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Both Duda and Kukiz complained that too many young Poles were leaving the country, and that their country was becoming an empty land of the elderly – a fact that is obvious to anyone who walks down a Polish street.
There is clearly plenty of cheap coal for hundreds of years, and with new cracking technology, gas is becoming more abundant.
The American HangoverNEW YORK – As turmoil stalks America’s financial markets and protests fill its streets, Americans’ lifestyle choices are evolving in a telling way: once seen by the rest of the world as an exuberant teenager – the globe’s extrovert, exporter of rock ’n’ roll and flashy Hollywood movies – Americans are now becoming decidedly withdrawn, or at least inward-looking.
Indeed, it is becoming increasingly clear that, by hook or by crook, Putin will spend six more years as Russia’s ruler.
And Putin will remain prime minister throughout that time, with a good chance of becoming president again in 2012 or 2016 – or after any other presidential election over the next two decades.
Already, natural disasters are becoming more frequent and intense.
Leading German political figures are becoming increasingly suspicious of the European Central Bank, while also worrying aloud about the US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy.
There is nothing stopping Great Britain from becoming a second Switzerland.
It would not have protected European and other nations from becoming awash in toxic mortgage assets exported from the US.
LONDON – Corruption is a global scourge, sometimes becoming so deeply ingrained in countries that combating it seems impossible.
But those voices have multiplied and strengthened, becoming a more powerful chorus.
The credit crunch in the banking system is becoming more severe as banks deleverage by selling assets and rationing credit, exacerbating the downturn.
Second, if the total return on wealth is higher than the growth in incomes, wealth is necessarily becoming increasingly concentrated.
Iran also must be factored into this equation, as it is becoming a strategic investor by building an oil refinery just across its border in Armenia, partly as a security measure in case of a US attack and partly to relieve its petrol shortages.
Can Sweden reverse this negative trend and avoid becoming a second Uruguay?
This perception is evident in Europe, the United States, and Japan, where indicators of economic sentiment are deteriorating again, already-weak recoveries are stalling, and over-stretched balance sheets are becoming even more precarious.
Understandably, companies and households are becoming even more cautious – inevitably making a difficult job for policymakers that much harder.
Countries must pursue solutions that help companies to create jobs by becoming more flexible, thus increasing their competitiveness.
A key recommendation is the creation of national “youth guarantee schemes,” which would ensure that all citizens under 25 can obtain a job, an apprenticeship, or a traineeship within four months of leaving formal education or becoming jobless.
To demand that every case that seems to look alike be treated alike might set the bar impossibly high, and certainly runs the risk of becoming hostage to critics – like those who attack the intervention in Libya – who assert that if you can’t act everywhere, you shouldn’t act anywhere.
Policymakers are becoming ensnared in a creeping interventionism that, as British Prime Minister David Cameron has put it, may alter the eurozone “beyond recognition” and violates Europe’s basic economic and political rules.
But this is increasingly difficult, because our everyday lives are becoming so much riskier and more worrying.
In much of the West, societies are becoming increasingly diverse.
He has said that he will make America energy independent, which entails abandoning US interests in the region and becoming more reliant on domestically produced greenhouse-gas-emitting fossil fuels.
Harnessing the Genomics RevolutionCAMBRIDGE – Just 13 years after the successful completion of the Human Genome Project, the power of genomics applications to spur innovation is already becoming apparent.
Indeed, though the genomics revolution is just getting underway, it is becoming a transformative agent in the global economy – one that promises to bring far-reaching social and environmental benefits.
With per capita income of more than $6,000, Chinese are becoming more demanding, insisting on safe food products, clean air, transparent government, affordable housing, quality education, social security, and equal opportunities.
Even we economists who believe that global financial innovation yields huge net benefits must admit that today’s hedge fund boom is becoming like the tech bubble.
As a result, all financial institutions gain a powerful incentive to bulk up (and borrow more) in hope of also becoming bigger and therefore “safer” (from creditors’ point of view, not from a social perspective.)
And high-yield credit is also becoming increasingly expensive now that the US corporate-leverage rate has reached historic highs.
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