Sentences with phrase «elaborate shell game»

If the U.S. joins in, cap - and - trade could explode to a $ 3 trillion market... Yet Schapiro describes it as an «elaborate shell game, a disappearing act that nicely serves the immediate interests of the world's governments, but fails to meet the challenges of our looming environmental crisis.»
China is engaged in an elaborate shell game to hide a mountain of bad debts piling up on the balance sheets of its banks, developers and state - owned enterprises.
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