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The gap between rich and poor is widening. … The gap between big business and small business is widening. … The gap in power and influence between states is also widening. … The open question that remains is about people’s ideas and beliefs. That is always the key to political and therefore economic change. The key questions in international political economy are still the crucial ones. Who wins and who loses? Who benefits and who pays? Who gets new opportunities and who is made to run new risks? …