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Those who predict capitalism’s demise have to contend with one important historical fact: capitalism has an almost unlimited
capacity
to reinvent itself.
First, Germany has preserved its manufacturing
capacity
much better than other advanced economies have.
If it were generally accepted, it would imply that the EU now holds official moral doctrines, and that allegiance to these doctrines is required in order to exercise the full right of citizens to serve in a public
capacity.
For example, both the UK and the EU have
capacity
constraints.
When government officials rather than markets then try to choose the next winners, they run a great risk of choosing the wrong industries, or channeling too much investment – and thus excess
capacity
– into existing sectors.
It is said that with the globalization of finance the world needs a central bank and that the IMF is the natural basis on which to build such a
capacity.
Since 2000, America's excess productive
capacity
has outstripped the Euro area and Japan combined, its economy growing far more slowly than its 3.5% to 4% annual potential, with US unemployment rising.
People forget these episodes because the Fund’s resources have not kept pace with the explosion of global capital markets so that today, the IMF lacks the
capacity
to bail out an Italy or a Japan (though the issue may well arise one day.)
Less efficient industrial sectors have accumulated significant excess capacity, destabilizing the entire economy, while more productive, efficient sectors lack access to the resources they need.
So it seems that the government’s only option is to continue the war, hoping that its longer-term effort to strengthen state institutions’
capacity
and integrity will eventually prove effective.
Third, the corporate sector faces a glut of capacity, and a weak recovery of profitability is likely if growth is anemic and deflationary pressures still persist.
Thus, there is a global slackening of aggregate demand relative to the glut of supply capacity, which will impede a robust global economic recovery.
The
capacity
of government to provide services weakened.
The Lisbon Treaty allows us to achieve a greater coherence and gives us a much greater
capacity
to act.
G-20 governments, especially those with strong balance sheets, should be calling for large-scale public and private infrastructure investment to expand the productive
capacity
of member economies.
The second change is the perception that Iran’s nuclear
capacity
would threaten not only Israel.
Yohei Sasakawa, a founding member of the Shared Concern Initiative, participated as the sole observer, mediating the talks in his
capacity
as Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for National Reconciliation in Myanmar.
China’s leaders, for their part, would be showcasing their credibility and governing capacity, finally quieting the chorus of naysayers who had doubted the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the sincerity of its promises to Hong Kong.
With small businesses unable to access the market for public goods and services, they miss out on important opportunities to mature and expand, which limits their
capacity
to spur broader economic growth and development.
Dubai’s reliance on foreign labor thus threatens its long-term economic
capacity
to withstand future shocks.
Our ability to prevent “water wars” will depend on our collective
capacity
to anticipate tensions, and to find the technical and institutional solutions to manage emerging conflicts.
There can always be stronger resistance to disease, greater longevity, more physical prowess, and higher mental
capacity.
As the idea of interruption from work was extended to include the disabled and women bringing up children, so entitlements to income maintenance increased beyond the
capacity
of social insurance, with benefits paid to eligible individuals from general taxation.
Al-Qaeda lost its central organizational capacity, but it became a symbol and focal point around which like-minded imitators could rally.
Meanwhile, the government’s policies to tackle corruption, overcapacity, excess local-government debt, and pollution have put downward pressure on investment, consumption, and the government’s
capacity
to deliver its promised growth rate.
But the rapid run-up in equity prices also carries considerable risks – namely, the possibility that the financial sector will misuse the newfound liquidity to finance more speculative investment in asset bubbles, while supporting old industries with excess
capacity.
The reason, I proposed, was that “[t]here are two sustainable ways to make money in finance: find people with risks that need to be carried and match them with people with unused risk-bearing capacity, or find people with such risks and match them with people who are clueless but who have money.”
But it also seemed to me that a world short of risk-bearing
capacity
needed virtually anything that induced people to commit their money to long-term risky investments.
The
capacity
of US leaders to maintain alliances and create networks will be an important dimension of America’s hard and soft power.
But while money certainly matters, the evidence suggests that development outcomes are determined more by factors like state
capacity
and national policies, and crucially, a supportive global environment.
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