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Countries that are saving a substantial amount, investing in human capital, and providing a modicum of good governance should resume their previous rapid growth.
Arguments about the euro crisis that disregard the “Karlsruhe factor,” therefore,
amount
to little more than sterile intellectual debate.
Accounting for a reduction of 50 Mt of CO2 per year, America’s 30,000 wind turbines reduce emissions by just one-tenth the
amount
that natural gas does.
Even before new technologies produce that
amount
of fuel, the US could switch to imports from Nigeria, Venezuela, and other countries.
What matters is the total
amount
of oil a country imports, not where it comes from.
In our system, a country exceeding the worldwide average for per capita emissions would pay a specified
amount
on every ton of CO2 (or its equivalent) above a set threshold.
One way to make the SDR the major reserve currency relatively soon would be to create and allocate a massive
amount
of new SDRs to the IMF’s members.
Many of the calls to resist further construction, residents must understand, are being made by special interests; indeed, they
amount
to a kind of rent seeking by homeowners seeking to boost their own homes’ resale value.
Given this, despite the obvious security benefits of a peaceful South China Sea, the openness of sea-lanes there does not
amount
to a vital strategic interest of the US, Japan, or any other extra-regional power.
The accounts could be drawn upon in times of need, particularly for training and re-skilling, though the
amount
that could be withdrawn would be guided by predetermined “prices” and limited to a certain
amount
in a given period of time.
The aim was to minimize the
amount
of new funding required from the European Stability Mechanism and the IMF to refinance Greek debt, and to ensure that Greece would become eligible within 2015 for the European Central Bank’s asset-purchase program (quantitative easing), effectively restoring Greece’s access to capital markets.
Moreover, even in those states where there is full recourse, so that the homeowner remains liable for the full
amount
of the mortgage loan (that is, the difference between the balance due and the value recovered by selling the home), America’s procedures for personal bankruptcy offer a relatively quick solution.
Perhaps more important, it fails to recognize that Li’s Chinese land holdings still
amount
to more than 20 million square meters (215 million square feet) – nearly a quarter of the size of Manhattan – and that the number of retail outlets he owns in China has increased by 70% in two years.
But the policy removed the incentive for farmers to limit the
amount
of water they pumped.
According to the Third World Center for Water Management, the
amount
of electricity required to pump water in India has doubled – and, in some cases, even tripled – in the last decade alone, as tube-wells have moved from 10-15 meters (32-50 feet) to 200-400 meters (650-1300 feet) deep.
When Shanghai stocks fell by about 20% last year, Taiwanese stocks fell by a similar
amount
almost simultaneously – proof of how synchronized the Chinese and Taiwanese economies have become.
While this approach would do little to reduce the number of small events, such as “routine” bombings or political assassinations, it would significantly impede the spectacular attacks that involve a large
amount
of planning and resources.
To avoid exposing themselves to claims of negligence or even, in rare cases, criminal assault, doctors must disclose an ever increasing
amount
of information, however bleak, about treatment risks, benefits, and alternatives, enabling the patient to give “informed consent.”
These arrangements
amount
to a cabal of mutual complicity, whereby world powers designate economic spheres of influence through regional governance institutions.
But no
amount
of fancy footwork, whether pivoting or pirouetting, can diminish that region’s importance.
According to just-published budget data, during the first three months of 2015, non-defense spending amounted to 16.5% of quarterly GDP, as planned; but military expenditure exceeded 9% of quarterly GDP – more than double the budgeted
amount.
The necessary $2.5 billion per year would
amount
to just 0.25% of global pharmaceutical sales – hardly a strain on an industry that is, by and large, in sound financial health.
The story occupied the same
amount
of space as a report on Zhukov’s visit to Yugoslavia, and ran in a less prestigious position.
Even denial of hydrological data in a critically important season can
amount
to the use of water as a political tool.
The size of government and the nature of markets together
amount
to one defining issue of our time.
These programs currently claim 21% of the budget, with Medicare accounting for two-thirds of that
amount.
Although Asian-Americans
amount
to only 6% of the United States’ population, the marketing magazine Advertising Age reports that for every nine focus groups that McDonald’s organizes, two (22%) are Asian-focused, while another four center on other minorities.
While First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” initiative attempts to curtail sharply the
amount
of unhealthy fast food that Americans consume, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has launched a campaign to crack down on “super-sized” sodas, Asia is witnessing the opposite trend.
Indeed, the rapid expansion of bank credit needed to finance skyrocketing government-led investment is increasing the
amount
of liquidity in China’s financial system.
Given how high interest rates would have to be to attract investors, this will be no easy feat, especially because the railways currently have an operating surplus of just 6%, or about $100 million annually – barely 1% of the
amount
needed to upgrade and modernize the network.
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