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Of course, the best type of productivity growth in services results from innovation that improves quality rather than increases
quantity
with the same or fewer resources, notably labor.
For China, by contrast, the only important issues seem to be quantity, price, and the pipelines’ proximity to the Chinese industrial and consumer heartlands.
Automation creates service jobs at the bottom end of the wage scale and raises the
quantity
and profitability of jobs at its top end.
The distinctive feature of this exchange is that it is governed not by the laws of mechanics, but by thermodynamics, particularly the law of entropy, according to which the
quantity
of free energy that can be transformed into mechanical work diminishes with time – an irreversible process culminating in “heat death.”
Realigning China’s infrastructure means emphasizing quality over quantity, and reducing state ownership and controlled prices in favor of market forces.
Second, the focus of debate about development financing has broadened from the
quantity
of aid to its quality – including its power to leverage other sources of finance.
The theory behind this move – as espoused by Ben Bernanke, first as an academic, then as a Fed governor, and eventually as Fed Chairman – is that operating on the
quantity
dimension of the credit cycle is the functional equivalent of acting on the price side of the equation.
But that does not make it wrong for a seasoned investigator like Goldstone, reviewing the evidence that he collected, to infer intentionality from the pattern and
quantity
of abuses.
She might be against him, but she is a known quantity, with a foreign policy that Russia – an old hand at adversarial relations – could manage.
As a result, its contribution to GDP (as we currently measure it) may be falling, even as the
quantity
and quality of services are increasing.
The incentives they face mean that
quantity
often comes before quality.
As with inflation today, central bankers then had no credible way even to measure the
quantity
of money, let alone deliver desired monetary-policy outcomes.
To make sustainable progress in reducing extreme poverty will require improvements in both the
quantity
and quality of aid.
Observers of Egyptian politics are stunned at the
quantity
and quality of youth initiatives, which range from lobbying for a successful democratic transition to providing a system for garbage collection and supporting the bread industry.
His list of “slips” is well worth recalling:“For whilst an increase in the
quantity
of money may be expected...to reduce the rate of interest, this will not happen if the liquidity-preferences of the public are increasing more than the
quantity
of money; and whilst a decline in the rate of interest may be expected...to increase the volume of investment, this will not happen if [profit expectations] are falling faster than the rate of interest; and whilst an increase in the volume of investment may be expected...to increase employment, this may not happen if the propensity to consume is falling off.”
But the
quantity
and complexity of cascading crises are testing that system as never before.
The question of overall deflationary – or inflationary – impact depended (and still depends) on the total
quantity
of money.
With the rise of inter-bank money, backed mostly by government debt, fiscal policy has become an essential factor in determining the
quantity
of actual money lubricating modern capitalism.
Indeed, the more independent a central bank is, the greater the role of fiscal policy in determining the
quantity
of money in an economy.
At the same time, South Korea should work to improve the investment climate to raise the
quantity
and quality of investment, particularly of small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in the services industry.
China is now trying to play savior, by releasing an unspecified
quantity
of water from one of its six upstream mega-dams to “accommodate the concerns” of drought-stricken countries.
Today, most disagreements over water concern the
quantity
parties are to receive.
According to this view, these countries’ demand for assets cannot be met – in terms of both
quantity
and quality – at home, so they deploy part of their savings to countries like the US, which can offer a more diverse array of quality assets.
The
quantity
of liquidity in the world economy is surprising, and monetary expansion by central banks does not explain it completely.
These securities are offered in pairs –one long and one short – and, unlike in a government-run scheme, in whatever
quantity
the market demands.
As a result, poor families’ food security is threatened, as they are forced to reduce the quality or
quantity
of their food.
Developed countries must make commitments to increase both the
quantity
and effectiveness of aid to developing countries.
In 2011, “Unburnable Carbon,” a path-breaking report by the nongovernmental Carbon Tracker Initiative, showed that the proven fossil-fuel reserves owned by governments and private companies exceed by a factor of five the
quantity
of carbon that can be burned in the next 50 years if global warming is to be kept below two degrees Celsius.
Communications innovations, on the other hand, allow for better specification of design, quality, quantity, and time of delivery, which tends to encourage customization.
It also leads to significant tax-revenue losses, reducing both the quality and
quantity
of public services.
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