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It is the region to which the world’s economic center of gravity is shifting.
A third is shifting output from low-value-added agricultural and manufacturing goods to higher-value-added domestic services.
Comparisons were made with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military intervention in Syria’s civil war; and, with the US presidential election campaign shifting into high gear, some Republican candidates accused Obama of isolationism.
Never mind that industrial policies are a time-tested strategy for developing countries seeking to avoid the dreaded middle-income trap by shifting from imported to indigenous innovation.
The balance of power in the twenty-first century is shifting – in social, economic, and, arguably, political terms – from west to east.
Shifting geopolitical power also breeds uncertainty.
But Beijing’s government, for one, is attempting to mitigate these risks, by shifting its focus from encouraging the highest possible growth rate to ensuring higher-quality growth.
Shifting to another currency would require coordinated action.
Latin America's rich and middle classes are particularly adept at shifting their wealth to tax havens at the slightest sign that tax collection may become tougher.
The shifting age and geographic location of the Fatah membership was the reason for the failure of some of Fatah’s historic leaders, such as Ahmad Qureia and Intisar Wazir, the widow of the late Abu Jihad.
In France, the extreme right’s shifting allegiances are even more pronounced, exemplified in its budding friendship with the new Russia.
It is time for ASEAN to heed this call, shifting its mode of operation, so that mature democracies such as Singapore and Malaysia – which rank high in human-development indices – can become responsible global leaders, and expand their humanitarian problem-solving capacities.
But this is blame shifting, nothing more.
What happens if global investors decide that they should change their portfolio mix, shifting slightly away from American assets?
By contrast, the lower dollar makes reduced consumption consistent with full employment by shifting consumer spending from imports to domestic goods and services, and by supplementing this rise in domestic demand with increased exports.
But the tides are shifting.
China, too, is shifting its nuclear forces to mobile missiles and submarines.
As our understanding of depression grows and we see that it is a recurring problem, the emphasis is shifting from cure to prevention.
Some manufacturing is migrating inland, where wages and land prices are still relatively low, and some export operations are shifting to countries like Vietnam, where they are lower still.
New projects are more market-driven, with donors’ focus gradually shifting to building the capacity of domestic regulatory and technical institutions, and to strengthening the position of existing private-sector firms to serve the market.
Finally, Europe’s energy mix is gradually shifting from the one that it needs to reach its climate-change goals.
Rather than agonize over growing disruptions, China’s government has decided to hasten the shift toward a dynamic green economy, even if it means stranding assets and allowing businesses that do not suit China’s shifting needs to fail – an approach that will deliver a long-term competitive advantage.
Cost cutting is due not only to rising productivity, but also by shifting services of jobs to others.
The imperative of structural adjustment also implies that individuals, governments, and other institutions (especially schools) need to focus on increasing the speed of adjustment to meet rapidly shifting market conditions.
This is equivalent to shifting $1.1 trillion of Americans’ total annual income to these families – more than the total income of the bottom 40% of US households.
But China should not underestimate India’s determination to uphold its strategic autonomy in Asia’s shifting geopolitical landscape.
Power and wealth are shifting towards East Asian and other emerging countries, while America will be preoccupied with its own problems and turning from the Atlantic towards the Pacific.
Income shifting and the resulting erosion of domestic tax bases pose serious challenges, and countries with territorial systems have adopted tough countermeasures to combat them.
As these numbers suggest, institutional inertia and entrenched industry interests continue to stand in the way of shifting investment into sustainable energy.
Although the weight of global politics, economics, and, in turn, influence is largely shifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific, it would be a mistake to underestimate America’s role in the new world order.
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