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But democracy and distrust can be a dangerous compound, because people confronting complex political and economic issues do not always
direct
their anger at the proper target.
The
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ecological footprint of the livestock population is larger than that of the human population, with rapidly rising global meat consumption becoming a key driver of water stress by itself.
And watchdog groups can oversee deliberative assemblies and co-governance efforts – such as participatory budgeting – to give citizens more
direct
access to decision-making.
But he refused, even under
direct
questioning by reporters, to reveal an exact date.
Indeed, in recent years, labor’s share of national income has been on the rise – a
direct
reflection of the decline in manufacturing and expansion in services.
Yes, there are significant cost-of-living differences that make
direct
comparisons dubious, and, yes, poverty is as much a social condition as an economic one, at least in advanced economies; but the general point that inequality between countries swamps inequality within countries is a very powerful one.
Simple redistribution of income through taxes and transfers is far more
direct
and more potent, and would certainly serve to expand aggregate demand.
In fact, at a time of widespread alienation from the institutions of representative democracy,
direct
citizen participation in nominating candidates is probably an irreversible trend.
On September 9, in the so-called Microsoft case, just one day after the agreement was reached, the US Department of Justice argued in federal court that US authorities should be granted
direct
access to data held by private companies abroad, including in Europe.
Political expediency seems to have trumped analytical robustness, undermining both the Fund’s
direct
beneficial role and its function as a policy and financial catalyst.
Direct
delivery of medical help is one of the best options, but it still can be a huge drain on already-scarce local resources – hospitals, doctors, and nurses.
Central and local government borrowing in China has soared: bank and shadow-bank credit has grown rapidly: and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has increasingly issued
direct
loans to state-owned banks in a maneuver closely resembling monetary finance of government spending.
Moreover, in an economy open to trade and
direct
investment, both inward and outward, there are multiple opportunities to disguise short-term flows of financial capital as current-account and long-term-investment operations.
Last month, Draghi became the first central banker to take seriously the idea of helicopter money – the
direct
distribution of newly created money from the central bank to eurozone residents.
The
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connection of Thaksin and his party to the electorate bypassed and threatened the established trinity of institutions that had long called the shots in Thailand.
In 2004 alone, China’s foreign
direct
investment in Africa represented $900 million of the continent’s $15 billion total.
Indeed, Japan provides far more foreign
direct
investment than China in every major economy in Southeast Asia and ASEAN as a whole, and its leading firms – global players such as Mitsubishi and Sony – transfer far more technology and know-how to developing Asia than their Chinese counterparts.
Since early 2011, hundreds of thousands have died; around ten million Syrians have been displaced;Europe has been convulsed with Islamic State (ISIS) terror and the political fallout of refugees; and the United States and its NATO allies have more than once come perilously close to
direct
confrontation with Russia.
Historically, whatever happens on one side of the Mediterranean has had a
direct
impact on the other; given today’s high level of global interdependence, there is every reason to believe that this will remain true.
For starters, the post-1992 reforms coincided with a surge of globalization, which provided China with massive capital inflows (about $1 trillion in foreign
direct
investment since 1992), a slew of new technologies, and virtually unimpeded access to Western consumer markets.
In most West European countries, however, such agitators use their professed admiration for Israel as a kind of alibi, and
direct
their racism at Muslims.
At the end of 2014, British foreign
direct
investment in Africa was £42.5 billion ($54.1 billion), more than double the £20.8 billion that UK interests invested in 2005.
So it adopted the identity of an Islamic Republic – a seemingly
direct
and logical evolution from “Muslims as a distinct nation” before partition to Pakistan as an “Islamic State” afterward.
Yet, without
direct
US military support or indirect (and in some cases implicit) political support, it is difficult to imagine that such risky operations would have been launched.
In his classic treatise Strategy: The Indirect Approach, B.H. Liddell Hart, reflecting on his World War I experiences, insisted on the foolhardiness of
direct
attacks on an entrenched enemy.
The road, after all, is a vital link in China’s quest for
direct
access to the Arabian Sea.
Under the worst-case outcome of a complete disruption to the Japanese economy, the
direct
repercussions on the United States and Chinese economies would be small – shaving no more than a few tenths of a percentage point off their annual growth rates.
Within the so-called G-10 developed economies, Australia has the largest
direct
exposure to Japan – the destination of about 19% of its total exports.
The significance of the earthquake and tsunami of 2011 is not the relatively low magnitude of Japan’s
direct
impact on the broader global economy.
Yet such projects, designed for profit or at least
direct
cost recovery, are not even remotely sufficient to end extreme poverty.
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