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In his groundbreaking General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, John Maynard Keynes referred to “animal spirits” as “the characteristic of human nature that a large proportion of our positive activities depend on spontaneous optimism, rather than mathematical expectations, whether moral or hedonistic or economic.”
But the longer they wait, the weaker the stimulus to economic activity and income, and the more consumers must rely on dissaving to translate their positive sentiment into actual purchases of goods and services.
This includes reframing obstacles to development and envisioning positive outcomes.
A key component of the treatment of hospitalized children with severe pneumonia is “bubble CPAP” (continuous positive airway pressure), in which a compressor delivers oxygen to the patient, ensuring a continuous flow of air during the treatment process.
In all these areas great care -- and also the hand of providence -- will be required if NATO is to remain a meaningful, positive organization from the standpoint of security and defense.
A concerted effort is underway in the US – and in the United Kingdom – to “brand” surveillance as positive.
A rising great power like China taking on a proactive global role is, in principle, a positive development.
Official forecasts for Russian GDP growth in 2009 remain positive, but most analysts, including government officials, are bracing for a severe recession – which, indeed, appears to have started in the fourth quarter of 2008.
At the same time, those protesting Chinese behavior must remember that China’s rise has brought hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, and that China is playing a far more positive role in international relations now than at any other time in its recent history.
China’s recent willingness to reopen a dialogue with envoys of the Dalai Lama, and improvement in its relations with Taiwan demonstrate that there is room for creating a more positive environment.
One positive, and universally welcomed, step that the US could take would be finally to ratify the Law of the Sea Convention, whose principles must be the foundation for peaceful resource sharing – in the South China Sea as elsewhere.
Last October, the Fund estimated that growth in the region would reach 3.2% this year; now, it says that growth will barely be positive.
Once an HIV-infected individual tests positive, achieving the second 90% (AVR treatment) depends mainly on funding and staffing; with a sufficient health budget, medicines can be made available for all infected individuals.
History is full of positive as well as negative surprises; the end of AIDS can be a historic achievement of our generation, if we reach for it.
On the positive side, we have broad agreement on higher-quality capital and liquidity standards with appropriate phase-in arrangements.
It is reasonable to presume that the commodity boom’s positive effect on Latin America’s terms of trade will last for an extended period – perhaps 10-15 years – but that it will not be permanent.
And it is also a fact that we are happier saving and accumulating if we receive positive and negative feedback on our decisions on a time scale that allows us to believe that we can do better next time by altering our strategy – hence marketwatch.com
In the imperfect world of politics, this middle ground would be a positive outcome.
All that time, he faced consistent political pressure to determine a positive inflation target that would halt the country’s deflationary spiral.
Having dithered throughout the summer of 2015, expediency eventually led Merkel to play a much more positive role in the refugee crisis.
Based on new growth projections that are even more optimistic than those in the pre-Maria plan, the board assumes that the hurricane somehow provided a net positive shock to Puerto Rico.
At first glance, all of these seem to be positive trends.
That is tragic in many ways, but it does not mean that the positive post-Libya momentum towards the protection of civilians is entirely lost.
The long-term trend is clearly positive.
Such an expansion of national sovereignty could be a positive development, if it leads to what Harvard’s Larry Summers calls “responsible nationalism.”
But while the overall picture is positive, the news is not all good.
It also seems advisable to offer positive incentives – including US recognition and an end to sanctions – that could help empower pragmatists in their intra-Party struggle, much as Nixon’s overtures to China helped blunt China’s radicalism and strengthened the hand of pragmatists in the Communist Party.
But, on a positive note, substantial progress has been made in recent weeks.
The formation of a new Israeli government, one more centrist in its composition and support, is another positive development.
But, as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel noted last month, this has been positive for many cities, allowing them to become testing grounds for the future of mobility, work, housing, energy, education, and health.
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