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The number of Chinese residing in Russia – whether officially or clandestinely –
amounts
to 300,000.
But, as both traditional Keynesians and FTPL followers would note, quantitative easing – which
amounts
to an exchange of money for its close substitutes (zero-interest bonds) – becomes less effective in stimulating demand over time.
In fact, the current situation, characterized by rising global greenhouse-gas emissions, already
amounts
to failure, with the current trend putting the two-degree target out of reach in less than a decade.
Yet the current situation in Honduras
amounts
to a second critical test of the system they comprise – the first being the semi-coup that deposed then-President Manuel Zelaya in 2009.
This strategy
amounts
to state capitalism, living on Russia’s energy wealth, and doing nothing to curtail Russia’s massive red tape and corruption.
It is a deeply disturbing vision, one that
amounts
to a huge, uninformed gamble with the future of the American economy – and that suggests that Geithner remains the senior public official worldwide who is most in thrall to the self-serving ideology of big banks.
The adjustment process will take many years, and, until policy credibility is fully restored, capital flight will continue, requiring massive
amounts
of official finance.
Desperate for funds for reconstruction, that new regime could sell large
amounts
of oil, lowering global oil prices.
Large, politically well-connected groups of companies – known as chaebol – expanded rapidly by taking on large
amounts
of cheap debt.
After the government’s infusion of funds in September 2008, AIG’s losses continued to mount, so the government provided substantial
amounts
of additional capital two months later.
While the global economy’s weak performance has led to a corresponding slowdown in the increase in carbon emissions, it
amounts
to only a short respite.
The primary demand for oil is as a transport fuel, with lesser
amounts
used for heating, energy, and as inputs for petrochemical industries like plastics.
In the past, those dreams brought only underdevelopment, dictatorship, nationalism and untold
amounts
of suffering.
The report shows that healthy fish stocks could provide significantly greater
amounts
of resources than they currently do.
This, together with a pledge to maintain welfare entitlements,
amounts
to a modern form of Keynesian fiscal policy (though of course not identified as such).
The program, announced by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in November,
amounts
to a massive shadow budget, twice as large as the European Union’s annual official budget, that will finance public investment projects and ultimately help governments circumvent debt limits established in the Stability and Growth Pact.
After all, the €315 billion that is expected to be distributed over three years
amounts
to 2.3% of the EU’s annual GDP.
Because every country, regardless of its creditworthiness, can borrow at the same interest rate, projects will be undertaken in countries that recently have burned such huge
amounts
of capital that they can no longer tap financial markets for funding.
Likewise, Chinese mastery over ultra-small, cheap “micro-hydro” dams, which can generate tiny
amounts
of electricity from mere trickles of water, appeals to power-short, river-rich Africans.
Postponement
amounts
to giving up the project.
So, instead of embarking immediately on a radical emissions-reduction trajectory, we can continue to emit massive
amounts
of CO2 – and even establish new coal plants – while claiming to be taking climate action by “supporting” the development of CCS technology.
In the case of coal, the “nexus” is between the rock and the huge
amounts
of water and energy needed to mine it.
The same goes for wind turbines, which are fashioned from copious
amounts
of cobalt, copper, and rare-earth oxides.
Average public expenditure
amounts
to 47% of GDP in the EU, compared to an average of 37-38% of GDP in other developed economies.
Today, however, Argentina’s per capita income
amounts
to just 40% of America’s, and is considerably lower than Chile’s.
Every day, we generate enormous
amounts
of information, a binary trail of breadcrumbs that forms a map of our interests, habits, and interactions.
For example, Chinese state-owned enterprises that gained access to huge
amounts
of easy money and credit are buying equities and stockpiling commodities well beyond their productive needs.
The election of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel as party leader reflects this sentiment, as it
amounts
to a bid for continuity.
Each year, Bangladesh spends $9 billion (6% of GDP) on government procurement – everything from highways and bridges to desks and pencils – which
amounts
to about one-third of the entire public budget.
Now, for the first time, the US is providing large
amounts
of assistance to a democratic government.
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