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Renewables cut air pollution, which is costing the global economy
billions
of dollars a year in health-care costs alone.
A few oligarchs garnered billions, but they did so by stripping assets, rather than creating wealth.
During the eurozone crisis, the EU established financial instruments such as the European Financial Stabilization Mechanism (EFSM) and the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), capable of quickly tapping tens of
billions
of euros on attractive terms.
If Abbas is to compete with Hamas and its well-developed social-welfare structure and to avert human catastrophe in Gaza, he needs
billions
rather than millions of dollars in aid.
African countries’ combined spending on education alone should increase by tens of
billions
of dollars per year; combined infrastructure spending should surge by at least $100 billion per year.
Billions
of people are connected by technologies that have shrunk the world and expanded the notion of a global neighborhood.
Rosneft has loaned
billions
to Venezuela’s state oil company – with the Venezuelan-owned US refiner Citgo as collateral – in a clear bid to exploit the country’s dire economic situation to gain access to its oil fields.
Fixing Our Broken OceansNAIROBI – Many people know that oceans cover more than 70% of the world’s surface, and that marine fisheries provide food for
billions
of people.
The Gulf was also the main source of investment capital, not to mention tens of
billions
of dollars in remittances, to the rest of the region.
Beyond endangering lives, more frequent and stronger storms could cost many
billions
of dollars, owing to infrastructure damage and lost revenues from farming, fisheries, and tourism.
In the second scenario,
billions
of dollars in “green” stimulus packages trigger a global race that leads to new energy technologies and their deployment.
Instead, the Obama administration is seeking a trade deal with India that would weaken competition from generics, thereby making lifesaving drugs unaffordable for
billions
of people – in India and elsewhere.
Revenue estimates for a small tax on international currency transactions run into hundreds of
billions
of dollars per year.
The Obama administration adopted this option, following the unpopular Troubled Asset Relief Program, which injected hundreds of
billions
of public dollars into the banking system (most of which has been repaid).
They need to put a proper price on their emissions by taxing them, instead of continuing to subsidize them by spending
billions
on fossil-fuel exploration.
The mobile Internet offers the promise of economic progress for
billions
of emerging-economy citizens at a speed that would otherwise be unimaginable.
These numbers represent more than higher profits for corporations; they also amount to millions of jobs created, and
billions
of lives improved.
In recent years, countries around the world have accumulated very large volumes of foreign exchange, topped by China with more than $2 trillion, but including hundreds of
billions
of dollars held by Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, India, and the oil-producing countries.
Hedge funds have borrowed hundreds of
billions
of dollars at ultra-low interest rate in Japan, and invested the proceeds in countries like Brazil and Turkey, where interest rates are high.
For
billions
of people, the stakes could not be higher.
Indeed, the financial crisis has worsened in recent weeks, reflected in the US Federal Reserve’s takeover of quasi-government mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – which may cost American taxpayers hundreds of
billions
of dollars – as well as the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the sale of Merrill Lynch.
Moreover, it might also lose Plan Colombia, the huge – and hugely controversial – American aid program that has funneled tens of
billions
of dollars into Colombia since the late 1990’s, ostensibly to fight the drug cartels, but also, in fact, to wage counter-insurgency.
Moreover, its hundreds of
billions
of trees store massive amounts of carbon.
Immense trade flows, the rise of
billions
of new consumers in the emerging world, and technology breakthroughs are rapidly transforming the global economy.
By mid-2008, banks were projected to lose hundreds of
billions
of dollars.
The International Monetary Fund predicted that US banks would lose hundreds of
billions
of dollars by the summer of 2008, well before Lehman collapsed.
While the directive would safeguard EU citizens’ health, it would also deprive the tobacco industry of
billions
of dollars in profits.
Targets such as achieving universal access to contraception and family planning, ending tuberculosis by 2030, freer global trade, ending fossil-fuel subsidies, and protecting coral reefs would help the environment and improve
billions
of lives.
Yes, even after finding the likes of Bin Laden on Pakistani soil, the US – the country that has spearheaded the so-called War on Terror – not only continues to deliver
billions
of dollars in aid to Pakistan, but also supplies it with large amounts of lethal weapons.
With 11,500 students, that is more than $1.5 million per student (not including the university’s buildings and art collection, each worth many
billions
of dollars more).How did this happen?
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