And it was only through the intervention of outsiders like Volcker and Elizabeth Warren that the Administration was persuaded to put some teeth into the Dodd-Frank legislation, which Obama signed in July, 2010.

NEWYORKER: Replay

Though it opposed any military action by outsiders, it eventually had to sanction the intervention by Zimbabwe, Angola and Namibia, all of which had sent troops to Congo to save Mr Kabila from fresh rebels supported, in their turn, by Rwanda and Uganda.

ECONOMIST: South Africa