Patterns
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Now the old
patterns
of political behavior are returning to the fore.
But there is also evidence that Havel is right to argue that the re-emergence of these
patterns
represents a mere “hangover” from 15 years of sustained – and often traumatic – reform.
Indeed, wage
patterns
suggest that this ratio, not the unemployment rate, is the better indicator of slack in the economy – and nobody ten years ago would have interpreted today’s employment-to-population ratio as a justification for monetary tightening.
But at the very time that many countries in the East are looking to German universal banks as a model, new competitive pressures in the West are rapidly transforming the German prototype, leading to new
patterns
of commercial relations between German business and finance.
Climate change directly affects the hydrological cycle, which means that all of the efforts that are undertaken to contain greenhouse-gas emissions will help to stabilize rainfall
patterns
and mitigate the extreme water events that so many regions are already experiencing.
Both household and government spending
patterns
in relation to income were unsustainable.
In stock trading, 79% of market transactions are now performed by software, according to Frank Zhang of the Yale School of Management, reflecting the hope that machines will be able to identify
patterns
more effectively than a human could – a hope that may have contributed to the recent stock-market correction.
Today's swirling
patterns
of mobility and knowledge transmission constitute a new kind of free trade: free trade in minds.
Difficult as it was for the forces of freedom and democracy to prevail over totalitarianism, it will be even more difficult to win the peace, to develop and enforce optimal
patterns
for a new life together of states and nations on this planet that addresses the world's present condition.
Similar campaigns of naming and shaming have affected the investment and employment
patterns
of Mattel, Nike, and a host of other companies.
A constructive, cooperative relationship can make a significant contribution to both countries’ efforts to adapt their policies and institutions to achieve sustainable, inclusive growth
patterns.
Easily understood, it conformed to
patterns
of behavior most Czechs acquired during the communist era, when public and private spheres of life were rigidly separated.
With more data at their disposal, scientists find more
patterns
to study; it takes science to judge which are meaningful and which are misleading.
History may never repeat itself precisely, but certain
patterns
can be discerned.
Political analysts know that the votes will depend on individual senators’ ideologies, states’ voting patterns, and states’ dependence on coal relative to other energy sources.
Since energy costs much more than food, biofuel subsidies have skewed crop
patterns
significantly.
Sediment from agricultural and other sources increases the cost of water treatment, while loss of natural vegetation and land degradation can change water-flow
patterns.
Changing weather
patterns
and the increasing magnitude and frequency of extreme weather events will require substantial investments if farmers are to adapt successfully.
Land-use
patterns
interweave industrial and residential districts, exposing vulnerable (and growing) populations to a host of negative spillover effects.
Whether China can achieve sustainable growth
patterns
in the coming years will depend upon a number of key factors.
Its foreign trade and investment
patterns
are diversified and dynamic.
Asia's Growth Model Still Holds TrueWith the proverbial benefit (and embarrassment!) of hindsight, it is clear that the
patterns
of growth that occurred over the last half-century were little understood and rarely (if ever) forecast by economists.
In the next few years, market forces are likely to be more important than government policies in influencing consumption
patterns.
To avoid reverting to old patterns, Western governments and companies must respect that there is a uniquely Libyan way of doing things, and understand that imposing Western norms simply will not work.
Consumption
patterns
and preferences are an integral part of such systems.
With the fallen Twin Towers, however, we are dealing with more than just the inevitable fading of memories and migration
patterns.
But our brains are designed to identify
patterns.
If successfully implemented, this agenda is likely to reverse global savings and consumption
patterns
that have underpinned large imbalances in recent years.
Of course, global savings and consumption
patterns
have undergone significant change since the financial crisis, with both the West and China trying to restore internal equilibrium.
The brain makes predictions by finding similarities between
patterns
in recent sensory inputs and previous experiences stored in its vast memory.
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