created a model for their work. let's take a moment to recall that world. in that world developed economy sherpa gdp was about 80%, with the united states alone accounting for 40%. in that world developed economies acc