"However, the Manhattan market has reflated noticeably since the height of fear in early 2009, " he said.

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In an ideal world, he says, the ministry would go on selling until the currency was thoroughly debauched and the economy decisively reflated.

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These were enacted on September 1st, just before Mr Anwar was sacked, and were intended to shield Malaysia from international markets while the government reflated the economy.

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But even the government's firmest critics agree that the magnitude of the project and the involvement of a brand name such as Disney's will boost local confidence - a vital first step if people are to start spending again and the economy is to be reflated.

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It burst then reflated.

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Living as we do in a reflated bubble, lurching from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis, misinformed by journalists and pundits so deeply invested in the Leviathan state that they can no longer imagine what life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness look like, there are few places where one can take refuge from the gathering storm.

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