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But the Iraq war’s domestic impact – the Pentagon’s ever mushrooming budget and its long-term influence on the US economy – may turn out to be its most lasting
consequence.
As a
consequence
of the views he expressed on Swedish television, he was denied re-entry into the Church, as was promised earlier by Pope Benedict, which is probably just as well.
These are fundamental issues of far-reaching
consequence
for all European citizens.
Another
consequence
of self-insurance is rooted in the ostensibly laudable goal of preserving national sovereignty.
The first
consequence
is that Egyptian society is even more divided over the question of political legitimacy.
The killing of nine civilians by those commandoes was a terrible
consequence.
But these habits themselves are a
consequence
of economic conditions, not to mention the stresses of racism.
John Maynard Keynes pointed out the deflationary
consequence
of this attitude in 1941.
Finally, less noted but of real long-term consequence, Clinton made the cause of gender equality – and not only in the halls of power – a special focus of her diplomacy.
As a
consequence
of this policy, China’s ratio of foreign-exchange reserves to money rose spectacularly, roughly doubling from 2003 to 2008.
But little of
consequence
would follow.
One
consequence
of the ECB’s large-scale long-term refinancing operation (LTRO) has been that Italian banks are once again buying Italian government bonds, and Spanish banks are buying Spanish bonds.
But needlessly provoking Russia -- the direct and unavoidable
consequence
of expansion -- is a considerable cost that brings no benefits.
As a consequence, Ukraine’s net foreign-direct investment, which was slightly over 3% of GDP before the start of hostilities, has evaporated.
The ECB’s explanation of the increase in TARGET2 imbalances – that it is mainly an indirect
consequence
of the ECB’s own vast bond-purchase program – thus seems much more reasonable than attributing it to capital flight.
The March to BarbarismOne
consequence
of the Iraq war is to expose (once again) the false divide between "civilized" and "barbarous" nations.
Refugees are a natural
consequence
of war; indeed, there has seldom been a war without civilians trying to flee from its carnage.
The
consequence
is a country divided between loyal and disloyal, patriotic and unpatriotic – that is, between those who toe the party line and those who refuse.
For the predator, the only
consequence
of failure is going hungry until the next meal.
Whatever one thinks of him, in international affairs Blair was a leader of
consequence.
Clearly, a policy of reducing CO2 emissions would have had zero
consequence
on Katrina’s devastating impact on New Orleans, where such a disaster was long expected.
Japan’s lost decades after 1990 were the direct and inevitable
consequence
of the excessive leverage built up in the 1980’s.
Worries about globalization and the computer revolution ultimately boil down to the same thing, because globalization is mostly a
consequence
of new information technology.
This was a
consequence
of the sudden stop of capital flows to the eurozone’s southern members, which forced these countries to turn their current accounts from a combined deficit of $300 billion five years ago to a small surplus today.
Militant nationalism, partly encouraged by nervous rulers, might be one
consequence.
Perhaps, but the packages are, first and foremost, a
consequence
of the constraints to which Europeans were (and still are) subject.
In that case, the long-term
consequence
of the military’s North Waziristan campaign may well be more violence where it can cause the most damage.
But that slowdown is the predictable (and predicted)
consequence
of debt dynamics with roots going back to 2008.
But the inevitable
consequence
within China was wasteful construction investment and enormous overcapacity in heavy industrial sectors such as steel, cement, and glass.
The abuses that have been documented at places such as Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo may not have been an inevitable
consequence
of the administration's legal memos, but surely those memos increased enormously the likelihood that torture would be viewed as acceptable.
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