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From the near-consensus on the virtues of a finance-centric model of the world, the economics profession has moved to a near-total absence of consensus on what ought to be done.
The establishment of a single market and monetary unification in the absence of political integration has required delegation of policy to technocratic bodies such as the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the European Court of Justice.
Elsewhere, in the developing world, popular mobilization occurred in the absence of a liberal tradition or liberal practices.
But the absence of long-term investors revealed that the capital inflow was purely speculative.
But the nagging questions about the campaign's legitimacy lie less in the past, and more in the ongoing absence of virtually any semblance of the rule of law in Iraq.
So does the disturbing continuity between the absence of legality prior to the occupation and now, under the formal authority of the occupying powers.
Hence, the soft method, and the absence of sanctions for countries delaying the process.
The adverse economic effects of non-inclusive growth grow and multiply slowly over time, and will continue to do so in the absence of collective action – usually but not necessarily manifested through government – to shift prevailing distributional patterns.
Despite Sharon's absence, Kadima maintains its lead in public opinion polls – the most recent gave it 44 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, compared to 21 for Labor and 14 for the right-wing rump-Likud, under Binyamin Netanyahu.
In the absence of sufficient demand, improving supply-side efficiency simply leads to more underutilization of resources.
That is because using resources in suboptimal ways is always better than not using them at all; in the absence of the post-2008 stimulus, China would have suffered substantial unemployment.
But that is unlikely in the absence of strong and unified European action.
The absence of significant real progress since Xi unveiled his economic blueprint last November suggests that this is already happening.
Meanwhile, in the absence of a crisis that demands political attention, all of the problems and risks that Germany’s previous coalition governments have failed to address will continue to be ignored.
Tragically, the current conflict is part of the inevitably repetitive cycle of violence that results from the absence of a comprehensive settlement in the Middle East, exacerbated by the almost unprecedented six-year absence of any real effort to achieve such a goal.
Another peculiarity of Russia's media market, stemming from the absence of the profit motive, is a chronic overproduction of titles.
Credit for the absence of a truly serious Islamic challenge, however, should perhaps be given to Indonesia's moderate and mainstream Muslim leaders and groups, such as Nahdatul Ulama and Muhammadyah, who avoided incendiary words and deeds.
All states have an interest in stability, so it is hard to imagine that, in the absence of widespread, grave, and undeniable human rights violations, other states would recognize a region that, after being part of a state for many centuries, declared itself independent without the acquiescence of the country from which it secedes.
In the absence of productive development policies of the type used in East Asia, modern firms may have not been able to expand rapidly enough.
Whichever of these stories is correct, it seems clear that Mexico’s growth problem is not the result of macroeconomic instability, the absence of foreign competition, or lack of human capital.
In the absence of an effective, well organized, and internationally recognized opposition, the regime’s downfall could be followed by anarchy, all-out sectarian civil war, secessionist movements, and de facto partition.
To achieve that goal, Russia requires not just the absence of confrontation with the US, but a genuinely strong and deep relationship with the world's sole superpower.
This lack of action reflects the increased complexity and linkages of the global financial system, and the absence of an effective anchor for financial stability.
America’s absence from such instruments has much to do with Congressional opposition, as was seen in the latest attempt to ratify UNCLOS.
But the accord had a major flaw: the absence of a cease-fire.
On the other hand, the absence of a real sports policy (or its unraveling) can become a decisive handicap.
Germany and the eurozone core were already running large surpluses; in the absence of policies to boost domestic demand, those surpluses have simply risen further.
In the absence of the TPP, it will be critical to find some other vehicle for establishing new principles for digital trade in the twenty-first century, with a greater emphasis on intellectual property protection, cross-border data flows, and trade in services.
Simply put, a technocratic focus on upgrading skills and operational capability, in the absence of improved governance of the security services, can be easily subverted by anti-reform coalitions, resulting in the continuation of regressive patterns of behavior.
But even in countries where there is some degree of political pluralism and an absence of civil strife or domestic armed conflict – such as Lebanon and Tunisia, and potentially the Palestinian Authority and Algeria – incremental approaches can achieve only partial success.
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