Fortune
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What accounts for these neighbors’ reversal of political
fortune?
It might seem inexplicable that China, which has spent a
fortune
in recent years to project “soft power” abroad, would be willing to place itself in such company.
That makes much more sense than spending a
fortune
on CO2 cuts that do next to nothing.
So his
fortune
began in real estate development.
The
fortune
accumulated by Bo’s wife (reliance on proxies, especially relatives, is a common tactic of corrupt officials everywhere) highlights the opportunities for the well connected to get ahead.
Unless its competitors take extraordinary and extraordinarily costly steps--like those taken by Microsoft against Netscape, its rival in the Internet browser market, by pouring a
fortune
into creating its Internet Explorer and then distributing it for free--the first firm to establish a dominant market position will reap high profits as long as its sector of the industry lasts.
In these circumstances, a majority of European voters have recently shown, once again, that they favor the right and its tendency to support the
fortune
seekers.
Rather than worrying about the country’s food supply, he reportedly had broad responsibility for steering the Kim family
fortune
through a labyrinth of bank accounts on several continents.
The answer lies in a finely honed strategy, perfected over years, that juggles US demands and the interests of local intelligence chiefs, mullahs, tribal leaders, venal politicians, and a host of
fortune
seekers.
But if, say, a financial trader or a corporate executive is paid a
fortune
for being a shade faster than competitors, the public suspects that he or she is undeserving or, worse, a thief.
His economic good fortune, combined with his readiness to stand up to the West, has created a misguided impression in Russia that the country is, once again, a world power.
The root cause of this reversal of
fortune
was a global environment that could no longer support high commodity prices.
How Trees Make Cities HealthierWASHINGTON, DC – Last May, I had the dubious
fortune
of visiting Mumbai, India during the city’s hottest month on record.
US policy has devolved into a sort of “wheel of fortune” game for financial firms.
Today, most of the major emerging economies have experienced a severe reversal of
fortune.
This change of
fortune
is shocking.
Some sense of social solidarity may remain, but it is so abstract that those for whom the wheel of
fortune
has spun so favorably feel little debt.
Along the way, scientists get paid for finding just the right mix of salt, sugar, and chemicals to make the latest instant food maximally addictive; advertisers get paid for peddling it; and, in the end, the health-care industry makes a
fortune
treating the disease that inevitably results.
His efforts to undermine regional stability range from an assassination attempt against Guinean President Lansana Conte earlier this year, to which he has been linked, to using his
fortune
to influence Liberia’s elections, setting the stage for his allies to win.
The Mercers, who made their
fortune
through the high-tech genius of patriarch Robert Mercer and a hedge fund he led, fund Breitbart News, a far-right website formerly edited by Bannon that promotes ultra-nationalism and white supremacy, with a whiff of anti-Semitism.
The Oil-Producing CountriesThe oil-producing countries have suffered a sudden reversal of
fortune.
Banks in Cyprus would be able to collect any amount of customer funds from anywhere in Europe by offering minimal risk premiums, allowing them to spin an even bigger wheel of
fortune
than they did in the past.
Leon Mba, the first Gabonese president, was such a Francophile that he bequeathed his personal
fortune
to France in order to finance the construction of a hospital in Paris.
The first one targets his son, Zhou Bin, a businessman who has amassed a huge
fortune
through shady deals and possibly criminal activities.
Liu made his
fortune
with Zhou Bin’s help.
But a boom connotes transient good
fortune
– enjoy it while it lasts, or save the proceeds for a rainy day.
Suppose that it really is the case that there are decision-makers who are willing to pay an absolute
fortune
to hire you in a genuinely arm’s-length transaction, not because you have given them favors in the past or because they expect favors from you in the future.
That, Summers says, does not mean that you “earn” or “deserve” your
fortune
in any relevant sense.
Good
fortune
and bad
fortune
alternate randomly, and the poorest people are particularly vulnerable when misfortune – like a hurricane in a fishing village – strikes.
Meanwhile, they will be free to use part of their
fortune
as impact investors in for-profit social enterprises that promise both financial and social returns (and they will have to pay taxes on the profits they reap).
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