Balance
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In order to avoid the recurring crises of the past, Argentina must re-establish trust and implement a macroeconomic program to slow inflation, maintain fiscal balance, and promote investment, technological development, and education.
As a result, we have little fear of World War III nowadays, even though unprecedentedly rapid changes in the global
balance
of power are creating classic conditions for unleashing it.
But arms-control talks are built upon the concept of the
balance
of forces, which is a sure recipe for reviving confrontational and militaristic thinking.
Democracy advocates in civil society and government have managed to push back against global corporations, but much of their progress hangs in the
balance
this month.
The first is that we need a better
balance
of power between people and power.
The international debate about how much austerity is appropriate to
balance
the interests of Greece and its creditors has distracted policymakers for too long.
For example, officials, seeking to secure promotions by achieving short-term economic targets, misallocated resources; basic industries like steel and cement built up vast excess capacity; and bad loans accumulated on the
balance
sheets of banks and local governments.
That is probably too small to alter China’s trade
balance
with Europe or the US significantly.
The lesson from history is not that the robots should be stopped; it is that we will need to confront the social-engineering and political problem of maintaining a fair
balance
of relative incomes across society.
In the market for fresh vegetables, for example, prices must
balance
the supply and demand for the current harvest.
Countries at the center used their central banks’ strong
balance
sheets to pump money into the system and to guarantee the liabilities of commercial banks, while governments engaged in deficit financing to stimulate the economy on an unprecedented scale.
While all must first deal with the current emergency, sensible local fiscal, tax, and political reforms are vital to restore a
balance
of centralized and decentralized government.
Under this scheme, each worker would have an individual account
balance
(treated as an IRA from a tax perspective), but the assets that secure the plan’s benefits would be held in a pooled trust, with a real return guaranteed by private insurance and paid out as an annuity upon retirement.
Even the Kurds’ closest allies worry that recognition of a Kurdish state might upset the regional
balance
and pose a threat to peace.
This is the kind of precarious
balance
on which, for example, Lebanon’s “consociational” democracy rested – until differential population growth and external intervention undid it.
Alternatively, perhaps liberal democracy has little to do with the
balance
of power among social groups and their strategic motivations.
While the Fed’s tool kit has been greatly expanded in the last decade, the Fed’s low interest rates and huge
balance
sheet – and the possibly massive increase in debt, should Trump get his tax cuts – would challenge even the best-trained economist.
Moreover, a German nuclear ambition might jeopardize the delicate
balance
of power in Europe – including between Germany and France, for example – with incalculable consequences for the long-term cohesion of the European Union.
The foreign minister of the Philippines, which is also currently engaged in a heated territorial conflict with China, called on Japan to rearm itself to
balance
China militarily, notwithstanding his country’s bitter legacy of Japanese occupation.
On balance, the African court’s amended protocol is a positive step.
Striking the right
balance
among these different viewpoints is no easy task – but much depends on getting it right.
Unfortunately, few countries strike the right balance, with country averages ranging from 6.9 (in Niger) to 0.8 (in Singapore).
None of this should divert attention from the need to achieve a
balance
between population growth, appropriate dependency ratios for countries at different stages of economic development, and the fight for women’s reproductive rights.
Indeed, like climate change, population
balance
is a global issue that must be addressed carefully and rigorously – and before it is too late.
How we
balance
these forces with the needs of communities will shape not only our economic fortunes, but also our social and political environment.
But this concession, the equivalent of 0.00003% of US total exports, will have no discernible impact on the US trade
balance.
Politicians in rich countries will be forced to strike a better
balance
between more liberal immigration policies and less trade protectionism.
For years, France has funded some of the highest public spending in Europe through budget deficits, despite its commitment to
balance
the books as part of the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact.
America’s stake in the Middle East would grow, undermining its attempts to free up assets for its professed “pivot” toward Asia, where it hopes to
balance
China’s growing influence.
The right
balance
between confronting these issues upfront and setting gradual changes in motion is by no means evident.
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