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It is the absence of such creative thinking that has led the economics profession into an impasse, forcing economists and policymakers to contend with the fear of “L.”
To some, the fact that Enron was not bailed out and the problems uncovered, is testimony to the absence of crony capitalism.
But, given the absence of any conspiracy, falling inflation, and the inability to use gold as a currency, such arguments cannot be sustained.
Believers in oil scarcity point to the sustained annual average increase of oil prices from 2002 to 2008, declining output in many areas of the world, and the absence (until recently off the coast of Brazil) of large-scale oil discoveries in the last few decades.
Intelligent speeches, spirited debates and clever slogans were conspicuous by their absence in this election.
In the absence of a common language and religion, the EU’s sense of “us” must be based on shared values and culture, born of centuries of interaction.
But, although we are now in the MDGs’ final year, we still lack precise knowledge of whether certain MDG targets have been achieved, owing to the absence of high-quality, timely data.
The absence of well-articulated common analyses and policy coordination has accentuated legitimacy deficits, encouraging leaders and publics to opt for partial narratives and eroding confidence in existing institutional structures.
In the longer run, the absence of the US from the Middle East will probably serve to prolong the chaos and destruction that has defined this decade, with intensifying – and increasingly overwhelming – repercussions for Europe.
Fortunately, Bin Laden’s death comes at the very moment when much of the Islamic world is being convulsed by the treatment that Bin Laden’s brand of fanaticism requires: the Arab Spring, with its demands for democratic empowerment (and the absence of demands, at least so far, for the type of Islamic rule that Al Qaeda sought to impose).
This reflects the absence of adequate political institutions at the center.
Severe malnutrition and the absence of prenatal care during pregnancy put both mother and child at serious risk.
The main obstacle is that they won’t increase the profits of drug companies, on which, in the absence of adequate government funding, our professional organizations, conferences, journals, research, and teaching institutions have become so dependent.
The mood in the Mediterranean EU members, as well as in Ireland, is heating up, owing not only to the tightening squeeze of austerity, but also – and perhaps more importantly – to the absence of policies that offer people hope for a better future.
The absence of one in Venezuela is hardly a reflection of strong democratic institutions.
As for the courts, the recent case highlighted the absence of a procedural mechanism to ensure consideration of a patent’s morality.
While fears of meltdown have dissipated, these policies have been maintained or extended, with policymakers citing the fragility of the ongoing economic recovery and the absence of other, equally strong policy levers – such as fiscal policy or structural reforms – that could replace monetary policy quickly enough.
In the absence of a transnational government with the incentive, legitimacy, and capacity to resolve the conflict, Greece and the other eurozone countries have resorted to challenging each other’s sovereignty.
The prolonged absence of the United States from truly active engagement in the Middle East peace process is partly to blame for the current situation.
The publicity and resulting panic surrounding the WHO’s announcement of Phase 5 and 6 alerts – especially in the absence (until December) of widely available vaccine – also brought out fraudsters peddling all sorts of ineffective and possibly dangerous protective gear and nostrums: gloves, masks, dietary supplements, shampoo, a nasal sanitizer, and a spray that supposedly coats the hands with a layer of anti-microbial “ionic silver.”
Public pessimism in southern Europe is largely attributable to the absence of such a reward.
In the absence of the rule of law and functioning state services, we Russians generally perceive ourselves as subordinate to the state rather than as citizens acting out our lives in a functioning, vibrant, and independent civil society.
However, the absence of redistributive mechanisms across countries within the eurozone clearly exacerbated the tensions during the recent crisis.
Elections in the absence of constitutional and cultural constraints can produce violence, as in Bosnia or the Palestinian Authority.
Indeed, the absence of official cultural policies can itself be a source of attraction.
Indeed, in the twenty-first century, we still cannot describe health except in terms of the absence of disease.
In the absence of a binding global agreement, such unilateral or bilateral commitments by countries to rein in their contribution to global warming represent the most realistic hope for addressing climate change.
For molecular research, in the absence of extensive replication, the refutation rate may occasionally exceed 99%.
But having different authorities administer different parts of Syria is preferable to the absence of any responsible governance across large swaths of the country.
For starters, Trump and congressional Republicans have pursued a massive pro-cyclical fiscal expansion, producing virtually unprecedented peacetime budget deficits in the absence of a recession.
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