But there is real anger in the opposition camp, which believes that only by changing the current leadership will there be a genuine effort to reform the system of economic privileges for the Malay elite or address the country's rampant corruption.

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The elevation of reform of our broken monetary system to a bi-partisan economic issue may be the biggest positive development of the next two years.

FORBES: Virginia House Sets The Stage For Bipartisan Monetary Reform

And though the rising tide of China's economy undoubtedly has the power to lift all boats, there are worrying rigidities in the system, caused by the under-development of its financial system and the fact that economic reform has not been accompanied by political reform.

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The global economic system required reform so that it worked "in the interests of the whole of humanity".

BBC: Oxfam seeks 'new deal' on inequality from world leaders

An extraordinary 88 percent endorsed a bipartisan agreement that would put all possibilities on the table including tax and entitlement reform with the goal of generating a pro-growth, free market economic system that creates new jobs.

FORBES: The Bipartisan Way Forward

Meanwhile, leaders from the G20 countries headed to Washington for an economic summit, dubbed Bretton Woods 2 , on November 15th that will discuss reform of the world's financial system.

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