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Each year, there would be an estimated 640,000 fewer newborn deaths, 150,000 fewer maternal deaths, and 600,000 fewer children losing their mothers – yielding economic benefits of roughly $145 billion.
Fewer kids also means that a larger share of the population would be working, boosting the economy by an estimated $288 billion annually for a generation.
There is no doubt that had John McCain won the presidential election last November, a very similar deficit-spending stimulus package to the Obama plan – perhaps with more tax cuts and fewer spending increases – would have moved through Congress with unanimous Republican support.
His last demand – fewer benefits for EU migrants – will be the hardest for EU leaders to accept.
The US economy is expected to expand, the European Union is recovering, and there are fewer economic uncertainties in China than there were a year ago.
Too many Americans are working fewer hours and earning less than they once did.
Despite dramatically falling crime rates over the last ten years (which most criminologists attribute more to demography - there have simply been fewer young men of late - than incarceration), prison populations have continued to soar.
Chemnitz is home to fewer foreigners than many similar-size German towns, and crime is generally under control there.
Studies show that areas with more primary-care physicians have lower mortality and better health outcomes than those with fewer primary-care physicians.
More dollars are going to defense, but fewer resources are being devoted to supporting global health or development.
We can, however, decrease their frequency; we can make them shallower; we can ensure that fewer people are hurt and that those that get hurt are better protected.
If, as seems to be the case, the expected path of income turns south, we will have fewer future resources to meet our needs.
The Age of IncompetenceBERKELEY – On January 20, 2017, US President-elect Donald Trump will take office having received almost three million fewer votes than his opponent; and he will work with a Republican Senate majority whose members won 13 million fewer votes than their Democratic opponents.
At the national level, we should constantly remind Senate Republicans that they speak for 13 million fewer voters than the Democrats do.
And, if all else fails, we should remember that standing up to an unpopular president who received almost three million fewer votes than his opponent is not just the right thing to do; it will also make for great reality TV.
First, the risk of infection in winter is low, as there are fewer mosquitos, and Brazil is using the military to spray areas where mosquitos breed.
But we have good reason to hope that there will be fewer of them.
Having published fewer than ten papers since his groundbreaking work in 1964, Higgs believes that no university would employ him nowadays.
And, while Zimbabwe has around 50 fewer registered Chinese companies than Kenya, Kenya’s economy is around 4.5 times the size of Zimbabwe’s, clearly implying that those firms that are operating there contribute more to the country’s economy.
Both desires can be fulfilled if societies allow older people to work more years and let everyone work fewer hours.
Those who resist feminizing the workforce might argue that doing so would mean fewer children – and thus a new demographic complication.
Studies show that, decades down the line, these children would be more productive, make more money, have fewer kids, and begin a virtuous circle of dramatic development.
By ensuring that the pursuit of new knowledge remains a high priority, Europe can safeguard the scientific revolution and retain a leading edge globally, despite having fewer people than other regions.
The only hope was to stop economic growth itself, cut consumption, recycle, and force people to have fewer children, stabilizing society at a significantly poorer level.
Manufacturing productivity per hour in Europe compares quite well with the US, but Europeans work significantly fewer hours per year, which explains the annual per capita difference.
Though the election system is purely proportional and the S&D won the popular vote, the reason that it ended up with fewer seats is simple: its affiliated parties won relatively more votes in the larger countries, where it “costs” more voters to gain a single seat.
Fewer cars may also mean shorter travel times, less congestion, and a smaller environmental impact.
In a world of statistics, it is 100% likely that fewer than 100% of people will be happy.
With modern manufacturing underdeveloped, many young workers with fewer skills and less education are consigned to the informal sector.
These drugs are widely used in high-income countries because they produce fewer side effects.
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