Legacy
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Although Chinese investors have since made numerous lower-visibility plays in US markets, the failed Unocal deal left a
legacy
of bitterness.
It was only after World War II – when the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (succeeded in 1995 by the WTO) began the process of multilateral trade liberalization – that Smoot-Hawley’s destructive
legacy
was finally overcome.
The post-crisis
legacy
was finally shaken off only several years later with the restoration of fiscal sustainability, debt write-offs under the so-called Brady Plan, and a variety of domestic structural reforms.
This arrangement – a
legacy
of the post-war US-led occupation, which was underpinned by a victor-loser mentality – must be changed to make the alliance sustainable.
But, whatever the complexities, Russia’s recent behavior toward its smaller neighbor is not rooted in the
legacy
of their shared history.
It is rooted in a different
legacy
– that of a Russian Empire whose habits did not die during the Soviet period.
And there may be no clearer illustration of the region’s freighted past and present than the life and
legacy
of one of its exceptional sons: the physicist and inventor Nikola Tesla.
But there are some in both Croatia and Serbia who want to appropriate his
legacy
in ways that do not do it justice.
Serbia, for example, finds inspiration in the
legacy
of Marshal Tito, who was president of Yugoslavia for much of the Cold War.
Meanwhile, governments were running large deficits – a
legacy
of the economic downturn – which renewed growth was supposed to shrink.
It was the willingness of some large financial institutions to trade in discounted debt that established a market that could clear out the
legacy
of past mistakes.
Liquidity remains limited in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the
legacy
of which includes a regulatory regime that is not conducive to long-term investment.
Perhaps because Iraq will define his legacy, he has proven reluctant to let go at a point when his policy appears to be a disaster.
Others, opposing this claim, insist that the country must live up to the
legacy
of its 1971 secession from Pakistan, in a revolution that proclaimed Islam insufficient grounds for nationhood and asserted the primacy of Bangladesh’s secular culture and Bengali language over its allegiance to Islamabad.
Anxious to distance himself from the
legacy
of the previous Republican administration, he never mentions former President George W. Bush and avoids mention of the two wars of the last decade.
Musharraf must assess what will be his
legacy.
NEW DELHI – In ways big and small, Asia is still living with the tainted
legacy
of imperialism.
A century and a half after the abolition of slavery, the
legacy
of that system lingers.
At home, the
legacy
of Saudi family rule, fear of chaos, increased public spending, and abundant security forces have produced calm.
Silicon Valley’s achievements are, arguably, a function of a unique cultural
legacy
rather than government policy (though government has indirectly underpinned some of its most successful startups).
After World War I, when Europe failed to address adequately its
legacy
of humiliation, the results were catastrophic.
Rather, costs are low because for almost two centuries colonial powers and then domestic governments hobbled markets and restricted international trade, leaving a
legacy
of wages so low that they offset weaker productivity.
I call on states throughout the land to re-institute the study of US civics so that we will produce citizens who understand our
legacy
and can defend liberty and the Constitution when it is threatened.
In fact, large, traditional, or
legacy
media organizations still trump social media as trusted sources.
But this also means that 60% of news consumers regard the
legacy
media as being careless with facts.
Cooperation between the CDU and AfD would betray Adenauer’s
legacy
and be tantamount to the end of the Bonn Republic.
But the truth is that Myanmar’s jihadi scourge is decades old, a
legacy
of British colonialism.
This is the lasting
legacy
of the “temporary” tax cuts adopted by George W. Bush’s administration in the early 2000’s.
But, because of its secular tradition (now being challenged by the current regime), its non-Arab identity, its behavior towards its Kurdish minority, and the ambivalence of the Ottoman legacy, Turkey is as much a counter-model as a model.
Two elements of Keynes’s
legacy
seem secure.
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