A background story and analysis about the promotion of health care privatisation in third world countries by US corporations and the multilateral financial institutions.

The most important feature of contemporary American politics is not practice or character. Those running for pubic offices in the US must spend most of their time by collecting money for their campaigns.

The author investigates the relationship between the so-called New Economy and the trade deficit of the US. The conclusion is that any economic analysis must take into account that the US is the home of the computer and teh information revolution, and the only remaining super power in the 1990s.