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The real contenders among economic and political systems seem to be a relatively humane welfare-state capitalism -- which is the system that defeated Communism, but which seems to be falling apart in both Europe and North America; a raw frontier-style capitalism, with few protections for the unlucky -- a system that seems to be the objective of conservatives in the United States, and may be the eventual outcome in much of Europe; and an oligarchy in which the power of the state is used to further the interests of the elite, with little pretense of either socialism or democracy -- the system that now prevails in China and to a lesser
extent
in some other Asian developing countries, and that could easily become the future of much of the former Soviet Empire.
Such an economic collapse, rare outside wartime, understates the
extent
of human suffering implied by the prolonged food and medicine scarcities that plague the country.
The
extent
to which Europe will break down, and the consequences of that process, remain to be seen.
But the opposite conclusion was equally plausible: Given the
extent
of fragility, a clever twist to the control levers might facilitate a military victory by the economic hegemon.
How the Middle East develops will determine the
extent
of the risks for, or even probable challenges to, Europe’s security.
To the
extent
that this perception impedes progress, it is the real threat to global food security.
Any such manifesto must address the two elephants in the room – Palestine and the price of oil – as well as the
extent
to which regional water and energy resources, now rapidly depleting, should be shared.
An appreciation of 25% – roughly the
extent
by which the renminbi currently is undervalued – would reduce China’s growth by somewhat more than two percentage points.
In any case, to the
extent
that any recent American graduate thinks about debt, it is in the context of paying student loans.
Now that it has detailed the
extent
of British culpability in the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq, those implicated in the report’s findings are using two arguments to refute it.
Whether a crisis is escalating or de-escalating, the madman strategy’s effectiveness seems to depend on the
extent
to which a political leader’s “insanity” is ambiguous – so much so that even historians won’t know where to draw the line between sincerity and artifice.
Because Europe is at peace, with no singular, overriding security threat, it is likely that when the
extent
of the bargain becomes clear, voters and politicians in the rich creditor countries will reject it.
To the
extent
that these attitudes may have led to a political system in which small and medium-size firms find it difficult to flourish, they may have contributed to France’s problems.
The banks, having been recapitalized only to the
extent
necessary to keep them afloat, still have weak balance sheets.
And, while the 33% quota for women in local-government bodies has placed a million of them in elected positions at the grass roots, the
extent
to which this has actually improved women’s status has yet to be measured.
Try to imagine what will happen: at each European embassy, someone will be appointed to screen the list, name by name, and assess whether and to what
extent
the persons in question behave freely or speak out freely in public, to what
extent
they criticize the regime, or even whether they are former political prisoners.
India’s high-tech industries were to a large
extent
created by returning migrants and are deeply connected to the diaspora.
To the
extent
that more capital income is saved relative to labor income, tariffs will increase the economy’s overall savings rate.
Limited use of the SDR implies that adding the renminbi would be a largely symbolic move; but it would be a powerful symbol to the
extent
that it served as a kind of endorsement of the currency for global use.
Now, free-trade agreements are being negotiated – namely, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – that will undermine the continued expansion of Chinese exports to the
extent
that they raise entry barriers for Chinese firms.
For decades, many people lamented the
extent
to which the West dominated the global economic system.
To the
extent
that this remains the case, countries will treat financial stability as a secondary interest - just as they treated inflation when monetary policy was subject to direct government intervention.
To the
extent
that time heals wounds, that is reason enough for hope.
To some extent, this has already happened, in the sense that the EU was meant to be a voluntary association of equal states.
QUESTION: Some people have said that speculators such as yourself helped cause these crises to some
extent.
Don't you think that, to some extent, though not in a very evident way, Europe is an enemy of an open society?
To what
extent
do you think it is crucial for the future of planet Earth.
America’s success is to a great
extent
based on this kind of thinking.
Worse still, they have received support from the Fed, which one might have expected to adopt a more cautious stance, given the scale of its past mistakes and the
extent
to which it is evident that it reflects the interests of the banks that it was supposed to regulate.
The Fed’s defense of the big banks – that it is important for borrowers to be able to hedge their risks – reveals the
extent
to which it has been captured.
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