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German energy policy now depends once more on the future deployment of renewable energy sources.
The answer depends almost entirely on one single number: the growth rate of American productivity in the future.
Well, it depends on what one thinks the alternative is.
In the long term, overall economic growth depends on growth in the labor force and its productivity.
Today, the US cannot adopt the same approach with China, largely because China is also a military and political power, and the US depends on Chinese support on a host of international issues – from North Korea and Burma to Iran and Pakistan.
Nominal interest rates – quoted in terms of dollars, euros, renminbi, etc. – are difficult to interpret, since the real cost of borrowing at these rates depends on the future course of inflation, which is always unknown.
My view is that it depends on facts and circumstances, such as the size, credibility, and timing of the consolidation; the mix of spending and tax cuts; whether consolidation is mostly permanent and structural (for example, a change in pension formulas); and, of course, the stance of monetary policy.
But whether the "democratic deficit" on the European level be remedied also depends on whether a shared European identity can be forged out of the 25 nations that will soon make up the European Union.
Whether or not China will enjoy such flexibility again depends on regional stability.
Congress depends on the support of a number of coalition partners, as well as backing from non-government parties like Samajwadi that do not support the BJP-led opposition, to pass the annual budget and survive parliamentary confidence votes.
It is becoming more difficult for Iran (whose economy depends to a large extent on oil exports of more than two million barrels a day) to find customers – and especially customers willing to pay full price.
How fast this happens partly depends on the private sector’s flexibility and dynamism.
But it also depends on the ability and willingness of government to provide a bridging function for the deficiency in aggregate demand, and to pursue reforms and investments that boost long-term growth prospects.
Russia’s government still depends on oil and gas for 40% of its revenue, and the economy, deprived of both entrepreneurial dynamism and foreign investment, remains moribund.
Today’s Russians hope that Putin, who blindsided his opponents with his annexation of Crimea, might have another daring trick up his sleeve – one that will stabilize financial markets and revive the oil prices on which Russia’s economy depends.
Often the choice depends less on a rational assessment of similarities and differences than on gut feelings, proclivities to optimism or pessimism, or political orientation.
And if we do not take urgent action, we will irreparably damage the natural systems on which life depends.
Much depends on when, or whether, external aid materializes, which is contingent on approval of Egypt’s renegotiated $3.2 billion IMF loan.
Like all predictive studies based on computer modeling, the validity of the results depends on the integrity of the data and the algorithm.
As Mahatma Gandhi once put it: “The future depends on what you do today.”
Whether Iraq achieves stability or is once again ripped apart by sectarian violence now depends, as it always has, on the new political elites.
In fact, long-term price trends for the mineral resources upon which the economy depends, together with Russia’s history (especially the last two decades of Soviet rule), suggest that Putin’s luck may well be about to run out.
So the survival of the Russian state depends on its fiscal and economic strength, which also guarantees its sovereignty.
In his own neighborhood, Putin is presiding over the re-creation of a Soviet Union-lite, whose success or failure now depends on decisions made in Kiev, Brussels, and Vilnius, rather than in Moscow.
The problem is that entry into any market depends on the perceived opportunities for profit from new initiatives at a particular point in time.
Like a supermarket chain, Uber depends on economies of scale to allow its platform to work efficiently.
The first cost-benefit analysis of peacekeeping initiatives reveals that the risk of future conflict depends upon the scale of military deployment.
But China’s future trajectory depends crucially on another group of leaders, who have received far less attention: the technocrats who will carry out the specific tasks associated with China’s economic reform and transformation.
For example, a recent study found that the potential for groundwater contamination can be dramatically reduced if fertilizers are distributed through the irrigation system according to plant demand during the growing season; organic farming, however, depends on compost, the release of which is not matched to plant demand.
It also depends on the likely impact of an exit campaign on transnational solidarity.
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