Erosion
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So here, too, the logic points to a vicious circle: Slower growth leads to artificial remedies and further
erosion
of long-term growth potential.
Apparently Xi’s promise of the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation” is inextricable from the
erosion
of smaller states’ sovereignty.
Simultaneously, there has been considerable
erosion
of support from Musharraf’s strongest external backer, the United States.
Meanwhile, the political situation in Palestine – characterized by the
erosion
of President Mahmoud Abbas’s legitimacy – and the region’s overall instability are contributing further to the decay of the peace process.
But the uncomfortable reality is that renewed interest in military integration also reflects the
erosion
of Europe’s strategic position as a result of Brexit and, in some respects, Trump.
But none of these policies addresses the fundamental challenge facing the Kingdom – namely, the gradual
erosion
of its wealth (indeed, Saudi Arabia is expected to become a net energy importer by 2030).
If any institution (including the Supreme Court) exercises unfettered, unaccountable power, the
erosion
of civil liberties, and the spread of day-to-day injustices, fascism will not be far behind.
The only way to stem the
erosion
is to take determined action that convinces financial markets that the eurozone is here to stay.
According to the 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer, the public’s confidence in the status quo has collapsed worldwide, owing to widely held concerns about globalization, innovation, immigration, the
erosion
of social values, and corruption.
Europe-wide presidential elections, for which many senior political figures have called, would help to stem the
erosion
of political legitimacy that has cost the EU, in its technocratic incarnation, the respect, sense of identification, and even the attention of its citizens.
It also seems to contain within it fears about the potential
erosion
of French national identity.
They also have to show that for the vast majority of citizens, clientilism yields no benefits, and that a lack of democratic accountability, a dysfunctional bureaucracy, and
erosion
of the rule of law will in the long run hurt the people – all of them.
Such farming systems have many environmental advantages, particularly with respect to limiting
erosion
and the runoff of fertilizers and pesticides.
Because development-provoked
erosion
has brought the Gulf of Mexico 20 miles closer to land than it was in 1965, hurricanes are able to retain more strength, and their winds and waves pack more speed and destructive power.
And climate change is compounding both problems, wearing away at the glaciers and snowpack that serve as natural regulators of water flow, even as increased
erosion
caused by flooding contributes to the siltation of major reservoirs.
How much
erosion
of legitimacy occurs will depend not only on whether war with Iraq takes place, but on what happens during the build-up and preparations for war: the media and propaganda struggles, and the political alliances that are forged.
It would be absurd to condemn, as some do, globalization as the main and only culprit in the
erosion
of traditional sources of support for the poor.
After all, technological innovation, along with an international effort to adopt the 1987 Montreal Protocol, is how the world put a stop to the
erosion
of the ozone layer.
The
erosion
of support for the government is due to its inefficiency: inflation is triple official forecasts, and basic foodstuffs and fuel are scarce and their supply irregular.
While there was much talk of reform, Western countries repeatedly countered serious efforts that would result in meaningful
erosion
of their entitlements.
Financial excesses become the rule rather than the exception, facilitated by financial innovation and the
erosion
of lending standards and prudential regulation.
The resulting
erosion
of trust is jeopardizing already-complex nation-building and economic-recovery projects.
Toyota’s top managers will find that English is useful not only to explain, and apologize for, the company’s recall of eight million cars, but also for listening and learning as they try to reverse the
erosion
of trust among customers.
Write-off losses on such bonds would hit taxpayers in other countries, owing to the
erosion
of national finance ministries’ profits from lending self-printed money (seigniorage).
These parties and movements share a sense that native-born citizens have been let down by liberal political elites, who seem unable or unwilling to stem the tide of immigration, crime, and Islamist militancy, as well as the
erosion
of national sovereignty by EU bureaucracy and global capitalism.
Even the world’s oldest continuous democracy is not immune to the
erosion
of self-governance.
The
erosion
is traceable to several factors, including deficiencies in primary and secondary education as well as poor macroeconomic management.
The only way to overcome the finiteness of our world is to maintain as much space as possible between entropy and history by investing in education and research aimed at increasing renewable energies, reducing the energy intensity of our standards of living, and slowing the pace of environmental
erosion.
This paradigm shift has led to the
erosion
of the Western middle class and the rise of the precariat, a new socioeconomic class comprising not just those who cannot find a job, but also those who are informally, casually, or otherwise insecurely employed.
Convinced that he is right, and incurious to hear contrary arguments, Bush felt free to undermine the rule of law in America with warrantless domestic surveillance,
erosion
of due process, and defense of torture, in addition to misleading the public and refusing to heed expert advice or recognize facts on the ground.
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