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The calculations can be tweaked, but it is difficult to generate anything close to the dramatic figures of 40-50% undervaluation that had been bandied about by some researchers.
These left-wing figures saw what those in the mainstream didn’t: Thatcher’s fundamental challenge to the economic and social structures that had been widely accepted since World War II.
If global temperatures exceed the two-degree ceiling significantly, adaptation costs could reach double the worst-case figures, placing a crippling burden on the world economy.
It probably explains why Kouchner was one of the few important French political figures to support the Anglo-American overthrow of Saddam Hussein (something Sarkozy did not do).
The service contains an electronic newsletter that includes Syria-related reports and articles gathered from a variety of sources, often including comments by opposition figures at home and abroad.
By contrast, Spain’s external deficit is still above 4% of GDP, while Portugal and Greece recently recorded astronomical figures of around 10%.
These figures suggest that the EIB may simply find dirty energy projects more familiar, easier to access, and more profitable.
The inefficiency of ethnic profiling was highlighted in early May, when the British government released figures showing that, of the more than 117,000 police stops made between 2007 and 2008, only 72 led to an arrest for terrorism-related offences.
In late 2008, anti-Thaksin mobs wearing yellow shirts and led by prominent business figures occupied Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport with impunity, seeking to annul the result of a general election in which pro-Thaksin forces gained power, despite Thaksin’s exile overseas.
They are well-off, well-established members of society, not marginal figures whom we might expect to be drawn to desperate acts of violence.
Doctors who organize groups based on literalist readings of scripture and engineers who lead Islamist political parties are familiar figures throughout the Muslim world.
But in Britain, the figures are dramatically different: only 19% trust the EU, while 55% distrust it.
Both figures are, again, the lowest in the EU.
In France, 57% trust the European Parliament, but only 29% trust the French parliament; while the corresponding figures for Germany are 51% and 23%.
But some Alawites are prominent opposition figures.
Hollywood is struggling to explain how one of its most visible figures could have gotten away with such behavior for so long.
Of course, it is premature to draw any firm conclusions from these figures.
Juncker’s office coldly replied that important portfolios in the new Commission would go to major political figures, and that Juncker “does not owe [Cameron] anything.”
On a limited stage, within limited time, and with limited figures or props, theatre says something about the world, about history, about human existence.
Better “unemployment figures” will be required, no doubt.
These figures are inflated, however, by transactions with Hong Kong, which accounts for roughly 70% of international trade payments settled in renminbi.
Populist leaders, in particular, have been eager to manipulate the migration debate, using inflated figures and other gross exaggerations to stoke popular fears.
They must publicize the actual figures for migration flows, both into and out of their countries.
Meanwhile, plenty of advanced-country citizens – including 4.9 million UK nationals – are represented in global migration figures.
Donald Trump and a World of DistrustWASHINGTON, DC – A crisis of public confidence in civic institutions – including governments, legislatures, courts, and the media – is a central factor in the rise of Donald Trump and figures like him around the world.
Many look to anti-establishment movements and figures, such as Trump, for salvation.
In 2008 – the last year for which Maddison provided figures before he died in 2010 – China’s per capita GDP was 21% of the US level.
But Kramer calls such figures bullies with a vision that inspires others to want to follow them.
These figures indicate just how unstable the country’s political situation had become.
First, the true personal distribution of income – comprising all income, whether from labor or from capital – is almost surely worse than commonly cited headline figures suggest.
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