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The Old Age BoomAgainst the advances of time, many adults deny themselves even small indulgences in the belief that virtuous moderation will ensure a healthy old age.
The virtuous cycle by which prosperity engenders peace, which in turn fuels greater prosperity, is also apparent in education investment.
By stimulating a virtuous cycle of peace and prosperity, policymakers can contribute to the well-being of people worldwide.
As we have learned from managing HIV, investments in public health create a virtuous cycle: as people and communities begin to experience better health, they invest further in making health a priority.
Simple mentoring and training programs carried out by College For Every Student (a nonprofit organization funded by the GE Foundation) taught her essential skills and boosted her confidence, setting in motion a virtuous cycle of personal development.
When scaled, these approaches to service delivery will generate virtuous cycles of fiscal efficiency, employment, risk reduction, and increased competitiveness in a climate-sensitive global economy.
This could be the start of a virtuous circle, with price adjustments helping to clear up stock.
Saving in China is in part a virtuous circle: rapid economic growth leads to high saving, which in turn sustains rapid growth.
After all, the virtuous circle of high savings and rapid growth operates more strongly in China than in other developing countries where incomes are rising and birth rates are falling.
Pursuing reforms in these three areas will be crucial for triggering a virtuous circle of development and trade that will allow Africa’s firms to compete within the AfCFTA and beyond.
The Netherlands has a long tradition of virtuous rule.
That is why Nigel Farage, the chief promoter of Brexit, likes to be photographed with a glass full of beer and a smoldering cigarette: if the virtuous elite want us to drink less and quit smoking, let’s have another and light up.
Fortunately, through individual and collective action, the US has the means not only to arrest these dynamics but also to transform them into a virtuous cycle.
Without pronounced and sustained efforts now to turn a vicious cycle into a virtuous one, the US runs the material – and unnecessary – risk of many more deaths, and of a sluggish, partial, and insufficiently inclusive recovery.
But they can actually create a virtuous cycle of growth, because the cost floor for labor creates an incentive for firms to rationalize and upgrade their production processes, thereby increasing productivity and thus demand.
This virtuous loop is key to all forms of life, whether in microbes, animals, ecosystems, or human societies.
Any break in this autocatalytic cycle – for example, because of war or natural disaster – can disrupt the virtuous cycle.
However virtuous Swedes may be, there will always be free riders in any society, and when it comes to a highly contagious disease, it doesn’t take many to cause major harm.
This attempt to right historical wrongs was underpinned by a virtuous capitalist vision of thriving Dalit businesses that lifted their owners to a level of social and economic respectability that eroded prejudice against them.
Furthermore, the children of educated mothers are more likely to attend school themselves, creating a virtuous cycle of intergenerational progress.
In a virtuous circle, Kuwaitis deciding to leave government to receive the UBI would generate further resources for the system.
The transitional government now hopes to create a virtuous cycle of progress and reform, but there will inevitably be bumps in the road.
The vicious cycle of migration, economic hardship, and social backlash can be turned into a virtuous cycle of integration and economic growth.
Such projects aim to make an entire ecosystem virtuous, whether at the level of a single forest or an entire region or country.
But if the EU institutions fail to show the needed humility and vision, no such virtuous circle will emerge.
After all, populists of both the left and the right present themselves as the sole representatives of a homogeneous, virtuous, and hard-working people.
Given the right focus by governments, policymakers can identify agricultural sectors, which, with the deployment of technology and new practices, can attract investment, in turn spurring employment, economic growth, and tax revenues – thereby initiating a virtuous cycle of development.
In a virtuous cycle, rising incomes and industrial upgrading stimulated continuous investment in education and skills, which contributed to productivity increases, technological progress, and the achievement of equitable growth.
Through this virtuous import-export cycle, China amassed foreign reserves at an accelerating pace.
China’s leaders have the power to kick-start a virtuous cycle of growth and development in the coming year.
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