Potential
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For one thing, all economic reasoning is contextual, with as many conclusions as
potential
real-world circumstances.
Sensing
potential
gains at taxpayers’ expense, foreign hedge funds rushed in to take advantage.
Yet enough nuclear material to fill a small bag of sugar is all it takes to construct a device with the
potential
to kill hundreds of thousands of people and inflict billions of dollars in damage.
They have the
potential
to end a cruel cycle of poverty and malnourishment that can last for generations.
While he has so far refused to share his vision for the bilateral relationship, even with members of his Bharatiya Janata Party, there are some
potential
clues.
But even then, there would be a serious
potential
hitch: Pakistan’s prime minister does not, ultimately, call the shots in his country.
As the Romanian philosopher E. M. Cioran says: "Once man loses his faculty of indifference he becomes a
potential
murderer; once he transforms his idea into a God the consequences are incalculable."
Many countries claim that their law is based on divine authority, say, the Koran, returning us to the bleak
potential
for unlimited conflicts over values.
A third source of optimism is Africa’s agricultural sector, where the
potential
of smallholder farmers, the majority of whom are women, is finally being realized.
I don’t think that the UK will leave the EU, but it is not in our interest or Europe’s for our
potential
exit to be the defining question of UK-EU engagement.
After all, military power is about its
potential
use, not the rationalizations for its existence.
Instead, intra-eurozone trade and investment have increased only modestly, and growth
potential
has actually weakened.
Yet, they are authoritatively imposed as a condition sine qua non for new candidate states feeding frustration and
potential
resentment in Central Europe in a process where the ends seem to have been confused with the means.
The rise of GDP over the next ten years will reflect the very positive effect of the eventual recovery from the current deep downturn, combined with a below-trend rise in the economy’s
potential
output at full employment.
The full rise in GDP will combine the 1.2%-per-year cyclical rebound with the increase in
potential
full-employment GDP.
The growth of
potential
GDP will reflect the structural rise of the labor force, the increase in the capital stock, and the improvement in multifactor productivity (i.e., the change in the output that results from improvements in technology rather than from increases in labor and capital.)
That growth of the labor force will raise
potential
GDP by only about 0.5% per year.
Finally, the change in
potential
GDP will depend on what happens to the rate of change of multifactor productivity – that is, the change in output that results from changes in technology and production processes.
Assuming slower growth in the labor force than in the past decade, no rise in productivity due to capital accumulation, and a decline in multifactor productivity growth to its pre-2000 average implies that annual
potential
GDP growth will be only 1.4%.
Combining these conservative assumptions about
potential
GDP with the effect of the cyclical rebound – an estimated 1.2% annual rise in real GDP – would produce real GDP growth at an average annual rate of 2.6%, which would be significantly higher than the 1.9% rate in the decade ending in 2009.
The “option” value associated with
potential
future uses should always be contrasted with the minimal cost of maintenance.
Many of the protesters at the IMF, World Bank, and WTO meetings have been ill informed about the
potential
benefits of world markets, but they have been absolutely right about the politics of globalization.
But to realize the
potential
of power trading, four conditions must be met.
But the
potential
for a free-trade agreement isn’t the point; what matters is the end to the escalation of tit-for-tat measures, set in motion by Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on US imports of European steel.
Market forces will drive this agenda forward, and there will be greater
potential
to invest in renewable energy in developing countries than ever before.
The number of
potential
first-time voters (16 to 19 years old) is estimated at six million.
Yet the
potential
long-term human and economic consequences of AMR of are not widely appreciated by the public and, in particular, by financial markets.
Sixty years ago, a global crisis such as the one we are witnessing today would have had the
potential
to unleash another world war.
They empower citizens to cultivate their collective energy and develop their potential, and thus become drivers of their countries’ growth and advancement in the world arena.
Deng recognized this
potential
in the 1980s; unless Xi follows suit, he will find it increasingly difficult to rally the public behind his vision for China’s future.
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