These are tough times, and the New Yorkers I have met are facing economic adversity with grace and dignity.
At the very least, it seems likely that Chile's exceptional economic state of grace in Latin America will now be seriously compromised; under the massive rebuilding and social welfare costs that will likely be required, it could even evaporate.
In a column in the March issue, Richard D'Aveni predicts that 3-D printing will precipitate China's fall from manufacturing grace, sending economic power back to the West.
The left-wing Workers Partyy, which headed the country for almost 13 years and was credited with pulling Brazil out of poverty and into economic prosperity, fell from grace after several of its members were among the more than 100 high-ranking politicians implicated in the billion-dollar Car Wash corruption scandal and the economy began to founder.
Not internal politics, not economic convention, not social graces.
Basra was once the economic engine of Iraq, graced with a gargantuan oil industry, a thriving port, and even resort-style restaurants and lodgings.
Given the critical need for funding of the green and healthcare initiatives on the back of the Big Bailout of '09, it's a safe bet that we'll see some posturing from the right overwhelmed by the grace period of economic data taking some time to reflect the impact of the money injection.
Journalistic accounts of the backlash in Latin America against economic reforms and globalization too often grace the world's most influential newspapers today.
Yet in his astonishing fall from grace of the past few months, economic and fiscal stumbles have featured large.
David was an economist, former Vice President of W. R. Grace and Co, adjunct professor, and economic consultant.
