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Genetic markers, for example, can indicate which patients are likely to benefit from a drug, thereby improving outcomes while allowing patients to avoid potentially
painful
side effects of treatments that are unlikely to work.
Unfortunately, the past ten years have witnessed a
painful
setback in many areas.
In the coming weeks and months, the Greek government would be wise to consider three guidelines:Don’t name-call: Default is painful, even if it does turn out to be the right choice in the long run.
Optimists repeat the refrain that “this year is different”: after a prolonged period of
painful
deleveraging, the global economy supposedly is on the cusp of stronger growth.
When some countries in the eurozone are hit by adverse demand shocks, the target determines the extent of
painful
wage and price deflation these countries must undergo to readjust.
Even China’s vast reserves will not be enough to stave off a
painful
devaluation.
The aftermath of the 2007-2008 financial crash was painful, to be sure; but it did not become a repeat of the Great Depression, in terms of falling output and employment.
“Surplus” Chinese savings made possible America’s credit expansion between 2003-2005, when the federal funds rate (the overnight rate at which US banks lend to one another) was held at 1%.Ultra-cheap money produced a surge in sub-prime mortgage lending – a market that collapsed when interest rates increased steadily after 2005, reaching 5%.The financial crisis of 2008 was the start of a highly painful, but inevitable, process of de-leveraging.
The process requires constitution making of an often complex and
painful
kind.
Indeed, the conventional wisdom – supported by many
painful
experiences – was that when the industrial countries sneezed, the emerging world caught a cold.
The downturn was a distinctive balance-sheet recession that caused sizeable declines in household wealth and necessitated
painful
deleveraging.
So far, efforts to curb public debt have centered on
painful
austerity measures, including substantial cuts in the supply of public goods, especially health care and education.
But the doctrine of preemptive war has been badly tarnished, and I remain hopeful that Congress and the American people have learned a
painful
lesson.
After years of
painful
uncertainty, the Greek banking sector is now one of the most stable in the eurozone.
But when
painful
reforms are necessary, there is no alternative.
The upshot is that a new relationship based on the EEA model, allowing Britain to keep most of the benefits of the EU customs union and single market alongside free movement of people, would not only be economically less
painful
than a hard Brexit; it would also be supported by a large majority of voters.
Indeed, after a decade or so, the need to draw clear lines and tell all, including the
painful
stories, became overwhelming.
Now, with many Europeans blaming the EU for
painful
austerity measures, that complaint has grown more powerful – and Europe’s political leaders believe that they must act now to address it.
This discrepancy may be explained partly by the fact that the global financial crisis was most
painful
for the advanced countries, especially in Europe.
The third blind spot is almost too
painful
to bear having to address – which, on a charitable interpretation, might explain why not one mainstream US media report has done so: the burnings were not carried out on some street in Kabul, but at Bagram.
Yet this prosperous and peaceful Europe is not idyllic; sometimes Europe is not at all an easy place for its citizens to live, as the tumultuous Balkan Wars and
painful
postcommunist transitions of the past decade demonstrated.
Painful
concessions will be required from both sides if the Geneva conference is even to convene, let alone reach agreement on a cease-fire and transitional administration.
Although transition was bound to be painful, Russia's epidemic of corruption caused more political damage than the economic side effects of reform.
Neoclassical economists predicted that this would not happen, because people would find other jobs, albeit possibly after a long period of
painful
adjustment.
Technological change is not all upside, and transitions can be
painful.
Europe as a whole is barely above zero growth, with large variations among countries, though with some evidence of
painful
re-convergence, at least in terms of nominal unit labor costs.
Moreover, only fifteen years ago, eight of the ten new members had state-controlled economies, which meant that a period of
painful
transition toward a market economy was followed by, or overlapped with, sometimes
painful
reforms necessary for EU membership.
It took it upon itself not only to meet EU membership criteria, but also push forward with other
painful
reforms.
But Greece’s government needs to understand that other eurozone members will not be willing to accommodate its demands if it means delegitimizing their own
painful
reforms.
Unfortunately, as was evident in Madrid, there is little harmony between French and US diplomacy: disagreement on NATO renovation and therefore on French integration in the command structure;
painful
agreement on the number of countries to be admitted into NATO in the first round; disagreement on costs...
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