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This is the underlying dynamic driving corruption in China today.
Even after the global economy began to recover, governments channeled their resources toward dubious and uncoordinated schemes to support energy production and consumption, rather than effective investments aimed at driving a shift toward more sustainable energy systems.
China has not liberalized its capital account, but short-term inflows are now driving stronger upward pressure on the renminbi (and larger offsetting reserve accumulation by the People’s Bank of China) than can be explained by the current-account surplus and FDI flows.
First, with the current raw materials bonanza driving up prices of exported goods, the region is increasingly vulnerable to the so-called “Dutch disease,” whereby higher wages and prices spread throughout the economy, weakening competitiveness, particularly in industrial markets.
President Vladimir Putin undertook a scorched-earth policy in Chechnya, driving many Chechen nationalists straight into the extremists’ arms.
Today, Europe will be critical to driving progress, particularly in the event that the US Congress torpedoes a sensible agreement.
But the driving force is not overhyped blockchain applications such as Bitcoin.
Moreover, it is driving the US away from Europe and further in the direction of China.
And, as a bilateral strategy, engagement has proved to be astonishingly successful, having led to historic openings, first to Myanmar and now to Cuba, while driving progress toward an enduring nuclear agreement with Iran.
For some activities for which a mental age limit may be relevant, the number of people engaging in the activity is very large: voting, obtaining a driving license, and having sex, for example.
But it would be very costly to scrutinize whether every person interested in those activities has the capacity to understand what is involved in voting, driving responsibly, or giving informed consent to sex.
Procedures, operations, and prescription opioid use aimed at curbing chronic pain have increased dramatically over the last decade, driving up health-care costs, while failing to stem the increase in the prevalence of pain or the number of disability claims.
China’s intensive economic monetization is a key factor driving its money-supply growth.
But the planet’s rising surface temperature will increase the probability and severity of such weather patterns, and 2015 – the warmest year on record – confirmed that human greenhouse-gas emissions are driving significant climate change.
We can expect to hear a lot of talk in New York next month about the international community’s responsibility to do more to help existing refugees and address the conditions driving them to flee their homelands.
The assumption – dear to the architects of the current process – that peace can be achieved by driving a wedge between “moderates’ and “extremists” is a fatal misconception.
We must tackle deficiencies in distribution systems that limit access to drugs and diagnostics, driving up costs.
Even so, the EU remains dependent on France and Germany as a driving force.
They believe that Russia has inherited a cultural DNA that transcends revolutions, as if some kind of vicious gene was driving the Kremlin’s current imperialist aggression in Ukraine (and, if Putin’s threats are to be believed, Kazakhstan may soon be next).
And in the typical European city, where land and affordable housing are in short supply, lower interest rates have been driving property prices higher rather than stimulating construction.
While it may be convenient to hold others accountable for America’s problems, this is bad economics driving bad politics.
Second, with low interest rates causing vast sums of money to chase so few opportunities for decent yields, it is understandable that investors have turned to government bonds, thereby driving down yields still further.
Fortunately, there is little reason to believe such dire predictions, or that the market gyrations that have been driving recent headlines represent anything more than short-term volatility.
Though somewhat dysfunctional, these institutions have helped to empower Kenyan youth, driving the high election turnout last month.
We know that progress is possible only with the engagement of civil society, which has a huge role to play in changing norms, driving policy reform, and providing services.
Jean Mannet, the great Frenchman who was the driving force behind European integration, used to warn: "An idea which is not embodied in an institution will die".
Second, we should concentrate less on improving health care and more on strengthening disease prevention, for example by driving down tobacco use, expanding opportunities for physical activity, and increasing the availability and affordability of a healthy diet.
Europe’s leaders are now contemplating what to do, and their next move will have fateful consequences, either calming the markets or driving them to new extremes.
But, while Chancellor Angela Merkel is justified in insisting on this, it is driving her in the wrong direction.
This would remove one of the two main driving forces of the current market turmoil.
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