Fearful
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In the US today, as in the Weimar Republic, the resentful and the
fearful
have so little trust in prevailing political and economic institutions that they follow a leader who promises maximum disruption.
Fearful
of market disruptions, the Fed has embraced a slow-motion exit from QE.
Xi’s political purge, conducted as an anti-corruption campaign, has lately been reinvigorated, leaving the rank and file of the party-state demoralized by the disappearance of their perks and
fearful
of becoming the next target.
To be sure, a long history of mutual Christian-Muslim hostility, and recent cases of radical Islamist violence, have made many people
fearful
of Islam in a way that they are not of Hinduism, say, or Buddhism.
Indeed, the North Korean threat nowadays derives more from the regime’s internal weaknesses than from its aggressive external posture – the latter being the authorities’
fearful
response to the former.
A
fearful
public quickly lost confidence in official communications channels after repeated failures, and people looked instead to the news media for information.
Fearful
communities are deeply affected by this type of reporting.
But, as long as the Syrian conflict continues, it will be difficult to make any progress with an Iran
fearful
of the impact that a new government in Syria might have on its regional influence.
And they are suffering or
fearful
still in many parts of the world – particularly the Middle East, Sudan, South Sudan, and Central Africa, and in vulnerable corners of Asia such as North Korea, Myanmar, and Afghanistan.
And, though a recently signed memorandum of understanding offers Nigeria security assistance from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and other powers, residents of remote villages in northern Nigeria,
fearful
of night raids by Boko Haram and running out of food and supplies, are fleeing to mountain caves or bigger towns.
But they are also increasingly
fearful
of technological change and globalization, and thus seek to limit their pace and scope.
Should the world really be more
fearful
than hopeful?
A government impressed by past national achievement, but
fearful
of being overtaken and deeply worried about its own legitimacy, is likely to look for an outlet in foreign policy to mobilize domestic support or ward off opposition.
And that means that the FOMC,
fearful
of asset bubbles, will at some point decide that America’s interest rates must rise.
Hindus, Ahmadiyyas, and tribal people in the Chittagong hills,
fearful
for their safety, have been leaving the country in droves.
Does this mean that a
fearful
West has prevailed once again?
In the West, concerns about the impact on Chinese growth triggered a
fearful
sell-off in the markets.
He writes: “It is a
fearful
problem for the ordinary person, with no special talents, to occupy himself, especially if he no longer has roots in the soil or in custom or in the beloved conventions of a traditional economy.”
Largely for that reason, and
fearful
of “Japan Syndrome” in the aftermath of the collapse of the US equity bubble, the Fed remained overly accommodative during the 2003-2006 period.
And in recent months, US households that had not owned stocks in the past,
fearful
of missing out on the bull market, have joined the equity bandwagon.
Europe’s
Fearful
NativesPARIS – A referendum in Switzerland forbids the construction of new minarets.
Obama ran right into a perfect storm of the worst aspects of American democracy: red-state provincialism and ignorance,
fearful
conservatism, Republican Party obstructionism and even some Democratic Party dissidence.
Sinn Fein leaders are
fearful
that imposing arms decommissioning as a precondition will split the IRA, creating a paramilitary force determined to destroy the agreement.
Fearful
of challenging the armed terrorists, the international bodies that govern Kosovo prefer to appease them.
But victims of human trafficking are often too
fearful
of repercussions to use the avenues of communication available to them to report the crimes being committed against them.
Parents are now
fearful
that every delay in speech or socialization presages autism.
When people are fearful, they tend to be more risk-averse and thus more likely to stick with the status quo.
But, in a democracy lacking the safeguards of a strong culture of individual rights and a constitution to protect them, companies might be even more
fearful
of a predatory state.
In many countries, a large number of prostitutes are immigrants without legal status, and thus are especially
fearful
of law enforcement authorities.
As a result, girls and boys,
fearful
of attacks, are now refusing to go to school, and parents, worried that their children are no longer safe there, are refusing to send them.
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