[rayliotta]

Originally Posted by aron

Here is and article by someone at the Sorbonne in Paris, delineating differences in thought patterns, behaviors, and groups, in Asia versus the West.

http://www.ceibs.edu/ase/Documents/E...orum/faure.htm

Thanks for the link, aron. The article touches on relevant topics. It may be difficult to overstate how much of a role these cross-cultural misunderstandings and blind spots play/ed into the recovery dynamic, at least in North America.