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Bernanke had also supported the low-interest-rate policy implemented after the dot-com collapse, which, in the view of many economists, was maintained for too long, fueling the boom and contributing to the bust.
Opponents of estate taxes offer three reasons why they could dampen economic growth: entrepreneurs will be reluctant to expand their companies if they cannot leave their wealth to their children; small firms will risk
collapse
when their owners die if their heirs cannot pay the taxes; and companies will flee to lower-tax jurisdictions or engage in costly and unproductive tax avoidance.
Given the debate over Greece, spending the sums necessary to pull the country out of its slump is likely to be politically pricey, but the cost – political, military, and financial – of allowing Ukraine to
collapse
is too high for failure to be an option.
Firewalls to FreedomNEW YORK – Even the most cold-hearted realists would agree that the failure of Communist censorship played a role in the
collapse
of the Iron Curtain: Voice of America, the fax machine, rock ‘n’ roll, and the lure of Western capitalism helped to win over the people of the Soviet Bloc.
It is this implied social contract that is now endangered by economic
collapse.
The tension is particularly acute in Saudi Arabia, which has warned the US about the dangers of Iraq’s possible
collapse
and now finds itself in an unequal face-off with Iran.
They would require a rescue package similar to the US Troubled Asset Relief Program, created after Lehman Brothers’
collapse
in 2008.
The stock market will react negatively to the level of uncertainty caused by the
collapse
of the European financial system (as it did in 1931), and the dollar, yen, and gold should benefit.
Over the next year, the Bitcoin price could double, soar tenfold, or
collapse
by 95% or more, and no economic analysis can help predict where in that range it will lie.
The IMF might reasonably take the position that ECB policies have been overly contractionary – resulting in a strong euro and very low inflation – and are no longer appropriate for member countries in the midst of a financial
collapse.
In October 2008, a month after the Lehman collapse, the G-8 countries agreed to rescue all systemically relevant banks, while rescue facilities to the tune of €4.9 trillion ($6.7 trillion) were established worldwide – and are still largely intact today.
While negotiators hoped for concrete progress towards an international climate agreement, the world’s two largest polluters were distracted – the US with preventing a
collapse
of the financial system in the midst of a presidential transition, China with a slowdown in domestic investment and weakening foreign demand for its manufactured goods.
Under the threat of a
collapse
of the entire system, the safety net– intended to help unfortunate individuals meet the exigencies of life – was generously extended to commercial banks, then to investment banks, insurance firms, auto companies, even car-loan companies.
What role should central banks and national treasuries play in a cross-border European banking
collapse?
If managers had to choose between fulfilling the expectations of shareholders and meeting their social and ethical responsibilities, their companies would probably
collapse.
Indeed, managers’ irresponsible focus on advancing shareholders’ immediate interests, thereby maximizing their own bonuses, contributed significantly to bringing the global financial system to the brink of
collapse
in 2008.
Some critics object that a
collapse
of US Treasuries and a dollar crash are not the same.
We saw this in the summer of 2007, when the subprime crisis erupted, and again in 2008, following the
collapse
of Lehman Brothers.
The Dutch central banker Gerard Vissering resigned and eventually killed himself as a result of the destruction wrought on his institution’s balance sheet by the pound’s
collapse.
In other words, fiscal policy and the monetary-policy regime have a decisive influence both on the depth of the
collapse
and how long before the economy recovers.
Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono emphasized that point earlier this month, boasting to British Prime Minister David Cameron that Indonesia’s successful recovery plan after the 1998
collapse
was inspired by John Maynard Keynes.
Three illusions are responsible for the German public’s growing aversion to European integration – and for many Germans’ failure to understand that Germany has the most to lose from the euro’s
collapse.
Indeed, simply by providing a credible backstop against the risk of a eurozone collapse, the scheme has become one of the most successful measures introduced by any central bank in recent history.
Add to that numerous other divides and contradictions, and the EU’s
collapse
seems to many more likely than ever.
In Afghanistan and other parts of Asia the
collapse
of Communist regimes incited a rise in religious orthodoxy, as did the overthrow of the Shah in Iran.
The standard explanation is weak Chinese demand, with the oil-price
collapse
widely regarded as a portent of recession, either in China or for the entire global economy.
An important corollary for commodity-producing developing countries is that industrial metal prices, which really are leading indicators of economic activity, may well increase after an oil-price
collapse.
By retreating from liberal norms, the May government has become, like the Trump administration, an enabler of authoritarian behaviors around the world.The
collapse
of British foreign policy has come at a time of deepening uncertainty.
The
collapse
of British foreign policy has come at a time of deepening uncertainty.
Contrary to many predictions, the eurozone did not inevitably collapse; rather, it was undeniably bolstered by a response that improved oversight, strengthened institutions, and pooled resources.
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