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They seem to have forgotten that the Marshall Plan rebuilt Europe after World War II, NATO kept nuclear war at bay during the Cold War, and foreign aid lifted millions of people out of poverty in just the past few decades.
They also worry about a surge of pent-up demand for imports, once import restrictions are fully lifted.
Scientists continue to surprise us with amazing discoveries, and billions of people around the world have been lifted out of poverty.
Its readily accessible reserves – second only in the Middle East to Saudi Arabia’s –will be rapidly developed once international economic sanctions are lifted.
But, while the country’s burgeoning recovery recently lifted consumer sentiment to a five-month high, the country’s stock-market performance has remained weak.
This constraint caused demand for equity participation to soar; so, when the ban was lifted a year later, speculative traders rushed into the market.
Indeed, Brazil’s stock market soared on news that the country’s currency - the Real - was allowed to float and the nightmare of a monetary straitjacket lifted.
Recovery, InterruptedNEW YORK – Since the 2008-2009 slump lifted in mid-2009 – and especially following the exposure of the massive public-debt problems in Greece, Ireland, and elsewhere in Europe – most G-7 governments have reversed their earlier counter-recessionary positions.
Some of these democracies were initially imperfect, to be sure, but optimists hoped that it was only a matter of time until all elections would be fair and restrictions on civil liberties fully lifted.
By contrast, President Ronald Reagan went back to tried-and-true macroeconomic policies, lifted the regulatory burden, and swiftly reduced tax rates – all of which worked where earlier government intervention hadn’t.
It would also entail as much investment and trade as possible under the US embargo that has been in place since 1961 (which will not be lifted by the Biden administration).
So, while millions of Chinese were lifted just above the poverty threshold, a few individuals were catapulted to the heights of opulence.
They should be immediately lifted.
And if all girls and boys completed secondary education, an estimated 420 million people could be lifted out of poverty.
Following the SARS outbreak China prohibited the breeding, transport, and sale of civets and other wild animals, but the ban was lifted six months later.
In the US, 27 states lifted their stay-at-home orders before May 15, while the remaining 23 states started reopening on or after that date.
Meanwhile, among the states that lifted their stay-at-home orders on or after May 15, the majority (including Minnesota, Washington, and hard-hit New York) exhibit the typical second-wave pattern of slow but steady movement toward fewer new infections and increased economic activity.
Now, billions of people have been lifted out of poverty and are wealthier, healthier, and have more opportunities.
When the French Revolution began in 1789, press restrictions were lifted.
Since the DFID was created 22 years ago, it has lifted millions of people out of poverty, helped millions more children go to school, and saved millions of lives – not least by leading an initiative to vaccinate 700 million kids.
Monetary policy has not been very effective in boosting sustainable growth, but it has lifted asset prices significantly.
Over time, economic growth has lifted some strugglers (most likely those with some secondary education) into a large and fast-growing middle class, with daily incomes of $10-50 per person.
This attempt to right historical wrongs was underpinned by a virtuous capitalist vision of thriving Dalit businesses that lifted their owners to a level of social and economic respectability that eroded prejudice against them.
If this is not enough to expose the flaws in current COVID-19-prevention measures, consider how unevenly they are implemented (and lifted).
A 2007 study from the National Academy of Sciences found that US cities’ success in reducing the number of deaths “was often very limited because of interventions being introduced too late and lifted too early.”
This remarkable progress in just one generation – the result of strong growth, better policies, and in some cases plain luck – lifted millions of people out of poverty.
Boris Johnson and the Threat to British Soft PowerEDINBURGH – Since the United Kingdom’s Department of International Development (DFID) was created 22 years ago, it has lifted millions out of poverty, sent millions of children to school, and saved millions of lives through vaccination programs and other innovative initiatives.
As such, Europe and other partners lifted sanctions, as specified in the agreement.
That diplomatic success paved the way for a significant share of the Vietnamese population to be lifted out of poverty.
Many now wonder, for example, why hospitals were subjected to tight budget restrictions, only for them to be lifted in response to the pandemic.
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