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She seized that opportunity by bravely traveling throughout the country, despite serious threats to her life, arguing for a democratic and pluralistic Pakistan.
As bad politics block economic opportunity, public trust in governments will continue to erode – with serious potential consequences for political systems, and the economies they administer, worldwide.
This sense of disempowerment is threatening to turn the developing world’s youth bulge into a youth curse – with serious potential consequences.
Instead, single-minded pursuit of GNP has led to great inequalities of wealth and power, fueled the growth of a vast underclass, trapped millions of children in poverty, and caused serious environmental degradation.
For example, a permanent settlement of claims concerning the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands would go a long way toward convincing Japan that China does not pose a serious threat.
Jorg Asmussen, a key member of the ECB’s executive board, wrote to the negotiators that countries should be allowed to exceed the 0.5%-of-GDP limit for deficitsonly in times of “natural catastrophes and serious emergency situations” outside the control of governments.
If this language were adopted, it would eliminate automatic cyclical fiscal adjustments, which could easily lead to a downward spiral of demand and a serious depression.
For Merkel, the situation will be very serious from now on.
But Norway's problems, while hardly on a par with Sub-Saharan Africa or Afghanistan, are nonetheless serious enough to elicit concern, if not pity.
Africa’s leaders appear to have serious misgivings about the depth of that knowledge, and genuine doubts about the breadth of understanding that many journalists bring to difficult issues.
Failure would thus constitute a serious indictment of political leaders in major trading countries in both the developed and developing worlds, possibly costing the global economy $700 billion in additional annual income.
Even when WTO decisions have had serious negative effects on a trading partner, they have generally been accepted.
These three countries’ experiences make it clear that there are different paths to universal insurance, and that a serious attempt to enroll the uninsured can have dramatic results.
Abbas and his prime minister, Salam Fayyad, have been more moderate, and more open to serious negotiations with Israel, than any Palestinian leaders before.
From the current Israeli government’s perspective, then, the correct strategy is to keep the Palestinian government on the West Bank weak and off balance, without quite bringing it down, and to contain Hamas with periodic displays of military power (while destroying long-range missiles that can do serious damage to Israel).
In a serious financial crisis, banks find that the declining market value of many of their assets leaves them short of capital.
To be sure, efforts to roll back, say, environmental protections will ultimately do serious harm to the US, even if they allow some companies to improve their bottom line in the short term.
His administration’s trade policy is based on serious misconceptions.
The US is undoubtedly facing serious political challenges, exacerbated by a mercurial, polarizing, and brash administration.
A serious discussion of global capital-account regulations would benefit both advanced and emerging-market economies.
That is why now is the right time to start a serious conversation about animal agriculture.
Moreover, if we treated climate change as the emergency it is and were serious about slowing the pace of warming over the next 20 years, the proportional influence of livestock farming would be even greater.
Meanwhile, the leaders of the eurozone’s northern member countries continue to push for more serious implementation of structural reform.
Finally, serious geopolitical risks loom large.
There are indeed serious economic issues which could be better addressed through European-American cooperation.
All the recent suggestions for closer transatlantic ties are not serious proposa1s to negotiate, merely declarations of good intentions But the problem cannot be doaged for long.
By focusing global attention on an economic crisis that does not really exist, it has diverted public attention from serious crises that do.
The proof is just beneath the surface, where a remarkable bipartisan consensus is emerging around an approach to America’s most serious social problems – including homelessness, criminal recidivism, preschool education, and chronic illness – that combines the best principles of conservatism and progressivism.
Not only has America already spent a great deal on this war – $12 billion a month, and counting – but much of the bill remains to be paid, such as compensation and health care for the 40% of veterans who are returning with disabilities, many of which are very serious.
For the renegotiation of NAFTA to be worthwhile, it must address wages, corruption, and human rights – all particularly serious challenges for Mexico today.
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