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It seems unlikely that Ron Paul, the libertarian chairman of the US Senate Banking Committee, who doubts that even the US needs a central bank, would be inclined to agree.
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.
Foreign investment is already at its nadir, due to the lingering political crisis following the fall of the Suharto dictatorship, and to doubts about the soundness of the country's institutional and legal capacity.
One hopes that its leaders respond, though their fondness for autocratic measures and indulgence of illiberal and intolerant statements by their supporters – behavior that has spurred serious concern across the political spectrum – raises serious doubts that they will.
For much of the developing world, the basic instability of international relations – owing to terrorist strikes, guerrilla warfare, and the preemptive wars that America threatens on its enemies – is aggravating socioeconomic anxieties and fueling doubts about the benefits of globalization.
Finally, another major consequence of the US-Colombia deal are the doubts that it has created in Latin America about President Barack Obama’s administration, and about the future of relations between the US and South America, especially Brazil, the main regional power.
There are now growing doubts about the effectiveness of the EFSF.
But there are doubts as to what it can achieve in the long run to eradicate poverty.
Third, Rousseff's rhetoric and origins as a militant leftist feed doubts as to whether she will pursue Lula's pragmatic, centrist economic and social policies.
But EU member governments’ behavior during the past few months raises grave doubts about whether they see things this way.
Paris, in case anyone had any lingering doubts, remains the capital of the world – or so it seemed for a night.
Yet there are still plenty of Brazilians – and foreign observers, including me – who harbor serious doubts, for two key reasons.
In the United States, the Supreme Court opted against a recount in Florida in 2000, fueling widespread doubts about the legitimacy of the result.
Still, I have my doubts about the future.
While her antipathy to German reunification was ill-judged, her doubts about the ability to reconcile greater political integration in the European Union with democratic accountability in its member states has gained many more sympathizers over the years – and not only in her own country.
Similar doubts accompany arms spending during peacetime.
Doubts in financial markets lead to higher risk premia, which make it even more difficult to finance a government that is already facing financial problems.
So long as EU leaders cannot answer that question, financial markets will continue to harbor doubts about the euro’s long-term stability.
Anyone who doubts that should recall how last decade’s securitization boom and bust – another example of a disruptive financial innovation that was over-produced and over-consumed – contributed to a credit and liquidity crisis that pushed the global economy to the verge of Great Depression II.
But the growing sense that we have lost control over history, together with serious doubts about the capabilities and principles of our leaders, lends a certain relevance to the events in Sarajevo in 1914.
Indeed, right-wing leaders like Representative Chung Mong-joon of the governing Saenuri Party have been vocal in expressing their doubts about South Korea’s current denuclearization policy, suggesting that a nuclear weapons program could prevent a second war on the peninsula.
Yet eight months before that dream formally comes true, doubts in Eastern Europe about the benefits of EU membership are mounting.
But doubts about the benefits of such cooperation persisted.
We now realize even the most sophisticated market players were clueless about the new financial instruments that emerged, and no one now doubts that the financial industry needs an overhaul.
But it also led to new doubts about the wisdom of reliance on commodity exports.
Of course, it is noble to hesitate before declaring someone an enemy, but when someone talks and acts like an enemy, doubts must disappear.
According to Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu, “The decision finally removes all doubts that countries which still do not recognize the Republic of Kosovo could have.”
But the economic difficulties are bound to continue, fostering doubts about the currency union’s future – doubts that could become self-fulfilling by undermining the euro’s ability to function properly.
These frightening numbers raise doubts about the stability of the West’s financial system, and they dwarf all measures, such as “bad banks” and government guarantees, that attempt to solve a mere liquidity crisis.
But, in recent months, the economy has stabilized, leaving few doubts about China’s ability to grow by more than 7% this year.
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