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This might reflect temporary factors, like the Japanese tsunami, which disrupted supply chains and caused some factories to suspend operations.
Although projections by the IMF and others have been persistently optimistic, each setback has been treated as a temporary deviation, associated with its own unique cause: the Greek bailout, the tragic
tsunami
in Japan, the spike in volatility following Standard & Poor’s downgrade of US debt, and so on.
Tsipras is attempting to erect two lines of defense against the coming
tsunami
of pain (and thereby minimize popular discontent).
Despite the devastating effects of the earthquake and
tsunami
of last February, Chile’s economy is already growing at close to 6%, and we have created nearly 300,000 new jobs in the first nine months of my administration – the highest in our country’s history.
America’s Oil-Spill NationalismLONDON – American exceptionalism, when it runs rampant, is a
tsunami
to be avoided.
Moreover, following the triple shock of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear catastrophe in 2011, Japan has managed (at considerable cost) to replace the 25% of its energy supply that the disabled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant provided.
Coping with Catastrophic RisksOne year after the Indian Ocean tsunami, what are the lessons?
Great as the death toll, physical and emotional suffering of survivors, and property damage caused by the
tsunami
were, even greater losses could be inflicted by other disasters of low (but not negligible), or unknown, probability.
Suppose that a
tsunami
as destructive as the one in the Indian Ocean last year occurs on average once a century and kills 250,000 people.
Educating residents of low-lying coastal areas about the warning signs of a
tsunami
(tremors and a sudden recession in the ocean), establishing a warning system involving emergency broadcasts, telephoned warnings, and air-raid-type sirens, and improving emergency response systems would have saved many who were killed by the Indian Ocean
tsunami.
There are several reasons why such measures weren’t taken in anticipation of a
tsunami
on the scale that occurred.
The Fukushima SyndromeBIRMINGHAM – The dramatic events that unfolded at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant after last year’s
tsunami
are commonly referred to as “the Fukushima disaster.”
It was the tsunami, caused by the largest earthquake ever to strike Japan, that killed more than 16,000 people, destroyed or damaged roughly 125,000 buildings, and left the country facing what its prime minister described as its biggest crisis since World War II.
Four months after a major earthquake, a devastating tsunami, and the start of persistent nuclear uncertainties, a comprehensive reconstruction program has yet to be launched.
In fact, Brexit might be the initial tremor that triggers a
tsunami
of referenda in Europe in the coming years.
With a
tsunami
of plebiscites bearing down on the continent, this may turn out to be a prescient metaphor.
Residential investment is still at an historic low as a share of GDP as a result of overbuilding during the 2003-2008 housing boom and the
tsunami
of foreclosures that followed.
They knew that if the true conditions at many big banks were publicly revealed, many would have been immediately declared bankrupt, necessitating government receivership to stop a
tsunami
of bank runs.
Indeed, they became evident six years ago, when the Indian Ocean
tsunami
in December 2004 inundated India’s second-largest nuclear complex, shutting down the Madras power station.
When the Indian Ocean
tsunami
struck, the Madras reactor’s core could be kept in safe shutdown condition because the electrical systems had been ingeniously installed on higher ground than the plant itself.
And, unlike Fukushima, which bore a direct impact, Madras was far away from the epicenter of the earthquake that unleashed the
tsunami.
Today, many of these countries are reeling from a veritable
tsunami
of returning money.
European leaders cannot remain passive in the face of the dangerous populist
tsunami
now crossing the continent, and they know it.
We have seen devastation from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, interpreted as a sign of crowding at the coasts.
TOKYO – The scale of the earthquake and
tsunami
that struck Japan in March was far greater than even the authorities’ worst scenarios foresaw.
Now, with so much fixed capital and infrastructure destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami, the economy’s productive capacity has fallen by an estimated 2% of GDP.
The earthquake and
tsunami
have confronted Japan with a profound crisis – but also with a rare opportunity to undertake the comprehensive reforms that the country has postponed for far too long.
Preliminary GDP data show a 6.8% contraction year-on-year in the second quarter of this year – the largest since the 2011 earthquake and
tsunami
that devastated the country.
Meltdowns and FalloutsBRUSSELS – The metaphors used during the financial crisis of 2008-2009 – earthquake, tsunami, meltdown, black swan, and fallout – are back with a vengeance, but now they are being recycled literally.
While financial institutions tried to mitigate risks by bundling subprime mortgages, Fukushima’s cooling system was able to cope with either a blackout and an earthquake or a
tsunami.
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