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Now the shale revolution has transformed it from an energy importer to an exporter, and North America may be self-sufficient in the coming decade at the same time that China is becoming more
dependent
on energy imports.
Moreover, rapid population growth and bungled economic policy have made Iran excessively
dependent
on food imports.
If nothing is done to stop the capital flight and reduce private domestic expenditure, the Greek banking system will become ever more
dependent
on “monetary” financing.
In addition to enjoying the tacit protection of the Trump court, he knows that the world is still heavily
dependent
on Saudi oil.
Yet the tables have turned: Saudi Arabia is now more
dependent
on the US than vice versa.
Conscious feelings are also
dependent
on our unique linguistic capacities – our ability to conceptualize and name our inner experiences.
In the process Mexico has also shifted from being
dependent
on oil earnings to becoming a diversified exporter of manufactured goods.
Also, Mexico needs to diversify its economy, so that it is not completely
dependent
on US prosperity.
The great Eurasian civilizations were all
dependent
on agriculture and needed to create institutional means of tying labor, which was then scarce, to the land, which was abundant.
After all, when serving a vast democracy requires non-stop electioneering, and politicians are thus
dependent
on financial donations, governance is bound to go awry.
More than 12 million people in the UK are
dependent
in some way on public-service pensions for their retirement income.
Indeed, the more Germany leads, the more
dependent
it becomes on other international actors – most notably its European Union partners – and the more exposed it becomes to fluctuations in the geopolitical environment.
When the first oil crisis hit in 1973, Denmark was 90%
dependent
on oil and over 90% of that oil was imported.
Indeed, Central Asia’s oil-producing dictatorships, including Azerbaijan, have been among the countries hardest hit by the drop in prices – especially because, as ex-Soviet states, they remain heavily
dependent
on trade with Russia, another oil producer.
And Merkel herself will try to avoid a minority coalition with the FDP, in order to avoid becoming
dependent
on it.
A more enlightened approach to shared resources is needed, one less
dependent
on neo-colonial control.
But the US – which is relatively less
dependent
on foreign markets, possesses deeper domestic markets, and is generally more economically resilient than other countries – would do better than most others in a contracting world economy.
Health-care professionals will certainly become increasingly
dependent
on machines; but technology will augment, not replace, their abilities, and doctors will remain in charge of medical practices.
As pro-democracy protests shake Arab authoritarian regimes, the prospect of sustained conflict threatens a global economy still
dependent
on oil, while the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and nuclear accident raises doubts about the security of nuclear energy.
These trends imply that supply-side growth has become less
dependent
on external markets.
For decades after World War II, Europe and the US represented well over half (and near 70% at one point) of global output, and they were not heavily
dependent
on markets elsewhere, other than for natural resources such as oil and minerals.
China, on the other hand, is set to become more
dependent
on Middle Eastern output.
Given this, the argument that China will be
dependent
on nuclear power plants for non-carbon sources of electricity appears to have little merit.
These poorer outlying regions are hugely
dependent
on public-works projects for employment.
In other words, it exists as a separate right, and is not
dependent
on the violation of some other legal right, such as the right to education.
Unfortunately, along with this life support came the pain of withdrawal – not only for asset-dependent consumers and businesses in the United States, but also for foreign economies
dependent
on capital inflows driven by QE-distorted interest-rate spreads.
Even the right to vote means little for someone who is totally
dependent
on other people or institutions.
For decades, Swedish industry was
dependent
on immigrant workers.
With this new source meeting more of world energy demand, particularly in the US, energy users were no longer as
dependent
on OPEC and other oil producers.
Europe and Japan, not to mention South Korea, have become too
dependent
on US military protection.
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