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The first ambiguity has been resolved by the decision to aim for a level of emissions that would cap the increase in average surface temperature at 2º Celsius above the pre-industrial level.
Many scientists consider even a lower increase dangerous.
Infectious diseases have no borders, and as African countries deepen their trade ties and intra-Africa migration grows, the threat of regional pandemics will only increase.
But cutting aid is likely to increase turmoil rather than leading to an acceptable long-term compromise between Israel and Palestine.
But even if his program succeeds, it will not do much to increase America’s energy security.
Whereas the public-sector deficit was 3% of GDP in the early 2000s, Germany runs a small surplus today, which is a perfectly reasonable reaction, as is the increase in private retirement savings.
And while raising the minimum wage would boost income for those who have jobs, it could also increase unemployment.
Another option would be to increase public spending in military procurement and infrastructure, though military procurement is a long-term process, and more infrastructure investment would be difficult at a time when the construction industry is running at full capacity.
An increase in demand equal to 2.5% of German GDP would boost global demand by just 0.1%.
But, although each 10% increase in production leads to 2.5-5% more pollution, the higher income from this output drives better technology and more stringent regulations, which in turn reduces pollution by 12.5-15%.
In total, a 10% increase in income results in 10% less pollution.
While the G-20 leaders have decided to support an SDR allocation of $250 billion, this will increase the share of SDRs in total international reserves to no more than 4%.
But one can envisage a system in which international reserves are held each in roughly equal shares of dollars, euros (assuming a further gradual increase in its share), and SDRs.
According to some estimates, Russia could increase its arable area by 10 million hectares, and its crop yields by 250%, thereby boosting grain exports dramatically.
Of course, if that inhabitant already owned a house there that they can sell, they may regard the price increase as a windfall that they can claim by departing.
The steady increase in production costs, partly attributable to high borrowing costs, is squeezing enterprises’ profit margins of – small and medium-sized enterprises in particular.
Although this rise may seem small in the short run, especially when compared to the immediate increase caused by major storms, its long-term effects must not be ignored.
South Africa, for example, has had to increase interest rates, despite slow economic growth, to attract the funding it needs.
Turkey’s rate increase has been dramatic.
Latin America, however, will likely converge only very slowly in the absence of major structural reforms that increase its ability to invest and improve the quality of education.
The increase in China’s trade surplus with the US since 1985 has been driven primarily by the evolution of the East Asian economy.
Finally, the “climate justice” plan sponsored by France and others in Copenhagen, which aims to increase Africans’ access to clean energy, is crucial at a time when three of ten sub-Saharan Africans have no access to electricity.
Today, China’s government seeks to shape the diplomatic agenda in order to increase China’s options while constricting those of potential adversaries.
Latin America’s Next Growth ChallengeSince 2003, Latin America’s economies have been thriving, with GDP, including estimates for 2006, up by 17% – an average annual growth rate of 4.3% and a 12% increase in per capita GDP.
But their governments seem to be taking advantage of the bonanza to pay off pending external debt and increase their foreign reserves.
Even with a significant increase in tax revenue, such a high basic income would have to be packaged with gradual reductions in some existing public spending – for example, on unemployment benefits, education, health, transportation, and housing – to be fiscally feasible.
Ethanol accounts for more than 50% of current light-vehicle fuel demand in the country, and Petrobras – Brazil’s energy giant and one of the largest companies in Latin America – expects this share to increase to more than 80% by 2020.
Does the Fed really want to increase annual inflation to 2%, such that the price level of the country will increase by more than 700% over the next century?
Low interest rates, the dollar’s continuing role as the world’s main reserve currency, and the capacity of the public sector to increase spending make the case for higher infrastructure spending compelling.
Since the Great Disinflation of the early 1980s, when the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) plunged from 14.7% in March 1980 to 2.4% in July 1983, inflation has generally remained in a relatively narrow 1-5% range for a quarter-century.
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