Chapter 1 

3 “The current international currency system is the . . .” “Q&A with Hu Jintao,” Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870355160457608551414752

3 The Applied Physics Laboratory, located on four hundred acres . . . Information on the history and activities of the Applied Physics Laboratory is from the center’s website, jhuapl.edu.

4 It was for this purpose, the conduct of a war game sponsored by the Pentagon . . . Details about the financial war game sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and hosted by the Warfare Analysis Laboratory of the Applied Physics Laboratory are from the author’s recollection and contemporaneous notes and from voluminous materials provided by the Applied Physics Laboratory, including agendas, seating charts, invitational e- mails and game materials: “Economic and Finance Game Player Book,” “Economic & Finance Game Mechanics,” “Economic & Finance Game Overview,” “Administrative Instructions—Global Economic Seminar 7–8 October 2008,” “Administrative Instructions—Global Economic & Finance Game Design Planning Seminar 18–19 November 2008,” “Economic and Financial Game Baseline Scenario—March 17, 2009,” “Global Economic Impacts on the DoD Final Report 31 March, 2010,” and “Global Economic Study: Appendix D: Economic Game 17–18 March ”

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