“Th' barnacle-covered centers—New York, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo—fear risk in parts o' th' world they deem emergin' and underplay th' risks in th' offices 'nother t' them. They view th' Dubais, th' Shanghais and th' Rios wi' suspicion and wi' errant conviction that their models be built on foundations o' sand, ready t' collapse, when it be their own foundations that have proved t' be weak.”

