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People developed these habits on the basis of the experiences of their families and friends: when in debt trouble, one must cut spending and pass through a period of austerity until the
burden
(debt relative to income) is reduced.
This is the paradox of thrift: belt-tightening causes people to lose their jobs, because other people are not buying what they produce, so their debt
burden
rises rather than falls.
In the second place, low labor force participation is a response to the heightened fiscal pressure that results from the
burden
of having to pay for all the retirement pensions of today's fifty-year-olds.
The pressure affects those who do work and, because of the heavier tax burden, makes work less attractive for them, especially for the second members of a family.
To benefit American workers and spur economic growth, tax reforms need to increase the
burden
on the rich, and provide relief to workers and the middle class.
That is a heavy
burden
for one man.
Generational balance occurs when a current newborn faces the same tax
burden
over a lifetime as a representative member of a future generation.
As a result, generational imbalances - and the lifetime net taxes of future generations - will continue to pile up, until the tax
burden
will be too heavy to be imposed.
It is imperative that policymakers and politicians understand that a balanced budget and stable debt to income ratio in any one year is no indication that future generations will be spared the
burden
of overspending by today’s generation.
In just over two decades, thanks to homegrown solutions and international collaboration, Rwanda has dramatically reduced the
burden
of disease on its people and economy.
With most of the refugees originating in the Middle East – especially Syria, but also Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, and Libya – the fact that the region is shouldering the overwhelming share of the
burden
is not surprising.
If a few countries continue to shoulder the entire burden, however, it will be virtually impossible to meet the refugees’ needs.
While cash hoarding pushes down nominal interest rates by reducing currency in circulation, the rapid decline in inflation will drive up the actual interest rate, thereby aggravating the debt
burden.
Indeed, throughout the world, the economic downturn of 2008-2009 increased the
burden
of private and public debt alike – to the point that the public-private distinction became blurred.
It does not help that the US wants Japan to shoulder more of the
burden
of maintaining Asia’s security, a position that may make sense strategically and financially, but that betrays a lack of understanding of the political context.
Simultaneously, elements for a new relationship between Russia and NATO are emerging, as well as a new structure for the Atlantic Alliance that assures continuing US involvement through a greater European willingness to shoulder part of the security
burden.
As I argue in my new book The Frugal Superpower: America’s Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era, the
burden
that these obligations will impose on Americans – in the form of higher taxes and fewer benefits – will weaken public support for the expansive international role that the United States has played since World War II.
Moreover, carrying a huge debt
burden
runs the risk that global interest rates will rise in the future, even absent a Greek-style meltdown.
The real reason that it would boost tax revenue substantially, without increasing the
burden
on US consumers or producers.
Finally, closer engagement with private- and social-sector actors and local communities could help to increase efficiency, while reducing the
burden
on the public sector.
In the long run this may translate into a reduction in the avoidable
burden
of disease and better health indicators.
This would place the financial
burden
squarely on the shoulders of future taxpayers, which would not enhance consumer confidence.
And, until Greece’s crisis in 2010, the country’s fiscal deficits and debt
burden
were thought to be much smaller than they were, thanks to the use of financial derivatives and creative accounting by the Greek government.
This would distribute the
burden
of the Syrian crisis over a larger number of states, while also establishing global standards for dealing with the problems of forced migration more generally.
And, to do that, it must share the
burden
fairly – a principle that a qualified majority finally established at last Wednesday’s summit.
Moreover, both countries will face the additional bureaucratic
burden
of managing their steel trade.
Hence, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee has squandered a valuable opportunity to send out a message of hope to the world’s 1.2 billion Muslims, one that would have rid the world of the grand global illusion that peacemaking is a “white man’s burden.”
At the time, maritime navigation was based on a combination of science, experience, and luck, making it difficult, expensive, and dangerous, especially for those – such as the British government – bearing the financial
burden
of devastating shipwrecks and lost fleets.
For starters, while liberation from the “original sin” mitigates the need to tighten policy pro-cyclically during externally driven shocks, it also means that the
burden
of any requisite adjustments will fall disproportionately on exchange rates, rather than on domestic interest rates.
With faster global growth, exchange rates would bear the
burden
of domestic macro adjustments, and allow for a re-slicing of the (larger) growth pie through currency movements.
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