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During the 2004 hurricane season, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, both occupying the same island, provided a powerful lesson.
The lesson from the Ukraine episode is that while Russia is less of a gas superpower than it would appear, Europe would be wise for to start building greater diversity into the energy relationship.
Today, that first lesson appears to have been learned: various bailout and stimulus packages have stimulated depressed economies sufficiently for us to have a reasonable expectation that the worst of the slump is over.
But, judging from recent proposals in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union to reform the financial system, it is far from clear that the second lesson has been learned.
That is the sad lesson of Poland’s parliamentary election two weeks ago, and of Sunday’s indecisive presidential election (which will be decided by a run off between Donald Tusk and Lech Kaczynski on October 23rd.)
The obvious lesson to be drawn from 1979 is that America unwisely rested its entire strategic relationship with Iran on the shoulders of an unpopular dictator.
But the Iranian revolution holds another lesson for Pakistani liberals: obsessed with evicting the Shah, Iran’s intelligentsia was delusional about their own society and their potential to emerge victorious via an abrupt political upheaval.
If there is one lesson that economic policymakers should heed in 2015 and beyond, it is this: Just as invention is dynamic, so are the industries it creates.
As we learned in 2014, it is a lesson that has yet to sink in entirely.
That has been a grave lesson for regulators and central banks.
But there is a lesson for business – and the rest of us – as well.
The main lesson is that European countries cannot face down today’s resurgence of populist nationalism and jingoism unless they cooperate.
Second, anyone visiting Japan recognizes the benefits of its infrastructure investments (America could learn a valuable lesson here).
This lesson is apparent in the experience of developing countries, but it applies to developed economies, too.
The twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe reminds us that we should not forget the horrible lesson taught to the world in 1986.
The fact that world leaders now increasingly talk about this imperative suggests that the lesson of Chernobyl is finally being understood.
Similarly, Mohamed Deif, the leader of Hamas’s military wing, asserted on a recent videotape that the lesson of Gaza is that Israel can be forced out of the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Haifa.
The most important lesson is that Islamic organizations can provide the backbone of a tolerant civil society.
So the lesson is that we must allow equity holders to lose money sometimes in order to maintain a healthy financial system.
The lesson for Europe – and for the US – is clear: it is time to stop listening to what banks say, and start focusing on what they do.
Therein lies an additional explanation for tepid job growth, as well as a salutary lesson about policy.
The lesson for policymakers is clear: instead of constantly trying to boost spending and potentially creating problems for the future, a more sustainable way to improve job growth is to facilitate the “re-skilling” of the unemployed, especially those who were in construction-related jobs.
The big lesson from all of this is captured by the familiar adage, “garbage in, garbage out.”
A permanent end to the conflict over Palestine will not be possible until the Palestinian Arabs and their allies become convinced that the failure of colonialism in countries like Algeria and South Africa is not a relevant lesson for them.
The world learned that lesson following the 1973 Arab-Israel war.
If there is one lesson to be learned from the remarkable history of the democratic transitions of the past 38 years, it is that when elites and the public reject authoritarian rule, they do their best to make the new system work.
The lesson is a simple one: Don’t try to build another Silicon Valley.
The lesson for Ukraine is that while building confidence may be necessary, it is not sufficient to resolve the crisis.
The lesson is also apparent in the economic history of the twentieth century, when – especially in the decades following the Great Depression – most of today’s advanced industrialized countries underwent a sustained process of institutional deepening that broadened the base and strengthened the resilience of their economies.
It is a lesson that needs relearning today, as the world economy continues to struggle to find a more solid foundation for growth and escape the shadow of the 2008-2009 crisis.
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