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The country is facing a severe
shortage
of money, which could lead to a serious financial crisis, in addition to the ongoing and dramatic military crisis.
Without addressing America’s chronic saving shortage, the Chinese and Mexican components of the trade deficit would simply be redistributed to other countries – most likely to higher-cost producers.
Contrary to popular belief, the constraints on the production and use of basic data stem not from a
shortage
of technical capacity and knowhow, but from underlying political and systemic challenges.
There is a global
shortage
of morphine and codeine, particularly in underdeveloped countries, where these vital medicines are often in short supply, if not completely unavailable.
The banks made large loans to undercapitalized enterprises, which were thereby able to expand rapidly despite a
shortage
of equity capital.
There was no
shortage
of reasons for this.
And the
shortage
of bills – caused in part by the difficulty of supplying so much low-value currency – upset Venezuelans to the point that the government finally took action.
They had been invited by the government in the wake of World War II to help offset a labor shortage, taking hard-to-fill jobs in the National Health Service (NHS) and other sectors.
Though conflict has not erupted into direct confrontation, there has been no
shortage
of proxy battles, beginning with the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.
On this topic, there is no
shortage
of expert plans – among them bond buy-backs, bond swaps, and the creation of Eurobonds, a European version of the “Brady” bonds issued by Latin American countries that defaulted in the 1980’s.
A second problem in the UK is a
shortage
of skilled workers.
This
shortage
– exacerbated by exploding populations, depletion and degradation of natural ecosystems, and popular discontent – is casting a shadow over these countries’ future.
There is no
shortage
of challenges facing the Arab world.
It is not as if there is any
shortage
of spineless bootlickers at home, both in Trump’s cabinet and in the Republican congressional leadership.
Today’s global economy bears striking similarities to the immediate post-war period: high unemployment, high and rising debt levels, and a global
shortage
of aggregate demand are constraining growth and generating deflationary pressures.
Indeed, the world faces a potential
shortage
of 30-40 million college-educated workers in 2020, and a potential surplus of 95 million low-skilled workers.
Call it simulated apprenticeship: if your company has a
shortage
of supportive managers to train employees, they can be modeled in the software.
But this leaves the Philippines with its own significant
shortage
of medical professionals.
Payment arrears on food imports amount to $2.4 billion, leading to a substantial
shortage
of staple goods.
Now, as America’s tweeting diplomats have shown, there is no
shortage
of such opportunities.
Most economists go a step further, asserting that the US deficit is caused by a savings
shortage.
But, since one country’s trade deficit is another’s surplus, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has argued for turning the conventional logic on its head: rather than resulting from a savings shortage, the US trade deficit is the result of a global savings glut – especially in China.
Both the savings
shortage
and savings glut hypotheses confuse accounting outcomes with causes.
This story is fundamentally different from the savings
shortage
and savings glut hypotheses, and it leads to dramatically different policies.
But no solution is possible until we abandon the savings
shortage
and savings glut hypotheses and connect today’s global financial imbalances with global production patterns and inadequate demand in developing countries.
The latest view, endorsed by the European Commission, blames a
shortage
of infrastructure and proposes more bridges and tunnels.
Imported technologies are cheap if you convert their prices into barrels of oil, so the country produces a
shortage
of its own geologists and chemists, not to mention economists and lawyers.
As a result, firms see inadequate demand for their products, and a
shortage
of qualified workers to staff their assembly lines.
Worse still, GCC countries’ national health systems have a
shortage
of local clinicians and trained professionals working in local public-health services.
It will have relieved a
shortage
of longer-term assets by creating a
shortage
of high-quality assets, and so be in a worse position than it was before.
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