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The path toward a union based on joint liabilities, against the wishes of
large
parts of its population, is not leading to a federal state in the true sense of the term – that is, to an alliance of equals, who freely decide to unite and promise to protect each other.
Nor can this path lead to a United States of Europe, simply because a
large
part of Europe refuses to follow it.
But it will at least reduce his unjustifiably
large
share of the marketplace of economic ideas.
That absence of accountability, in turn, has contributed to the vertiginous rise in senior executives’ compensation and, in financial firms, to a shift away from shareholder returns and towards
large
payouts to insiders.
Large
pools of savings in sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and insurance companies could be used, for example, to meet emerging economies’ huge financing needs for infrastructure and urbanization.
Given such
large
demand shortfalls and output gaps, it should surprise no one that even exceptionally generous monetary conditions have proved insufficient to bolster inflation.
Given the growth patterns across advanced and developing countries prior to the crisis, and then the
large
negative shock, it is likely that there is a shortfall of tradable global aggregate demand, impeding an important component of global growth.
Serbia is emblematic of the importance of doing so, as public support there for the EU integration process has risen sharply in a only months, from 40% to 60%, thanks in
large
part to the EU’s decision of earlier this year to liberalize the visa regime.
Oil prices quadrupled following the first oil embargo in 1973, and the discovery of
large
reserves in the 1970s underpinned a massive increase in Soviet output.
In both cases, a seemingly low-cost opportunity was viewed as yielding a
large
strategic gain – at least in the short run.
Both europhiles and eurocrats shudder at the prospect that rejection in several member states, particularly in a
large
one, might kill the project, leaving the Union to muddle through with the Nice Treaty.
Domestic politics also loom
large
in the relationship’s development – on both sides.
Indian leaders must also be careful not to do or say things that could alienate the country’s
large
Muslim minority.
The US housing boom is due, first, to low interest rates, which mean that
large
amounts of money can be borrowed for mortgages with moderate monthly payments.
First, investors, recognizing that the dollar is overvalued and that they are likely to suffer
large
losses when it returns to its fundamental value, could start selling their Treasury bonds, corporate bonds, and mortgage-backed securities.
This shift will require a big increase in local purchasing power – and, therefore, an enormous transfer of wealth from
large
domestic companies to Chinese households.
The leadership will also try to increase state-owned enterprises’ efficiency by withholding support (and money) from those that underperform, potentially putting
large
numbers of workers out on the streets.
In short, China is on the brink of large, necessary, and dangerous transformations that promise to change the country for the better – or make everything, including regional stability, much worse.
The entire world has a
large
stake in what happens next.
With its ability to mobilize
large
financial resources and buttress policy credibility, the IMF can help mitigate the
large
economic and social costs often associated with crises.
First and foremost, our financing packages should be
large
enough relative to the size of the problem to make a difference.
But the many central bank lending facilities that have been opened around the world should assuage these concerns, especially for
large
and well-capitalized banks.
Consider, for example, the real possibility that a
large
indebted financial institution faces a run on its deposits, as Lehman did, and starts dumping loans onto the market.
Some distressed banks clearly possess
large
quantities of mortgage-backed securities, and are holding onto them in the hope that their prices will rise in the future, saving them from failure.
One problem is that the public’s appetite for a bailout of the unregulated and hemorrhaging “shadow” financial system, consisting of institutions like hedge funds and private equity firms, is rightly small, yet it too can serve to hold back bank lending if a
large
proportion of the distressed assets are held in weak institutions there.
And some in the EU are put off by the seeming affinity of the Orthodox Church and its adherents toward Vladimir Putin’s Russia, or by the region’s
large
Muslim population.
Meanwhile, the Gazprom office in central Belgrade offers a large, visible proof of Russia’s energy presence in the country.
Beyond bringing important but politically marginalized groups to the table, such a committee might also produce a demonstration effect, with successful power-sharing in a small setting possibly encouraging power-sharing writ
large.
Fear and Loathing in the First WorldWithin the last few years, people throughout the world's most advanced economies have become acutely worried about the economic prowess of China, India, and other emerging countries with
large
low-wage populations.
But China – home to almost 20% of the world population and responsible for 15% of global output – is simply too
large
to depend solely on external markets.
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