Circle
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Women at the pinnacle of the bar bravely protest mistreatment and harassment, doing what I have long argued is necessary: naming names in public – even as powerful men
circle
the wagons and throw institutional tantrums.
But official bravura has little sympathy beyond this narrow
circle.
What all such schemes amount to is piling one lot of bonds on top of another in an attempt to square the
circle
of Greece’s inability to pay, and to minimize the losses faced by its creditors – mostly European banks.
In the 1960’s, David Ben-Gurion’s fatalistic pessimism about the possibility of ever reaching a peace settlement with the Arab countries led him to forge an “Alliance of the Periphery” with the non-Arab countries in the outer
circle
of the Middle East – Iran, Ethiopia, and Turkey (he also dreamed of having Lebanon’s Maronite community as part of that alliance).
In the eyes of most observers, to reach the leaders’ goal of “break[ing] the vicious
circle
between banks and sovereigns” required centralizing authority for bank resolution and rescue.
In particular, regulators have no chance to look over the horizon and act preventively when markets are opaque, and when powerful Wall Street interests (and their Capitol Hill allies) can
circle
the wagons and claim that there is no problem.
In a vicious circle, this mounting isolation only strengthens Meciar's domestic hand even more.
Germany’s recent experience provides a worrying example of this vicious
circle.
The alternative is a vicious
circle
of violence and poverty, exacerbated by rapid population growth.
As a result, capital expenditure – already a fragile proposition, given weak demand – has plummeted, triggering a vicious
circle
of shrinking GDP, lower tax revenues, higher expenditures, and further destabilization of public-debt positions.
The logic of centrality as a source of power creates a virtuous circle, in which members of a network gain advantage by bringing more members into the network and connecting more densely to them.
As individuals, we are part of an ever-widening
circle
of communities, and we can realize our potential only if we live in harmony with each other.
Similarly, the men who were sexually abused in the 1970’s at Horace Mann, a prestigious New York City private school, are refusing to perpetuate the silence and “shame” of their victimization by a
circle
of pedophiles (and by the school officials who covered up the abusers’ behavior).
So, over time, fiscal accounts worsen automatically, creating a vicious circle: monetized fiscal deficits lead to inflation and a widening gap in the parallel exchange-rate market which worsens the fiscal deficit.
Recent negotiations have stalled on this point, because a successful outcome must square a
circle.
But an economic boost could serve as an important source of much-needed hope – and the start of a virtuous
circle
of peace and prosperity.
Independent of this test, however, Germany seems to have squared the circle: it helped the countries in trouble, without coughing up (for the moment) any euros.
The third factor is the vicious
circle
of oil prices and the value of the US dollar.
But they are also as alien to the vast majority of citizens as they are familiar to the small
circle
of policy wonks who obsess over them.
The European Central Bank (ECB) has taken decisive action to break this vicious
circle.
Such action is vital if we are to break the vicious
circle
of disinformation and political polarization that undermines democracies’ ability to function.
For one thing, the RBI has prevented the rupee from falling further, thereby averting the risk of a vicious
circle
of capital outflows and currency depreciation.
Europe is trapped in a vicious circle: those employed recoil from more flexibility and the risk of losing their jobs.
Hence the impasse, with the eurozone becoming mired in a vicious
circle
of high debt and economic austerity.
Europe’s national anthem, a
circle
of stars, and talk of fiscal rectitude and structural reforms cannot compete with the potent messages of the EU’s opponents.
Rigorous measurement of social performance, alongside traditional economic indicators, is crucial to starting the virtuous
circle
by which GDP growth improves social and environmental performance in ways that drive even greater economic success.
Thirty years ago, I wrote a book called The Expanding Circle, in which I asserted that, historically, the
circle
of beings to whom we extend moral consideration has widened, first from the tribe to the nation, then to the race or ethnic group, then to all human beings, and, finally, to non-human animals.
Venezuela ’s
circle
of friends in the region is shrinking.
This virtuous
circle
is the reason why Poland is introducing a stringent anti-cyclical budget rule that prohibits any unwarranted fiscal loosening, while gradually lowering its debt/GDP ratio to about 40%.
The European crisis is coming full
circle.
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