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Indeed, it is raising the
specter
of a chain reaction by invoking the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, and threatening to punish any restructuring by cutting banks’ access to liquidity.
But there is one more factor fueling Juppé’s popularity: the
specter
of the socially conservative, economically protectionist National Front, which is trying to capitalize on widespread rejection of the French political establishment to consolidate its political foothold.
History cannot be rewritten, and we must resist the irrational urge--whether it originates from the abyss of our ignorance or from the
specter
of our crises--to stop it in its tracks.
With contraction and Euro appreciation comes the
specter
of falling prices, with which Europe is already flirting.
While invoking the
specter
of cyber attacks may help to mobilize domestic support for security legislation, it may also increase the likelihood of a major cyber conflict.
The Road to Full InvestmentLONDON – A
specter
is haunting the treasuries and central banks of the West – the
specter
of secular stagnation.
The eurozone faces the
specter
of another round of stagnation;Japan has slipped into recession; and the United States, despite relatively strong performance in the latter part of 2014, has raised concerns worldwide with its exit from quantitative easing.
Unions initially oppose it, but eventually give in, spooked by the
specter
of even greater unemployment.
Indeed, the
specter
of violent separatism has reared its head again in Spain.
Of course, monetarism was supposed to save us from the
specter
of Keynesianism!
After all, a century ago, the world was not haunted by the
specter
of a nuclear apocalypse.
Will the bull run of 2017 last, or will the looming
specter
of protectionism, long-awaited adjustments in monetary policy, and other factors change the economic story?
For many observers, the vote invoked the
specter
of June’s Brexit referendum and US President-elect Donald Trump’s victory earlier this month.
Whenever we are encouraged to oppose a dictator, the
specter
of Adolf Hitler is invoked, and the ghosts of 1938 are resurrected to counter skepticism about hasty “preemptive” war.
Dollar Diplomacy and Japan’s Lost DecadesTOKYO – A
specter
is haunting China’s exchange-rate regime: the long-running dispute between the United States and Japan throughout the 1980’s and early 1990’s over the value of the yen.
But even if it does not fail, the nexus between terrorist groups and Pakistan’s powerful military raises the
specter
of nuclear terrorism – a menace so large that the United States has prepared a contingency plan to take out the country’s fast-growing nuclear arsenal should the need arise.
But over the past 18 months, the
specter
of Weimar has once again begun to haunt Russia.
Restoring robust growth is difficult enough without the ever-present
specter
of deleveraging and a severe shortage of policy ammunition.
But in the US, it is far more difficult, politically, to argue for generous public spending on education, health care, and financial security for retirees, because doing so always raises the
specter
of high taxes.
The persistent
specter
of climate change only compounds public anxiety.
Beyond deepening tensions between China and the US, they must confront Russia’s growing assertiveness, the Middle East’s continued instability, and the looming
specter
of catastrophic climate change.
Tunisia is relatively homogeneous ethnically and lacks sharp sectarian divisions; nonetheless, owing partly to its porous borders with Algeria and Libya, the
specter
of violence is always present.
The Chernobyl Factor in the Ukraine CrisisLOS ANGELES – Twenty-eight years after its Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded, Ukraine confronts a nuclear
specter
of a different kind: the possibility that the country’s reactors could become military targets in the event of a Russian invasion.
The grotesque coupling of legitimate solidarity with Palestine and anti-Jewish invective seems to have forged a politically correct form of anti-Semitism – one that, 70 years after the Holocaust, is raising the
specter
of Kristallnacht over Europe’s Jewish communities.
The year began with rising food, oil, and commodity prices, giving rise to the
specter
of high inflation.
Global risk-aversion has also increased, as the option of further “extend and pretend” or “delay and pray” on Greece is becoming less desirable, and the
specter
of a disorderly workout is becoming more likely.
But the real problem is far worse because the 3% exclusion raises the
specter
of an odious policy of divide and conquer, as developing countries are invited to vie with each other to make sure that America does not exclude their vital products under the 3%.
It will not do much for good for developing countries to raise the
specter
of protectionism each time such concerns are voiced.
And, more fundamentally, if a lack of structural reforms leads to permanent divergence within the monetary union, this raises the
specter
of exit – from which all members ultimately suffer.
In Greece’s case, negotiations were propelled by the
specter
of an embittered Greece cozying up to Russian President Vladimir Putin, with his dangerous revisionist ambitions, or acting as a conduit for Europe-bound migrants.
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