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Piketty warns us not to be fooled by the apparent stability and prosperity that was the common experience of the advanced economies during a few decades in the second
half
of the twentieth century.
Piketty argues that this has been the historical norm, except during the tumultuous first
half
of the twentieth century.
But when the bank ran the numbers, they discovered that although about
half
of the people applying for low-end, high-interest-rate credit had a police record, this did not seem to reflect on payment outcomes.
In the
half
century since the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the world community has created nearly 100 universal and regional human rights agreements governing issues as diverse as discrimination against women, state-sponsored torture, and the right of collective bargaining.
According to the World Bank, more than 70% of African countries rank in the bottom
half
globally for efforts to protect “market-based competition.”
Currently, though China is the world’s most populous country and its second-largest economy, only
half
the population lives in urbanized areas, and less than 10% reside permanently in megacities.
For example, about
half
of Shanghai’s administrative jurisdiction of 6,340 square kilometers (2,448 square miles) is rural.
Yet the population of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area is growing fast, and its GDP per capita is less than
half
that of Tokyo, suggesting that its potential is nowhere near depleted.
In the second
half
of the 2000’s, as Russian state capitalism came into its own, previous anti-corruption gains were reversed, and the business climate deteriorated to the point that capital flight now stands at about 4% of GDP.
As a result, there is a deepening divide between the
half
of the world’s children who have access to a decent education and the
half
who do not.
Consumer prices are falling for a simple reason: energy and other raw material prices have declined by more than
half
in the last two years.
He points out that HFT already accounts for
half
of total turnover in some debt and foreign-exchange markets, and that it is dominant in US equity markets, accounting for more than one-third of daily trading, up from less than one-fifth in 2005.
By 2030, more than
half
of the world’s school-age children – some 800 million kids – will lack the basic skills needed to thrive or secure a job in the workplace of the future.
Western sanctions, which seemed to constitute only a pinprick a few months ago, appear to have inflicted serious damage, with the ruble having lost nearly
half
its value against the US dollar last year.
Second, the 70-year period that began with the widespread diffusion of the automobile –during which one could get nearly anywhere in a typical metropolitan area in
half
an hour or less – is over.
A 40% fall in the value of the dollar – of which
half
passes through to increased dollar prices of imports – thus implies a 3.2% rise in the overall price level.
The combination of conflict, destruction of education infrastructure (around 1,200 schools have been destroyed), and Boko Haram’s attacks on schoolchildren – most notoriously with the 2014 abduction of 276 girls from Chibok – has forced
half
a million students to abandon their studies.
Expanding the basket to include emerging-market currencies would help, but only a little, because the US and Europe still account for
half
of the world economy and more than
half
of its liquid financial markets.
During the PO government’s eight years in power, Poland’s GDP grew by almost 25%, while unemployment and the budget deficit fell by almost
half.
Increased fear of competition from emerging countries is also a natural consequence of the collapse of the speculative bubble in equities in 2000; stock markets in some countries fell to less than
half
their peak value.
Thus, while most respondents said they were not worried, nearly
half
expressed some worry.
But the outcome has been the return of normality to the one and a
half
million people of Northern Ireland.
But, given that almost
half
of China’s rural workers are already over 50 years old, many may never migrate.
The World Bank estimates that infrastructure investments accounted for nearly
half
of the acceleration in Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth in 2001-2005.
Our recent mid-year report found that 1,462 Afghan civilians were killed in the first
half
of this year, the highest number since the UN started documenting deaths and injuries of civilians in 2007.
Airstrikes by international forces – mainly attacks from helicopters – caused 79 civilian casualties in the first
half
of 2011.
The main reason for this is the enduring clout of China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs), which consume
half
of the country’s total bank credit, but contribute only 20% of value-added and employment.
Women account for
half
of the global labor supply and about 70% of the world’s consumption demand.
Globally, only about
half
of working-age women are employed, and they earn three-quarters as much as men, even when they have the same level of education and are in the same occupation.
Fossil Fuel FolliesBERLIN – If the world is to avoid climate catastrophe, it will have to forego burning almost 90% of proven coal reserves, plus one-third of oil and
half
of natural-gas reserves.
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