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Even the recent global recession, though
triggered
by a financial crisis, was exacerbated by spiking oil prices in 2008.
CAIRO – The self-immolation a year ago of Tunisian street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi
triggered
a wave of popular protests that spread across the Arab world, forcing out dictators in Egypt, Libya, and Yemen.
The arrival of silver from the New World in the sixteenth century
triggered
sustained inflation.
That rapid reversal of fortunes was
triggered
by events thousands of miles away.
It now seems likely that future regional crises will be
triggered
and/or settled at sea.
The failure of Obasanjo’s supporters
triggered
three big political developments.
Confronted with a world turning wild and the rise of “democratatorships” and demagogues, there are too few leaders working to hold the line against Vladimir Putin’s Russia, fascism in Hungary and Poland, and the political earthquakes
triggered
by US President Donald Trump.
But the impossibility of raising revenue then
triggered
the French Revolution, with the revolutionaries demanding confiscatory taxes and impositions on the wealthy elite.
The key areas of weakness in Europe’s financial markets, including undercapitalized banks in core countries, were not addressed, and the system was not able to withstand the second wave of the crisis,
triggered
by the peripheral countries’ loss of credibility in financial markets.
But India takes electoral convulsions in its stride, and the results
triggered
no turmoil in financial markets.
The decision immediately
triggered
a sell-off, with the Shanghai Composite Index falling 2% in just one day.
After all, the issues that
triggered
the civil war were rooted in the country’s post-independence moves to fashion a mono-ethnic national identity, best illustrated by the 1956 “Sinhalese only” language policy and the 1972 Constitution’s elimination of a ban on discrimination against minorities.
Little wonder, then, that fiscal austerity
triggered
a deep recession and a surge in unemployment.
By contrast, the March 11, 2004, terrorist attack on Spain, which left 200 dead,
triggered
an “anti-crusade” that seeks to disarm extremism by building bridges of understanding and reconciliation with Islam.
And price volatility, whether
triggered
by drought or short-sighted national policies, could deter investments in agriculture and decrease the poor’s purchasing power.
McNamara believes an invasion would “certainly” have
triggered
a Soviet nuclear attack against the US.
The last major depreciation of the Chinese renminbi began in the second half of 2015,
triggered
by a surge in capital outflows.
In any case, given China’s economic fundamentals, it is difficult to imagine that the renminbi would have fallen so far that it would have
triggered
a financial crisis.
Much has been written about possible ecological shocks
triggered
by the impact of a growing human population’s demands on the biosphere, and about the social and political tensions stemming from resource scarcity or climate change.
India’s Data of DiscriminationNEW DELHI – Last December’s fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi
triggered
an unprecedented public outcry in India.
For India, the end of the Cold War
triggered
a foreign-policy crisis by eliminating the country’s most reliable partner, the Soviet Union.
This caused output to plummet over 30% (owing to the cut in imported inputs),
triggered
700% inflation, and led quickly to widespread shortages of essentials.
The country’s mushrooming instability has
triggered
a bitter debate in the United States about the long-term viability of Musharraf’s military-backed government and whether US financial support for Pakistan should continue.
But, while that did not occur, European principles certainly have not lost their allure, as recent protests in Ukraine,
triggered
by President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to shun closer ties with Europe, have shown.
Controversial and divisive, the Shalit deal
triggered
a profoundly moral debate in one of the world’s most vibrant civil societies.
Indeed, according to the UN Environment Program’s Global Environment Outlook-4 , the world is currently experiencing a sixth wave of extinctions,
triggered
in large part by our failure to manage natural assets.
The third major threat would be is an economic depression, that could be possibly
triggered
by financial mismanagement, or by a crisis that disrupts global access to oil flows from the Persian Gulf – home towhere two-thirds of global world oil reserves are located.
The reason is simple: the OMT scheme has never been triggered; to use it now would deprive the ECJ of the possibility of declining the appeal on the grounds that no action has actually been taken.
The unresolved debt problem exacerbated tensions over the slavery issue, which
triggered
the Civil War in 1861.
Gaining the consent of the majority of citizens to raise taxes can be a tall order politically, and has become more difficult as capital mobility has narrowed the tax base and
triggered
a race to the bottom on rates.
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