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A law ignored by most is difficult to enforce, unless the state employs excessive punishment in a few cases or substantial resources.
Nowadays, leaders squander their countries’ resources and revenues, leaving the majority of their populations mired in poverty, disease, hunger, war, and hopelessness.
Because of its leading edge in the information revolution, and its vast investment in traditional power resources, the US will remain the world's single most powerful country well into this new century.
It has talented human resources, and some sectors, like the defense industry, can produce sophisticated products.
Whatever the outcome of Putin’s revisionism, Russia’s nuclear weapons, oil and gas, skills in cyber technology, and proximity to Europe, will give him the resources to cause problems for the West and the international system.
A major problem is that such predictions often confuse resources with reserves.
If the volume of oil resources were known with certainty, and if we could accurately predict the growth of oil consumption, calculating the imminence of exhaustion would be simple.
But these are big “ifs” – especially given the high level of uncertainty regarding the ultimate volume of oil resources.
While peak oil theorists have strong views about that, they do not allow for all the current and future technological possibilities that might increase resources.
Indeed, given the difficulty in estimating the total size of resources, many consider peak oil theories irrelevant.
Fortunately, the focus of the debate is on reserves and not resources.
The failure to distinguish clearly between resources and reserves – and to recognize the importance of prices, costs, and technology in transforming resources into reserves – results in bad predictions about an imminent peak in oil production and misinformation that has had a negative impact on policymaking.
In order to justify their authoritarian rule and camouflage from the Russian public their massive theft of the country’s resources, the global kleptocrats have already convinced ordinary Russians that they are surrounded by ruthless enemies who are trying to dismember and destroy Russia.
More attention should also be given to regional and inter-regional power initiatives, which can help smooth out the uneven distribution of energy resources across countries.
More intensive use of Africa's energy resources will necessarily be a critical component of any realistic development strategy.
As Africa looks to the future, developing its enormous energy resources - through both national and regional efforts - must be given high priority.
Such reforms can help to ensure that budgetary resources are available at different levels of government (central, provincial, prefectural, county, township, and village), and are commensurate with expenditure responsibilities.
Forest communities must be provided with assistance in managing their resources and maintaining their livelihoods.
True, falling demand for natural resources in China (which accounts for nearly half of global demand for base metals) has had a lot to do with the sharp declines in these prices, which have hit many developing and emerging economies in Latin America and Africa hard.
Mexico shares a 2,000-mile long border with the United States, which provides not only privileged market access in goods and labor, but also a claim to the resources of the US Treasury (as became apparent during the 1995 peso crisis).
Having established itself as a pivotal power through its military involvement in Syria, Russia is now using its energy resources to expand its influence further – with far-reaching geopolitical and security implications.
Moreover, the impact of automatic stabilizers – which enable the government to mobilize more or less fiscal resources, depending on economic conditions – is more powerful in Western Europe than in most of the Anglo-Saxon countries.
The international financial institutions must support them massively, and also have the resources needed to foresee global unbalances and prevent crises, rather than respond only when events become urgent.
Making the Case for Sovereign GDP-Linked BondsLONDON – The time has come for national governments around the world to start issuing their debt in a new form, linked to their countries’ resources.
By issuing such bonds, governments pledge to pay in proportion to the resources they have, measured by their countries’ GDP.
Europe and the US have vastly greater influence and resources than Russia, with its atrophied political system and exhausted economic model.
With the founding families in charge, chaebols’ top management can focus on a long-term vision, instead of short-term profits, and can mobilize resources swiftly.
The Russian economy is far too dependent on oil and other natural resources, and the legitimacy of China’s one-party system could collapse quickly in an economic crisis.
In foreign-policy terms, China will attempt to protect its domestic transformation by securing resources and access to foreign markets.
As the fast-growing sectors absorb an increasing amount of resources, a shift toward more market-oriented interest rates is needed to ensure efficient allocation.
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