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For all of the gains made by the Dow Jones Industrial Average during the first year of his presidency (the continuation of an ascent that began under President Barack Obama), Trump’s actions so far have been decidedly mixed.

But Ehrlich bets what he thinks will be the economic gains that we and our descendants might enjoy against the unborn's very lives.

If protecting their government’s religious purity – and their own ill-gotten gains – required brutally repressing their own people and returning Iran to the dark ages, the extremists who would be left in charge would eagerly do it.

LONDON – Far-right parties are set to make substantial gains in the upcoming European Parliament election.

Whatever short-term gains Putin’s actions in Ukraine provide will be more than offset in the long term, as Russia loses access to the Western technology it needs to modernize its industry and extend energy exploration into frontier Arctic regions.

But the Soviets squandered these soft-power gains by invading Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968.

The meeting was called to catalyze mounting efforts to create a new economic paradigm grounded in sustainability and dedicated to human well-being, building on Bhutan’s innovative approach, which aims not for GDP growth, but for gains in gross national happiness (GNH).

Median household income in the US is still below its 2007 level – indeed, close to its level two decades ago – and roughly 90% of all US income gains in the post-crisis period have accrued to the top 1% of households.

Nowhere is there a credible plan to limit the concentration of wealth and power, broaden economic gains through strong real-income growth for the poor, and maintain macroeconomic stability.

But they know that, while the pain from reform is immediate, gains are typically delayed and their beneficiaries uncertain.

During the last three decades, the amazing success of China’s trade liberalization has done much more to convince other developing countries of the gains from trade than all the OECD countries’ exhortations.

The first is the widening of Britain’s income distribution between 1750 and 1850, as the gains from the British Industrial Revolution went to the urban and rural middle class, but not to the urban and rural poor.

Second, between 1750 and 1975, income distribution also widened globally, as some parts of the world realized gains from industrial and post-industrial technologies, while others did not.

This mostly coincided with the Gilded Age between 1870 and 1914, when domestic inequality rose in the global north as entrepreneurship, industrialization, and financial manipulation channeled new gains mostly to the wealthiest families.

But the subsequent and last stage brings us to the current moment, when economic policy choices have again resulted in a widening of the distribution of gains in the global north, ushering in a new Gilded Age.

Among the recommended policies are progressive income taxes, increases in capital gains taxes, higher estate taxes, and global mechanisms to tax income, wealth, and financial transactions.

Thaksin’s supposedly legal “tax planning,” which allowed him to pay zero capital gains tax on the billion dollar sale of his flagship telecom company, Shin Corporation, in 2006, offended the rising urban professional classes.

Of course, newspapers’ post-election rebound was not entirely their own doing; it was also facilitated by social media’s failure to consolidate its gains.

But these gains, while impressive, are not necessarily permanent.

And, in fact, while the move has probably reinforced Iran’s claim to be the true defender of Jerusalem and Palestine, the biggest gains for Iran will likely be emotional.

The public projects financed by the funds would provide sufficient efficiency gains to attract private financing.

But gains in measured productivity growth from this source are not permanent changes, so a large part of the reported reductions in unit labor costs are temporary.

Moreover, fiscal deficits and inflation squeeze out investment and limit productivity gains.

Moreover, business failures due to premature euroization will inevitably increase as chronically weaker domestic firms and financial institutions become fully exposed to EU competition before making adequate corporate governance improvements and efficiency gains.

WASHINGTON, DC – After decades of rapid economic growth and per capita income gains, Brazil is struggling.

In an effort to minimize the budget deficit, the authorities have proposed new tax measures, including new rules on capital gains and the reenactment of a tax on financial transactions.

The task is undoubtedly huge, but it will be dwarfed by the gains in prosperity that will benefit current and future generations.

This created financial wealth through capital gains, while spurring consumption and – through initial public offerings – some investment.

But American nonproliferation experts do not anticipate progress on South Korea’s efforts to win support for its preferred policies until the US gains more leverage.

Instead, Trump’s America will most likely continue to take advantage of its far-reaching commercial influence to secure strategic or political gains.

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