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Once those laws are
weakened
or abolished, deforestation can be expected to accelerate considerably.
Twice in the twentieth century, the omnipotent Russian state was dramatically weakened: at the beginning, when the Russian Empire collapsed, and at the end, when the USSR ceased to exist.
And tightening financial constraints have
weakened
growth in the real-estate sector considerably.
Unfortunately, the effort to interdict financial flows from Saudi Arabia
weakened
substantially after 2011, when parts of North Africa and the Middle East became engulfed in the so-called Arab Spring (a moniker that surely will be replaced with something both less cheerful and more accurate).
Then, in the summer of 2010, after a relevant election and a financial crisis that
weakened
incumbents’ credibility, the SEC promulgated election rules that would give qualified shareholders free access to company-paid election ballots.
Lowering volatility and sopping up excess liquidity can be beneficial, but there are risks here as well: regulators can easily overshoot the mark, leaving financial markets with
weakened
capacity for price discovery and too little liquidity.
The taboo against collaboration with the National Front was officially reaffirmed, but in reality it has been seriously
weakened.
While this severely
weakened
Japan’s defenses, the US ensured East Asia’s security by deploying an aircraft carrier and cruisers, and American forces also searched for missing victims together with the JSDF.
America's corporate scandals have undermined the market's moral standing, while the end of the Internet bubble has
weakened
its economic credibility.
On the fiscal side, the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact were even weakened, and the decisions on adjustment measures and possible sanctions became dependent on short-sighted political considerations.
The communists have been wiped out and the socialists badly
weakened.
The economic siege on Palestine after the Hamas victory further
weakened
Abbas.
And in the United Kingdom, self-imposed fiscal consolidation
weakened
growth until this year.
The lesson of earlier periods is that populism thrives in environments where longstanding sources of identity – for example, class or nation – have
weakened.
This worked for some time, but an alleged attempt to involve the United States more openly in Pakistani politics weakened, rather than strengthened, his hold on power.
But, aside from these uneven successes, the region remains
weakened
by mistrust, poorly integrated, and incapable of sustained growth.
Without intellectual property protection, incentives to engage in certain types of creative endeavors would be
weakened.
As a result, the SPD was
weakened
and the CDU/CSU strengthened - and now, nobody knows exactly what most Germans do want.
Governments, in order to contain the fallout of the crisis, ran up public debt, including in countries whose balance sheets had already been
weakened
significantly by declining GDP growth.
One exception is the Czech Republic, where the process of lustration (disqualification for state posts as a consequence of previous senior membership in the communist party or secret police) dramatically
weakened
the communist party organization.
All told, the US has alienated some of its closest allies,
weakened
the NATO alliance, and become a bigoted and xenophobic presence on the world stage.
Regrettably, the Union’s inability to agree on a common policy has not only
weakened
its role on the international level, but has also become a major obstacle to determined action in the country itself.
Prices of commodities – oil, energy, and minerals – have soared; corporate credit spreads (the difference between the yield of corporate and government bonds) have narrowed dramatically, as government-bond yields have increased sharply; volatility (the “fear gauge”) has fallen; and the dollar has weakened, as demand for safe dollar assets has abated.
The result is not only untold suffering for the sick and their families, but also high health-care costs and
weakened
productivity.
To be sure, large labor-surplus economies’ deepening integration into the global market, together with increased reliance on automation and artificial intelligence, has
weakened
workers’ bargaining power and shifted labor demand into very specific and limited sectors.
For America, this means that the European forces of NATO will actually be
weakened
by EDI, adding to the potential burden on US combat forces.
Soon after the global financial crisis, the US relied heavily on expansionary monetary policy, characterized by near-zero interest rates and large-scale asset purchases, which
weakened
the dollar, thereby boosting exports.
And their expression oftheir grievances – at the polls, on the Internet, and in the streets – has left their leaders profoundly
weakened.
The eurozone crisis has
weakened
Europe’s complex system of governance.
The post-war liberal order has been in serious trouble since the 2008 financial crisis, which
weakened
Western economies and undermined global-governance bodies and regulatory institutions.
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