A G-8 Primer
From July 15 to 17 the leaders of the Group of Eight will meet in St. Petersburg, Russia for the Group's yearly summit. The G-8 began in 1975 as the G-6—the U.S., the U.K, France, Italy, West Germany and Japan—the six largest market economies meeting in the midst of the economic turmoil of the 1970’s. The group became...