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April 2, 2009

Who cares about the G-20 summit?

I'm astonished at the breathless media commentary on the Group of 20 meeting in London. Cracking down on tax havens, regulating hedge funds and stricter capital ratios are not the End Of Capitalism As We Know It. The real news is what's going on in the streets.

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About Jay Hancock

Jay Hancock has been a financial columnist for The Baltimore Sun since 2001. He has also been The Baltimore Sun's diplomatic correspondent in Washington and its chief economics writer. Before moving to Baltimore in 1994 he worked for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk and The Daily Press of Newport News.

His columns appear Tuesdays and Sundays.

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