Limits
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Science fiction sometimes
limits
rather than expands our sense of what is possible.
There he correctly predicted “that the present cooling trend will, within a decade or so, give way to a pronounced warming induced by carbon dioxide,” and that “by early in the next century [CO2] will have driven the mean planetary temperature beyond the
limits
experienced during the last 1,000 years.”
But policymakers should have recognized that even these better rationales had limits, and that massive sustained current-account deficits are often a blinking red signal of deeper problems – in this case, over-borrowing by households to finance home purchases.
I learned the
limits
of the gun.
To Keynes’s framework, Friedman added a theory of prices and inflation, based on the idea of the natural rate of unemployment and the
limits
of government policy in stabilizing the economy around its long-run growth trend –
limits
beyond which intervention would trigger uncontrollable and destructive inflation.
Whatever the
limits
or contradictions of shared values, it would be naive to dismiss their importance.
The Club of Rome’s monumental book The
Limits
to Growth came out in 1972, with a picture of the earth on its cover.
That gradual decline led to gradual loss of concern about
limits
to growth.
Limits
on exporters' foreign-currency accounts will be removed, and banks may invest in overseas money and debt markets.
Potential leaders, in turn, can learn more about the sources and
limits
of the soft-power skills of emotional IQ, vision, and communication, as well as hard-power political and organizational skills.
Most important, in today’s age of globalization, revolutionary information technology, and broadened participation, citizens in democracies must learn more about the nature and
limits
of the new demands on leadership.
It
limits
how much of these types of renewable power can usefully be fed into the world’s electricity grids.
The
Limits
of German GuiltMUNICH – This month marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Germany and Israel.
And, while no one can be certain about where the
limits
lie, there are both theoretical and operational bounds to how many government bonds can (and should) be placed on the balance sheet of a modern, well-functioning central bank.
Alternatively, managers could guarantee
limits
on losses, similar to a car manufacturer’s warranty.
In the euro area, instead of continuing to deny that monetary union
limits
national fiscal sovereignty, they must come to terms with economic reality and follow stricter budgetary rules.
But stock exchanges have limits, particularly in Brazil.
If the German Constitutional Court imposes
limits
on the OMT program, the consequences would be dire, for it would render the ECB’s guarantee to do “whatever it takes” ineffective.
But it could be tempted to impose some
limits
on the ECB and thus set Europe on a path into deeper crisis.
And, even if the court refrains from setting limits, the underlying problem – growing German aversion to all things European – will not go away.
In a country where freedom of expression has been off
limits
for half a century, the Internet had at first proven to be a godsend: people poured their enthusiasm into it by building Web sites and personal homepages.
By extending the Kyoto Protocol – which
limits
some developed countries’ greenhouse-gas emissions – for another eight years, the Doha agreement preserves the vital framework of international law and retains hard-won accounting rules for emissions allowances and trading between countries.
By transcending strictly national limits, these treaties chart the future path of European defense and will help determine the course of Europe’s relations with the United States and NATO.
Pessimists stress the feared reversal of private capital flows, owing to the US Federal Reserve’s tapering of its purchases of long-term assets, as well as the difficulties of so-called second- and third-generation structural reforms and the
limits
to “catch up” growth outside of manufacturing.
But there was an immediate problem: the existing tax system had reached its limits, and no more revenue could be raised without ending time-honored privileges and immunities.
This, too, has its roots in domestic politics – financial and business elites’ grip on the policymaking process and the narratives they have spun about the
limits
of redistributive policies.
The European Union, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan all have prominent roles in the global supply chain for semiconductors, and some have already tightened security on the flow of semiconductor IP to China and on the acquisition of semiconductor companies by Chinese investors.The PCAST report recommends that the US adopt similar tactics, calibrating export controls and inward investment
limits
according to China’s behavior.
The PCAST report recommends that the US adopt similar tactics, calibrating export controls and inward investment
limits
according to China’s behavior.
Regulators are already talking about imposing leverage ratios, as well as
limits
on risk-weighted assets.
As for adult mosquitoes, keeping grass and shrubs short
limits
resting places, thereby helping to control populations.
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