Could the Japanese step into the breach by filling the direct-investment gap in Asia and the dollar gap for the U.S.? Well, Japan has its own economic problems.
We have allowed for an extra 3% annual rise in the yuan against the dollar on top of the inflation gap of two percentage points.
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Yes, some of the disheartening statistics still persist: women make only 77 cents to the dollar for equal work, the pay gap is widest and most atrocious for women of color, and the damage stacks up incredibly over the length of our lifetimes.
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And the euro will recover against the dollar, argues Mr Crise, only if the gap between equity risk premiums in America and Europe is closed.
An interest-rate gap is opening between currencies like the dollar and the yen on the one hand, where monetary policy is likely to remain ultra-loose, and higher-yielding ones like the euro on the other.
The United States, where just over 3%% of major CEOs are women and the gender pay gap hovers around 70 cents on the dollar, ranks at No. 22, down from 17 in 2011 and 19 in 2010.
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Bridging that context gap is going to create a multi-billion dollar market.
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It also managed to narrow the gap between the official exchange rate and the price of the dollar in the free market.
Since it takes time for exchange-rate changes to affect trade, the gap is likely to widen further: the full impact of the dollar's rise over the past two years has yet to be felt.
Democrats acknowledged privately that they expected to make political gains with women by pressing to close the pay gap, which they said has women earning just 77 cents on the dollar compared with men.
This gap may explain the strength of the euro, which has risen against the dollar in recent weeks despite endless euro-zone sovereign-debt worries (see chart).
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