11 Aug 2011 Fairfax’s Watsa sees Dirty Thirties pain ahead ( Portfolio )
But it isn’t just the United States and Europe that Prem Watsa is worried about. The potential bursting of a property bubble in China has him even more concerned. And if Chinese demand for commodities dries up at the same time as U.S. consumers are shutting their wallets, then the global economy is in for a lengthy period of pain.