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Now European countries can turn to the challenge of becoming more flexible and productive so that they can be more competitive in the future.
Myanmar, hoping to secure needed infrastructure without becoming caught up in a Chinese debt trap, has used the threat of cancellation to negotiate a reduction in the cost of its planned Kyaukpyu port from $7.3 billion to $1.3 billion.
In Cambodia, another leading recipient of Chinese loans, fears of effectively becoming a Chinese colony are on the rise.
In fact, the link between European companies and national communities is becoming more tenuous by the day.
Women’s rights activists in the region should not fall into a brainwashing trap of nationalism and territorial disputes, becoming another tool in the hands of politicians.
But the eurozone’s leaders have not heeded their advice – and the consequences are becoming increasingly apparent.
They are too big to be free riders, so the incentives relating to sustainability are becoming internalized as national priorities.
But real parallel progress, driven by necessity and self-interest, is becoming the most likely medium-term path.
In that sense, productivity rose in the tradable sector, although structural shifts in the global economy were surely as important as employees becoming more efficient at doing the same things.
Here things risk becoming dangerous; for here, indeed, is the Gorgon’s head of modern history.
But exchange-rate appreciation put great strain on the export industries that were central to these countries’ economic performance; and both countries tried desperately to avoid becoming reserve currencies.
“This law aims to stop Thai women’s wombs from becoming the world’s womb,” was how Wanlop Tankananurak, a member of Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly, put it.
It is becoming more difficult for Iran (whose economy depends to a large extent on oil exports of more than two million barrels a day) to find customers – and especially customers willing to pay full price.
During inflationary times, the purpose of calculating the figure for real national income, R, was that it stopped us from becoming overexcited by reports that money income had increased substantially.
Our challenge is like that of Industrial Revolution-era moths, which adapted to their new soot-laden environment by becoming darker (and thus better able to hide from predators).
There are, essentially, four paths to becoming a billionaire.
Furthermore, now that the country’s attempts at modernization are stagnating, it may compensate by becoming increasingly aggressive on the international scene.
In this sense, the ECB’s Governing Council is, consciously or unconsciously, following the Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman’s 1998 advice that the Bank of Japan “credibly promise to be irresponsible” when nominal interest rates are already at zero and monetary policy is in danger of becoming ineffective.
With financial status serving as the key determinant of opportunities, young people from poorer backgrounds are becoming increasingly discouraged – a situation that can lead to social unrest.
The dynamics of adjustment within the eurozone exacerbate the underlying imbalances – Germany is becoming more competitive while the periphery remains uncompetitive.
Unemployment is rising, their economies are not becoming more competitive, and the interest rates on their debt continue to rise.
Critics fear the emergence of a new and unaccountable dictatorship, with President Xi Jinping becoming “Chairman Mao 2.0.”
In wealthy countries, precarious, poorly paid, and even dangerous forms of employment are becoming increasingly common.
This is what is happening today in Vietnam, and it is the path that China and India took on their way to becoming engines of economic growth.
I think the time is now becoming right.)
Indeed, even some of the most enthusiastic Leave campaigners have shown signs of buyer’s remorse, now that the price of Brexit is becoming increasingly clear.
With a flood of recent boat arrivals, fear of more drownings, and national politics becoming even more of a blood sport than usual, Australia’s government finally found a circuit-breaker: a report by a panel of experts comprising a former defense chief, a foreign affairs department head, and a refugee advocate.
The Bretton Woods Institutions such as the World Bank and IMF themselves recognize that becoming more inclusive would make them more relevant to the reality and diversity of today’s global community and more effective as vehicles for addressing climate change adaptation and poverty reduction.
From a model applicable to the minority of the world’s population, “Western consumer society” is becoming the dominant economic model of the world, one to which there is increasingly no alternative.
The world is not preoccupied today by the “limits to growth,” but awareness of the consequences of growth on the earth’s climate and ecosystem is becoming prevalent.
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