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One is that nuclear weapons give political leaders the
equivalent
of a crystal ball that shows what their world would look like after escalation.
The only way to simulate an income tax on behalf of Nexus is to use Ken’s last annual income as a reference salary and extract from Luke’s revenues income tax and social security charges
equivalent
to what Ken paid.
That would be the
equivalent
of adding an economy the combined size of Germany and Austria every year.
Instead, defenders of the contemporary
equivalent
of “rollback” advocate attacking Iran because it is developing nuclear weapons.
They funded shoddy science, co-opted researchers and critics, shifted blame, advocated for weaker government oversight, and even marketed their products to children (as with Tony the Tiger, breakfast cereal’s
equivalent
of Big Tobacco’s Joe Camel).
In October, Rosneft issued $11 billion worth of ruble-denominated bonds (an unparalleled amount for the Russian market,
equivalent
to 70% of the total value of corporate bonds issued in Russia this year).
For example, Germany’s imports from China totaled roughly $63 billion in 2009, nearly
equivalent
to the imports from France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain combined.
Significantly, this alternative sourcing will most likely have a higher cost base than Chinese production, thereby imposing the functional
equivalent
of a tax hike on already-beleaguered middle-class Americans.
They expect Lula to accomplish the
equivalent
of Nixon's trip to China--to be the leftist who hard-headedly balances Brazil's budget, eliminates foreign investors' fear of debt repudiation via hyperinflation, and gives them fat capital gains on their Brazilian stocks and bonds.
So the risk of something
equivalent
to a bank run for non-bank financial institutions, owing to their short-term liabilities and longer-term and illiquid assets, is rising – as recent runs on some banks (Northern Rock), money market funds, state investment funds, distressed hedge funds suggests.
Not only are many of the
equivalent
online activities harder to see or quantify, but things like Facebook encourage you to ‘friend’ everyone….Everyone is more popular, more intelligent, and better looking than average.
These functions of government, and a federal budget of this size, would, of course, require the
equivalent
of a finance minister.
This implies that an increase in imports of consumer goods
equivalent
to 10% of GDP could generate an increase in measured GDP of about 10% as well.
The One Percent SolutionMore than a billion people now live on less than the purchasing power equivalent, in their own country, of what can be bought in the US for $1.00.
It drew a line across lower Manhattan and offered anyone living below that line the
equivalent
of three months' rent (or, if they owned their own apartment, three months' mortgage and maintenance payments).
Indeed, East Asia seems to lack the
equivalent
of major EU architects like Jean Monnet and Robert Schuman – visionaries with the stature and political support needed to begin building a framework for regional peace in a time, like today, of great change.
But this concession, the
equivalent
of 0.00003% of US total exports, will have no discernible impact on the US trade balance.
The new agreement provides an enormous opportunity to prevent the emission of 2.5 billion tons of CO2 in the first 15 years – the
equivalent
of taking roughly 35 million cars off the road every year the program is in force.
In the US, influential voices are proposing that the authorities respond to China’s massive accumulation of dollar reserves by selling an
equivalent
amount of dollars and buying an
equivalent
amount of renminbi.
There were 165 million stunted children in 2001,
equivalent
to half the population of the United States.
If the Israel Defense Forces were the modern
equivalent
of the Nazis, it should be smashed with maximum force.
Investors, and the rest of us, would be much better off if these funds flowed to more productive companies, perhaps with an amount
equivalent
to what would be transferred to bankers’ bonuses redirected to well-managed charities.
Because registering as foreign agents would be to identify themselves as the
equivalent
of spies, few organizations have done so.
In 2011, Europe’s publicly traded firms had an estimated €750 billion in cash sitting on their balance sheets,
equivalent
to twice the decline in private-sector investment in the EU from 2007 to 2011.
The US retailer Wal-Mart, for example, plans to cut emissions
equivalent
to 3.8 million cars, in part by implementing energy-efficiency measures at its Chinese stores.
Fueled by massive credit growth
(equivalent
to 30% of GDP from 2008 to 2012), the Chinese economy has taken on a level of financial leverage that is the highest among emerging markets.
Of course, the parallels end at some point, because batteries and engines aren’t quite the
equivalent
of PCs, but the ethos is much the same.
Indeed, financial stress tests – designed to estimate the likelihood of bank failures in the event of bad economic news – are intended to be the
equivalent
of cardiac stress tests.
Indeed, lending to governments and banks in the European periphery represents the European
equivalent
of subprime lending in the US (which was also concentrated in a few sunshine states).
This is
equivalent
to $700 billion, the same magnitude as the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) instituted in late 2008 to keep US financial markets from collapsing.
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